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Structuralist
A psychologist who studies the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences. -
Inheritable Traits
The study on heredity, or biological traits passed from parents to children, influences abilities, character, and behavior. -
Functionalist
The study of the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness. -
Gestalt
The study of something that is made of many parts and yet is somehow more than or different from the combination of its parts. -
Psychoanalysis
The study on how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior, feelings, and thoughts. -
Behaviorism
The study on how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the enviornment. -
Cognitive
It has to do with an organism's thinking and understanding. -
Humanistic Psychology
The study that each person has freedom in directing his/her future and achieving personal growth. -
Psychobiology
The study of how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior. -
Sociocultural
The study on how our knowledge and ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving are dependent on the culture to which we belong.
