This type of study which is designed to merely record and observe behavior with zero interference from researchers.
What is naturalistic observation?
What is a histogram?
This strong believer in structuralism also heavily believed in the power of introspection.
Who is Edward Titchener?
Alvin has trouble with memory due to his abnormally small hippocampus. This is most likely the _____________ perspective.
What is the biological perspective?
When a researcher describes the following procedures to their participant, in order for them to reach a decision on whether or not to participate.
What is informed consent?
After class elections, a friend tells you he knew who would be elected class president. This shows what psychological phenomenon.
What is hindsight bias?
The test scores for AP Unit 1 were: 68, 79, 83, 100, 56, 89, and 88. The median of the data set is...
What is 83?
This functionalist wrote the Principles of Psychology
Who is William James?
The Smiths train their dog to not leave the yard by using an invisible fence that delivers low level shocks if the dog passes it.
What is the behavioral perspective?
Assigning participants to treatment or non-treatment group with equal chances
What is random assignment?
Explores how mental and behavioral processes function– how they enable organism to adapt and survive.
The test scores for AP Unit 1 were: 68, 79, 83, 100, 56, 89, and 88. The mean of the data set is...
What is 80.42?
This student of William James was denied her PhD by Harvard, though she finished all of her degree requirements.
Who is Mary Whiton Calkins?
Ms. Morris believes that students are motivated to act out in class by their unmet needs in esteem and belonging. She would be using the ________ perspective.
What is the humanistic perspective?
When everyone in the population has an equal chance of being in the study, it's called...
What is random sampling?
Both hypotheses and correlations deal with making research-based __________.
What are predictions?
Which of the following coefficient correlations express the strongest relationship between two variables? -.91, -.71, -.32, +.8, +.908
-.91
This researcher was studying participant's reaction times to visual senses.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
As a grad student, Julie studies the ways in which people's relationships shape their behavior.
What is the social cultural perspective?
When the participants do not know whether they are assigned to the experimental or control group during the study, it's referred to as a _____________ procedure.
What is single-blind?
A person who is interested in work relationships, attitudes and motivation is most likely interested in what field of psychology?
Industrial organizational psychology
The type of correlation that shows the amount of students who wear sweatshirts increase as the temperature decreases.
What is negative correlation?
This leading behaviorist rejected introspection and studied how consequences shape behavior.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
George is afraid of snakes because this fear protected her ancestors from death by snake bite.
What is the evolutionary perspective?
The key goal of an experimental design, summed up in one term.
What is validity?