Module 2

Match the following

• applied research

• scientific study that aims to solve practical problems

• biological psychology

• an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis

• behavioral approach

• in personality theory, this perspective focuses on the effects of learning on our personality developmen

• basic research

• pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base

• biopsychosocial approach

• the scientific study of the links between biological (genetic, neural, hormonal) and psychological processes

Match the following

• counseling psychology

• a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being

• developmental psychology

• the scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

• clinical psychology

• a branch of psychology that studies how people interact with their social environments and how social institutions affect individuals and groups

• community psychology

• a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span

• cognitive psychology

• a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders

Match the following

• human factors psychology

• the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon

• educational psychology

• a historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people

• levels of analysis

• the study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning

• evolutionary psychology

• an I/O psychology subfield that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be made safe and easy to use

• humanistic psychology

• the study of the evolution of behavior and mind, using principles of natural selection

Match the following

• natural selection

• the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

• nature–nurture issue

• the scientific study of human functioning with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive

• positive psychology

• the application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces

• personality psychology

• the study of an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting

• industrial-organizational (I/O) psycholo

• the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

Match the following

• psychometrics

• the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking

• psychodynamic psychology

• a branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders

• psychiatry

• the scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits

• social psychology

• the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

• social-cultural psychology

• a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy