Chapter 1-1
Wilhelm Wundt
Known as the Father of Modern Psychology
Gestalt
The "whole pattern" in German
School psychologists
Help young people with emotional and learning problems
survey
type of research that uses interviews and questions
single blind study
subjects do not know who is being experimented on who is the control
Hypothesis
Psychobiology
Impact of biology on behavior
American Psychological Association
What does APA stand for?
Naturalistic Observation
Research that involves studying people in their own environment without being seen
double blind study
Neither experimenter or subjects know who is the control
Aristotle
Earliest students of psychology
The unconscious mind
Controlled by our primitive biological urges
Health psychologists
Investigates how stress or depression leads to physical ailments
Case study
type of research that is an intensive qualitative study of a person
placebo effect
type of treatment that resembles medical therapy but has no actual effect
Scientific study, behavioral, and cognitive
Three key words in the definition of psychology
Free association
Method to let the patient say everything in their mind without logical statements
Educational psychologists
Teach children and young adults on intelligence, problem solving, and motivation
Cross sectional Study
Type of research that organizes people based on age
obedience
what was the Milgram experiment testing
Describe and acquire information about behavior
Explain why people or animals do what they do
Predict,as a result, what organism will do
Influence behavior in helpful ways
Four main goals of psychology
John B.Watson
Believed psychology should concern itself with only observable facts
One focuses on behavior and the other is in the field of medicine
Psychologist and Psychiatrist
longitudinal study
Type of research that involves following a group of people over regular intervals
Obama
Obama's last name