History
Who was a strong believer in structuralism?
Edward Titchener
Alvin has trouble with memory due to his abnormally small hippocampus. This is most likely the _____________ approach.
Biological
The amount of students who wear sweatshirts increase as the temperature decreases. What type of correlation is this?
Negative
Classical conditioning
Ivan Pavlov
Which edition is the most current DSM?
5th
Explores how mental and behavioral processes function– how they enable organism to adapt and survive.
Functionalism
Adam choose to marry Cindy because her wide hips indicate she will bear healthy children.
Evolutionary
The test scores for AP Unit 1 were: 68, 79, 100, 56, 89, and 88. What is the mean of these scores? [NO CALCULATORS.]
80
Functionalism
William James
Which of the following coefficient correlations express the strongest relationship between two variables? -.91, -.71, -.32, +.8, +.908
-.91
What was William Wundt's research about?
Reaction times to visual senses
Ms. Morris believes that students are motivated to act out in class by their unmet needs in esteem and belonging.
Humanistic
What is random assignment vs. random sampling?
Random assignment: assigning participants to treatment or non treatment group
Random sampling: everyone in the population has an equal chance of being in the study.
Studied cognitive development in children
Jean Piaget
What makes a strong experimental study? List 3 things.
Validity, repeatable, no confounding variables, normal SD, strong independent and dependent variable, operationally defined, statistical significance
Established the first psychology lab in the USA at Johns Hopkins.
G. Stanley Hall
Tina wears skirts and dresses because she is unknowingly affected by her father leaving her mother for a woman who preferred skirts.
Psychoanalytical
When a researcher has to tell you enough information for you to participate in the study.
Informed consent
Father of Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
Billy shouts out, "The answer is 7!" The teacher replies, "The answer is actually 8." Billy, again shouts, "but I almost had the right answer!" what best describes Billy's feeling?
Overconfidence
A person who is interested in work relationships, attitudes and motivation is most likely interested in what field of psychology?
Industrial organizational psychology
The Smiths trained their dog not to leave their yard by using an invisible fence that delivers low level shocks if the dog passes it.
Cognitive
The scores for the Unit 1 AP Psychology exam were normally distributed. The mean is 100 and the standard deviation is 15. What percentage of students are within 1 standard deviation if the mean?
68%
Humanist who developed the hierarchy of needs theory
Abraham Maslow
Suggested psychology study how people respond to stimuli (behavior) rather than inner thoughts, feelings, and motives.
John B. Watson