Perspectives
The doctors believe Rosa suffers from schizophrenia because there is too much dopamine in her brain.
What is Biological?
Dr. Johnson specializes in treating patients with major depressive disorder and anxiety
What is Clinical?
Educators are interested in whether participating in after-school math tutoring can increase scores on standardized math exams. In an experiment, one group of students attends an after-school tutoring session twice a week while another group of students does not receive this additional assistance. Which is the CONTROL group?
That the group doesn't get tutoring
Father of Psychology- Created the first psychological laboratory
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
The best method for studying a person who has unique or unusual traits
What is a Case Study?
Juliette’s therapist believes her anxiety is influenced by her poor relationship with her father as a child.
What is Psychodynamic?
Dr. Wu works with clients who have experiencing challenges in their life (such as divorce, death of a family member), but they do not have a mental health disorder
What is Counseling?
What method helps to reduce the influence of confounding variables in an experiment?
What is Random Assignment?
This person was a reformer who tried to improve conditions of Asylum in the United States
Who is Dorothea Dix?
What type of research would it be if a researcher watched how students interact in the hallways of a high school without intervening.
What is Naturalistic Observation?
Jason’s fear of snakes is a survival instinct that his ancestor’s also had.
What is Evolutionary?
Dr. Filbert works at Microsoft helping the company make sure human performance is profitable
What is Industrial Organizational?
A researcher wants to determine if the color of an office has any effect on worker productivity. In an experiment, one group of workers performs a task in a yellow room while another performs the same task in a blue room. What is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
What is the Color of the Office?
Self-Examination of our own mental proceses
What is Introspection?
The main limitation of correlational studies is that they can not prove _____
What is Causation?
Tony is feeling much healthier now that he is focusing on his positive traits and having good relationships.
What is Humanistic?
This type of psychologist would work with lawyers and testify in criminal cases
What is Forensic?
This is an important part of research so that an experiment can be accurately replicated
What are Operational Definitions?
According to evolutionary perspective, what types of mates do men seek?
What is Fertile/Attractive?
The best descriptive method of research to gather a lot of data very quickly is a ____
What is a Survey?
Mr. Epstein gives his students candy to reward them for doing their homework:
What is Behavioral?
Dr. Goldberg works with students to help them achieve their academic goals. He conducts testing to determine if students qualify for educational services
What is Educational?
Eleanor is the owner of a cupcake bakery. She sells different flavors and sizes of cupcakes, but in general, she believes that when she puts chocolate frosting on the cupcakes, people are more satisfied. She is proposing an experimental study to examine this belief. Explain why it would be difficult to use a double blind method for this study.
You would see who is eating chocolate frosted cupcakes
Which ethical principle is missing? -Do no harm. -Confidentiality -Informed Consent -Participants can discontinue
What is Debriefing?
Numerical data is called
What is Quantitative Data?