Psychological Concepts and Key Words Crossword

This term refers to the scientific study of the mind and behaviour
This approach to psychology was attributed to Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939)
This psychological perspective explains behaviour from the viewpoint of factors such as classical and operant conditioning.
This term refers to the part of the mind that is not readily accessible to the conscious thought
The action or process of suppressing a thought or desire in oneself so that it remains unconscious
Theory concerning the learning process and social behaviour which proposes that new behaviours can be acquired by observing and imitating others
A form of conditioning that refers to a learning procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus (e.g. food) is paired with a previously neutral stimulus (e.g. bell)
Famous term used for the dogs used in a classical conditioning exercise.
Method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behaviour. T
This approach to psychology is primarily concerned with mental processes and experience.
Genetics and hormones are two of the main premises behind this psychological approach
In psychology, the manifestation of a behaviour in reaction to a stimulus.
This boy was one of the subjects used in a famous ‘Watson’ psychological experiment.
This stimulus produces no significant effect in an organism
This is a learned response to a neutral stimulus.
This term is used to explain the ‘copying’ of another person’s behaviour.
These are the unwritten guidelines which are an indication of how society expects an individual to behave.
This is the primitive instinctual aspect of a persons psyche as proposed by Freud.
This is the moralising part of a person psyche that regulates and attempts to control the determinations of the Id.
This term refers to redirecting unacceptable desires through socially acceptable channels