You might work hard to investigate the role of social forces and interpersonal behavior in this career.
What is a social psychologist?
100
This German doctor born in 1832, helped train the first scientific psychologist.
Who is Wihelm Wundt?
100
You might be out and about polling random people for their opinion in this research method.
What is a survey?
100
This is the process of objectively evaluating, comparing, analyzing and synthesizing information.
What is critical thinking?
200
You might spend a lot of time in school to study the relationship between biology, behavior, and mental processes of people.
What is a biopsychologist/neuroscientist?
200
Famous twentieth century psychologist whose work as a behaviorist helped transfer behavior research from nonhuman animal studies to effective treatment of humans.
What is Burrhas Skinner aka B.F. Skinner?
200
This is the belief that one's culture is superior to others.
What is ethnocentrism?
200
The cardinal rule of this is that it must make testable predictions and observable behavior.
What is scientific hypothesis?
300
You might spend a lot of "couch" time in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders.
What is a clinical psychologist?
300
Psychologist whose Supreme Court appearance changed education and the United States, all with the help of his wife Mamie.
Kenneth Clark
300
In an experiment to test a medicine, this is the group that receives the placebo.
What is the control group/independent variable?
300
The participant agrees to take part in a study after being told what to expect.
What is participant bias?
400
You will apply what you've learned about psychology to the workplace influencing personnel selection and evaluation.
What is industrial/organizational Psychologist?
400
Born in 1842, this psychologist was the author of Principles of Psychology
Who is William James?
400
Brain dissection, CT scan, PET scan, and MRI occur during this kind of research.
What is biological research?
400
This represents nonscientific methods to explain personality.
What are pseudo psychologies?
500
Apply the scientific method to examine processes such as learning, conditioning, motivation, emotion, sensation, and perception in human beings and other animals in this career path.
What is an experimental psychologist?
500
Regarded as the father of modern psychology, he even has his own Museum in London.
Who is Sigmund Freud.
500
The case of Clever Hans, the famous mathematical "wonder horse", suffered from this kind of bias.
What is experimenter bias?
500
This method, developed by Francis Robinson, illustrates the six steps in effective reading.