AP Psych: Unit 1 Vocab

Thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions; it examines assumptions, appraises the source, discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions

• empiricism

• structuralism

• critical thinking

• functionalism

The idea that knowledge comes from experience, and that observation and experimentation enable scientific knowledge

• empiricism

• structuralism

• critical thinking

• functionalism

An early school of thought that used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind

• empiricism

• structuralism

• critical thinking

• functionalism

An early school of thought that explored how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish

• empiricism

• structuralism

• critical thinking

• functionalism

The process of looking inward in an attempt to directly observe one's own psychological processes

• introspection

• behaviorism

• critical thinking

• empiricism

View that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes

• humanistic psychology

• cognitive psychology

• evolutionary psychology

• behaviorism

A historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential

• humanistic psychology

• cognitive psychology

• evolutionary psychology

• behaviorism

The study of mental processes, such as occur when we perceive, learn, remember, think, communicate, and solve problems

• social psychology

• cognitive psychology

• positive psychology

• evolutionary psychology

The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)

• applied research

• basic research

• empiricism

• cognitive neuroscience

The science of behavior and mental processes

• psychology

• cognitive neuroscience

• empiricism

• functionalism