Psychology Foundations
The three things that psych attempts to explain:
What are thinking, acting, and feeling?
Random assignment is required for this research method.
Experiment.
What term represents the average of a data set
mean
The concept Francis Galton's study on twins investigated.
What is Nature v. Nurture?
Studying relationships between 2 or more things
Correlational
The difference between the largest and smallest value of a set
Range
What is structuralism?
A study of a specific case that would be difficult to recreate in an experiment
Case Study
The most frequently occurring value of a data set
Mode
This view of psychology is often viewed as contrary to structuralism.
What is Functionalism?
Individuals participating in the answer questions
What is a survey?
What is the primary difference between a histogram and bar chart
The gaps
A metaphor that is commonly used to explain the difference between structuralism and functionalism.
What is SALT?
Who is best known for observational studies
Who is Robert Bandura?
What does variance describe in a data set
The spread