Psycho 3 Week Exam

Science that deals with the biological basis of behavior, thoughts, and emotions and the reciprocal relations between biological and psychological processes

• Biological

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Sociocultural

• Humanistic

Approach to understanding psychological phenomena that focuses on observable aspects of behavior and makes use of behavior theory for explanation

• Biological

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Sociocultural

• Humanistic

Explores the operation of mental processes related to perceiving, attending, thinking, language, and memory, mainly through inferences from behavior

• Biological

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Sociocultural

• Humanistic

Largely derived from ideas associated with existentialism and phenomenology and focuses on individuals’ capacity to make their own choices, create their own style of life, and actualize themselves in their own way

• Psychoanalytic/

  psychodynamic

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Sociocultural

• Humanistic

Awareness of circumstances surrounding individuals and how their behaviors are affected specifically by their surrounding, social and cultural factors

• Psychoanalytic/

  psychodynamic

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Sociocultural

• Humanistic

Views human behavior from the standpoint of unconscious motives that mold the personality, influence attitudes, and produce emotional disorder

• Psychoanalytic/

  psychodynamic

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Sociocultural

• Humanistic

A psychologist who specializes in diagnosing and treating mental disorders most likely works in this subfield.

• Clinical

• Industrial/

  Organizational

• Educational

• Experimental

• Forensic/

  Criminal

A psychologist that focuses on the study of mental and emotional processes and behavior in the workplace most likely works in this subfield

• Clinical

• Industrial/

  Organizational

• Educational

• Experimental

• Forensic/

  Criminal

A psychologist who specializes in understanding how people learn, including teaching methods, instructional processes, and individual differences in learning most likely works in this subfield.

• Clinical

• Industrial/

  Organizational

• Educational

• Experimental

• Forensic/

  Criminal

A psychologist who conduct controlled experiments to understand how people think, feel, and behave most likely works in this subfield.

• Clinical

• Industrial/

  Organizational

• Educational

• Experimental

• Forensic/

  Criminal