Terms
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
What is Psychology
This theory used some of Freud's theories from the past.
What is Psychdynamic Theory
The Father of Psychology
Who is Wilhelm Wundt
When all information acquired during a study must be kept private and not published in such a way that individual rights to privacy are compromised.
What is Confidentiality.
A tentative and testable explanation about the relationship between two or more variables.
What is a hypothesis.
Research conducted to advance scientific knowledge and usually done in classroom or lab.
What is Basic Research
An integrative model which take biological, psychological and social processes into account.
What is the Biopsychosocial Model.
This theorist coined the term "Hierarchy of Needs" and is of the Humanistic Perspective
Who is Abraham Maslow
Naturalistic Observation and Case Studies are this type of research.
What is Descriptive Research.
There are this many steps in the Scientific Method
What is SIX
The process of objectively evaluating, comparing, analyzing and synthesizing information.
What is critical thinking.
This theory focuses on our mental processes and how they are used in thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating.
What is the cognitive perspective.
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow are associated with this psychological perspective.
What is Humanistic.
A form of research that involves the manipulation and control of variables to determine cause and effect.
What is experimental Research.
Describe, Explain, Predict and Change refer to what?
Research used to change existing real-world problems.
What is Applied Research.
This theory focuses on stimulus-response relationships and consequences of behavior.
What is the Behavioral Perspective.
This theorist used the behaviors of dogs in his studies.
Who is Pavlov
In research, this is the variable being manipulated.
What is the independent variable.
Andrea got her degree in this area of psychology
What is Educational
What is a Growth Mindset
This theory focuses on social interaction and the cultural determinants of behavior and mental processes.
What is the Sociocultural Perspective.
Theorist recognized for his work in the Evolutionary Perspective?
Who is Charles Darwin.
When a researcher influences the results in the expected direction this is called
What is experimenter bias.
The Marshmallow Test (video) we watched in class, was what type of research?
What is experimental.