Perspectives
Says behavior patterns are heavily influenced by what enhances reproductive success
What is the evolutionary perspective?
What is an experiment?
(Creepy guy) that developed psychoanalytic theory
Who is Sigmund Freud?
What type of humor is a sign of a healthy brain?
What is sarcasm?
What is informed consent?
Says behavior/personality is heavily influenced by conflicts buried in your unconscious
What is the psychoanalytic (psychodynamic) perspective?
Process that ensures participants have an equal chance of being selected to be in the experiment
What is random selection?
Who is Harry Harlow?
What is a medicine called that has no physical effects.
Example: A sugar pill
What is a placebo?
Publishing a list of participants names with the results of a research study violates this ethical principle
What is confidentiality?
Says human behavior is not simply a product of their environment but governed by their potential for growth
What is humanism?
Ms Barggren designs an experiment to see if room temperature impacts her classes' exam performance. In his experiment, room temperature would be...
What is the independent variable (IV)?
The founder of behaviorism
It takes about how many days for an individual to make something a daily habit?
66 days
If a study requires you to deceive participants, this must follow the study ASAP
What is debriefing?
Currently the dominant perspective in psych that focuses on how humans acquire knowledge and solve problems
What is the cognitive perspective?
Type of descriptive research method that provides an in-depth picture of a single subject
What is a case study?
The person who classically conditioned dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
How many positive things are needed to outweigh a single bad thing?
What is five?
The right of participants who do not wish to complete a study they began
What is right to withdraw?
Perspective that says behavior is determined by punishments and rewards
What is the behavioral perspective
What is Ms Barggrens dogs name?
What is Beau?
Conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment
Psychology is the study of what two things?
Behaviors and mental processes
The modern psychologist whose controversial experiment (shock experiment) forced psychology to adopt stricter ethical guidelines
Who is Stanley Milgrim?