research methods
what is the definition of hindsight bias?
to think that they knew it all along
which concept is most integral to Sigmund Freuds psychoanalytical theory?
the unconscious mind
What are the two fields of psychology?
Biology and philosophy
What is correlation?
measures the relationship between two variable
What type of learning did the little Albert experiment contribute to?
Classical conditioning.
izzy scored 145 on an IQ test with a mean of 100 and a standard devation of 15. what is her z score?
+3
behaviorists explain human thought and behavior as a result of?
past conditioning
What is the definition of psychology?
The study of behavior and mental process.
Emma scores a perfect 100 on a test that everyone fails. If we were to graph this distribution it would be...
positively skewed
What type of learning did Ivan Pavlov discover? and how?
Classical conditioning with a dog and salivation
theoretically, random assignment should eliminate
confounding variables
which psychologist might have described himself as a humanistic?
Abraham Maslow
What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrists?
A psychologist cannot prescribe medication while a psychiatrist can.
What is the median of the following distribution: 6,2,9,4,7,3?
5
What is the Skinner Box experiment?
It was a chamber containing a bar that a rat can manipulate to obtain a food or drink by pressing a bar. The rat learned to press the bar to get the food.
what is the hawthorne effect?
merely selecting a group of people on whom to expierment has been determined to effect the performance of the group regardless of what is done to those individuals
a therapist who says that she uses whatever psychological perspective "works best" for each patient might be best described as?
eclectic
What is basic vs applied research?
Basic research aims to increase the scientific knowledge base and applied research aims to solve practical problems.
What is the difference between a frequency polygon and a histogram?
A frequency polygon is a line graph while a histogram is a bar graph.
What did scientist do to prove depth perception in babies?
They but them on a platform with a change in depth. The baby stopped at the "cliff edge" and would not go any further.
give an example of applied research
psychologists might compare 2 different methods of teaching kids to read in order to determine which method is better
Wilhelm Wundt
Describe the debate between nature and nurture.
The nature side of the debate says that you are born with certain traits while the nurture side believes that you learn the traits from your environment.
What do correlation coefficients range from?
+1 to -1
What concept was taught in the Stanford prison experiment? Why was this unethical?
People tend change their behavior according to the given situation and authority instead of relying o their own personal liking or behavior. It was unethical because the boys were being mentally and physically abused.