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| the scientific study of human and animal behavior |
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| general framework for scientific study; smaller aspects can be tested |
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| those who study the origin, cause, or results of certain behaviors |
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| those who make direct use of the findings of research psychologists; deal directly with clients |
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| psychologist who suggested that animals, including humans, had evolved and changed |
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| called the "father of psychology" because in 1879, he started the first laboratory for studying humans |
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| an Austrian physician, he developed one of the first comprehensive theories of personality |
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| the process of looking into yourself and describing what is there |
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| a philosopher and Harvard professor, he was one of the founders of American psychology. In 1890, he published a very important and widely used textbook on psychology |
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| one of the first American psychologists to study the impact of learning on human emotion. He was one of the first to study Behaviorism |
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| the process of making your own system by borrowing from two or more other systems |
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| viewing behavior as the result of nervous system functions and biology |
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| viewing behavior as the product of learning and associations |
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| Creator of a circus attraction involving a chicken who played tic-tac-toe in order to receive food. BEHAVIORIST. |
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| believing that people are basically good and capable of helping themselves |
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| the most famous humanist, he saw people as worthwhile creatures with free will and choice |
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| a system of viewing the individual as the product of unconscious forces |
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| emphasizing how humans use mental processes to handle problems or develop certain personality characteristics |
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| one of the most famous cognitive psychologists |
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| Behavior viewed as strongly influenced by the rules and expectations of specific social groups or cultures |
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