Misc.
The influence of on an individuals personality vs traits they're born with
Nature vs Nurture
stresses the human capacity for self-fulfillment and the importance of consciousness, self-awareness, and the capacity to make choices
Humanist perspective
a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group.
Survey
an ethical principle that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate.
Informed Concent
in an experiment, the group that is NOT exposed to the treatment; contrasts with the experimental group and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment.
Control Group
a carefully worded statement of the exact procedures (operations) used in a research study.
For example, human intelligence may be operationally defined as what an intelligence test measures.
Operational Definition
Studying observable behavior
Behavioral Perspective
observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation.
Naturalistic Observation
the post-experimental explanation of a study, including its purpose and any deceptions, to its participants.
Debriefing
assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups.
Random Assignment
Study of mind and behavior
Mental functions like memory, attention, etc.
Viewing the brain like a computer
Cognitive Perspective
A non experimental research method which studies the relationship between two variables with the help of statistical analysis.
What is a correlation study?
Researchers are responsible for keeping all of the data they gather from individuals completely confidential and, when possible, completely anonymous.
Confidentiality
the experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied
Independent Variable
Freud
the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking
Social-Culture Perspective
An investigation in which a hypothesis is scientifically tested, the independent variable is manipulated and the dependent variable is measured.
What is an experimental study?
This is an ethical issue that psychologists debate extensively. In some cases telling the participants beforehand what the research study is about will alter its outcome
Deception
a factor other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in an experiment.
Confounding Variable
the perspective that stresses the influences of unconscious forces on human behavior
Psychoanalytic Perspectives
A perspective on psychopathology that emphasizes the biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to mental illness.
Biopsychosocial Perspective
an descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles.
Case Study
The name of the unethical experiment at Stanford University by Philip Zimbardo
Stanford Prison Experiment
the extent to which a test or experiment measures or predicts what it is suppose to.
Validity