What is the father of psychology? Who is the creator of the first psychology lab?
100
Generate a hypothesis
What is the first step of the scientific method?
100
Measuring what a tool is supposed to measure
What is validity?
100
Biological, psychological, socio-cultural
What are the 3 levels of analysis?
100
The ____variable is the cause, the _____ variable is the effect
Independent; dependent
200
This theory focused on childhood experiences and the unconscious mind
What is psychoanalytic/psychodynamic theory?
200
The scientific method is used to test ____
What is a theory?
200
The ability to generalize results from your sample to others
What is external validity?
200
Give two examples of components in the biological approach
inherited from parents, genetics, brain structure, hormones, etc.?
200
This is the key component of an experiment
Manipulation of the independent variable
300
This revolution occurred in response to the psychodynamic/psychoanalytic approach
What is the behaviorist perspective?
300
Give an example of a theory
X causes Y because of Z
Z= the theory
300
The ability to infer cause and effect from a research design
What is internal validity?
300
Give two examples of components from the psychological approach
Learned behaviors and fears, emotional responses, perceptual interpretations
300
How is random sampling (also called random selection) different than random assignment?
Random sampling occurs when creating a sample from your POPULATION, random assignment occurs when creating your experimental group & control group from your SAMPLE
400
The scientific study of behavior & mental processes
What is psychology?
400
Why is it important to replicate a study?
In order to support the theory being tested, repetition is needed to see if the same results occur repeatedly using different participants in other settings.
400
This increases internal validity in experiments
Manipulation of independent variable(s)
400
What components make up the socio-cultural approach?
Familial and societal expectations, environment, peer groups & other group influences
400
Two variables have a correlation coefficient of .23, what can you infer about the relationship between those variables?
The relationship between variables is weak
500
Clinical, counseling, I/O, Research/academic, and school psychology
What are the 5 primary areas of psychology?
500
The purpose of this is to specify how a variable will be measured
What is the operational definition?
500
Why is internal validity low in correlational designs?
Inability to determine which came first (directionality); did X really cause Y?
500
Why is it important to analyze phenomenon this way?
Each component alone cannot explain behavior. Each component influences the others and offers a different perspective
500
What type of research design would be best to observe the effects of a new drug on individuals with schizophrenia?
an experimental design (participants taking the drug would be the experimental group, participants not receiving the drug would be the control group)