An explanation to the set of ideas
What is a theory?
Most common used animals as subject for studies
What are rodents and birds?
Use existing records/past data to answer questions.
What is archival research?
First African American to receive a PhD in psychology
Who was Francis Summer?
Most common experimental design
What are two groups?
An incorrect hypothesis
What is falsifiable?
Committee that approves/denies research that involves human participation
What is the IRB?
List of questions research participants must answer
What are surveys?
Became the first woman to earn a PhD in psychology
Who was Margaret Floy Washburn?
Two vital variables in a study
What are independent and dependent variables?
Are reality based observations that transform into to new ideas
What is inductive reasoning?
At the end of study participants will receive a complete statement on the purpose of the experiment
What is debriefing?
Watching behavior within its natural setting
What is naturalistic observation?
Would become the first African American woman to receive a PhD in psychology
Who was Inez Beverly Prosser?
Moving in the same direction
What is positive correlation?
An "if" statement and is a testable prediction
What is a hypothesis?
Committee that reviews and approve/decline animal research studies
What is the IACUC?
Data collection is done over a lengthy period
What is longitudinal research?
Established one the earliest experimental psychology labs an elected as first female president of APA.
Who was Mary Whiton Calkins?
What is placebo effect?
Ideas already being tested in the real-world
What is deductive reasoning?
Written statement given to participants to sign that includes that experiment will remain completely confidential
A study where researchers focus on one or couple of people
What are clinical studies?
Founded several experimental psychology laboratories in South America
Who was Horatio Piñero?
Believing a correlation between two things is real, but in reality there is no correlation.
What is false correlation?