Who Am I?
father of modern psychology & psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
how people learn through their interactions with the environment
behavioral
a physician (a medical doctor--either an MD or a DO) who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, addictive, and emotional disorders
psychiatrist
definition of a variable in terms of the actual procedures used by the researcher to measure and/or manipulate it
operational definition
a field that involves the analysis of numerical data about representative samples of populations
statistics
raised monkeys with two artificial mothers. one represented nourishment, the other contact/comfort. monkeys would use the harsh mom for food but return to the soft cloth mom for a safe/secure base. humans are social creatures who need contact to thrive
Harry Harlow
how we receive, store and process information; think/reason; and use language
cognitive approach
a scientific and professional organization that represents psychologists in the United States
factors other than the independent variable that may cause a result.
confounding variable
measures the average difference between each score and the mean of the data set.
standard deviation
studied facial expressions and how they reflected emotions. believed there were six basic emotions that were universal & expressed in the same way in any culture. anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise.
Paul Ekman
psychological perspective concerned with how unconscious instincts, conflicts, motives, and defenses influence behavior
psychoanalytic/psychodynamic approach
professionals that work with patients who have mental, emotional and behavioral disorders
clinical psychologist
the extent to which an instrument measures or predicts what it is supposed to measure or predict
validity
bell-shaped curve that represents data about how lots of human characteristics are dispersed in the population
normal distribution
created the theory of multiple intelligences, opposing Spearman's idea of 1 general intelligence. there are 8 "smarts"; language, logic, music, spatial, kinesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal, and nature.
Howard Gardner
psychological perspective concerned with individual potential for growth and the role of unique perceptions in growth towards one's potential
humanistic approach
professionals in this branch of psychology study a number of mental processes; a few of the most common - and important - mental processes that they study include memory, perception, and learning
cognitive psychologist
technique based on the naturally occurring relationship between two or more variables
correlational research
an orderly arrangement of scores indicating the frequency of each score or group of scores
frequency distribution
Neo-Freudian. parental indifference the true culprit behind neurosis and said the key to understanding is the child's perception. children can overcome the Oedipus Complex if they have loving parents.
Karen Horney
eclectic
professionals that specialize in social, cognitive, and physiological development during any of the following life stages: infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. They also work with patients struggling with developmental disabilities
developmental psychologist
measurement of DV when random assignment to groups is not possible
quasi-experiment
how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance
statistical significance