Dr. David Schroeder's General Psyc 2013 - Psychology: Schacter, Gibert, Wegner
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| illusions | errors of perception, memory, or judgment in which subjective experience differs from objective reality | |
| Gestalt psychology | a psychological approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of the parts. The Gestaltists’ claim was diametrically opposed to the structuralists’ claim that experience can be broken down into separate elements. | |
| dissociative identity disorder | which involves the occurrence of two or more distinct identities within the same individual | |
| hysteria | a temporary loss of cognitive or motor functions, usually as a result of emotionally upsetting experiences | |
| unconscious (Freudian) | the part of the mind that operates outside of conscious awareness but influences conscious thoughts, feelings, and actions | |
| psychoanalytic theory | an approach that emphasizes the importance of unconscious mental processes in shaping feelings, thoughts, and behaviors | |
| psychoanalysis | focuses on bringing unconscious material into conscious awareness | |
| humanistic psychology | An approach to understanding human nature that emphasizes the positive potential of human beings | |
| behaviorism | An approach that advocates that psychologists restrict themselves to the scientific study of objectively observable behavior | |
| reinforcement | The consequences of a behavior that determine whether it will be more likely that the behavior will occur again. | |
| cognitive psychology | The scientific study of mental processes, including perception, thought, memory, and reasoning. | |
| behavioral neuroscience | An approach to psychology that links psychological processes to activities in the nervous system and other bodily processes. | |
| cognitive neuroscience | A field that attempts to understand the links between cognitive processes and brain activity. | |
| evolutionary psychology | A psychological approach that explains mind and behavior in terms of the adaptive value of abilities that are preserved over time by natural selection. | |
| social psychology | A subfield of psychology that studies the causes and consequences of interpersonal behavior. | |
| cultural psychology | The study of how cultures reflect and shape the psychological processes of their members. |
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