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| the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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| any action that other people can observe or measure |
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| metnral processes such as dreams, perceptions, thoughts and memories |
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| theoretical entites, or concepts, that enable one to discuss something that cannot be seen, touched, or measured directly |
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| A statement, or set of assumptions, that attempts to explain why things are they way they are and happen the way they do |
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| has no immediate application and is done for its own sake. |
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| a learned connection between two ideas or events |
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| the school of psychology founded by Wilhelm Wundt, that maintains that conscious experence breaks down into objective sensation and subjective feelings |
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| the school of psychology founded by William James that emphasizes the purpose of behavior and mental processes |
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| the school of psychology that emphasizes the tendency to organize perceptions into meaningful wholes |
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| the school of psychology founded by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes the imporantace of unconscious motives and conflicts as determinants of human behavior |
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| the theory that most of what fills an individuals mind is unconscious and consists of conflicting impulses, urges, and wishes |
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| emphasizes the influence of biology on behavior |
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| emphasizes the role of thought processes in determining behavior |
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| the theory that focuses on the evolution of behavior and mental processes |
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| assumes the existence of the self and emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and the freedom to make choices |
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| psychoanalytic perspective |
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| stresses the influences of unconscious forces on human behavior |
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| the psychological point of view that emphasizes the effects of experience on behavior |
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| the theory that suggests that people have the ability to change their environments or to create new ones |
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| sociocultural perspective |
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| focuses on the roles of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status in personality formation, behavior, and mental processes |
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| a group united by cultural heritage, race, language, or common history. |
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