Terminology
Careers in Psych
Perspectives
Experiment Design
Correlation & Ethics
100
The scientific study of human thought and behavior
What is Psychology?
100
The branch of Psychology concerned with the study and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Also the single largest discipline in Psych.
What is clinical psychology?
100
This perspective emphasizes how one's upbringing, social norms, and cultural environment shape development.
What is the Socio-cultural perspective?
100
This kind of study involves a detailed, close examination of one person or group.
What is a case study?
100
An experimenter publishes a recent study, complete with the full names and birthdays of each of the study's participants.
What ethical consideration(s) were violated?
What are confidentiality & anonymity?
200
This german psychologist who was the first to study human thoughts and behaviors in a laboratory setting (1832-1920).
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
200
The branch of Psychology concerned with the study of how humans learn and develop to help educate children and adults.
What is academic psychology?
200
Coined by Sigmund Freud, this perspective assumes that the unconscious mind is the most powerful force behind thought and behavior.
What is Psychoanalysis?
200
In an experiment studying which tricks dogs learn best, the tricks taught to the dogs is the...
What is the Independent Variable?
200
Is there a positive or negative correlation between the number of hours studied and exam scores?
Positive correlation.
(As one goes up or down, the other does too!)
300
This form of experiemental bias is also known as "I knew it all along!" syndrome. It involves believing you correctly knew the outcome of an experiment or event from the beginning.
What is hindsight bias?
300
These psychologists include therapists who work with people to cope with trauma, stress, and other life struggles.
What is Counselling?
300
A school of psychology that proposed that psychology can be a true science only if it examines observable behavior, not ideas, thoughts, feelings, or motives.
What is Behaviorism?
300
This is the whole group of people in society that a study is meant to apply to.
What is the population?
300
John B. Watson's Little Albert experiment sought to condition a baby to be scared of white rabbits by using loud crashes. After the experiment was successful, the baby was left terrified of rabbits, but also of cotton balls, white fur, and even a Santa Claus mask.
What ethical consideration(s) were violated?
What is protection from harm?
400
In an exerpiment, this is an inert substance or experience given to the control group instead of the independent variable, so participants do not know they are in the control group.
What is a placebo?
400
The branch of Psychology that blends psychology, law, and criminal justice.
What is Forensic Psychology?
400
The perspective of psychology that studies human behavior by asking what adaptive problems it may have solved for our early ancestors.
What is the Evolutionary perspective?
400
In an experiment studying which tricks dogs learn best, the group of dogs being taught various tricks would be the...
What is the experimental group?
400
What is the name of the group that reviews all psychological studies being conducted at an institution to ensure they are meeting all ethical guidelines before research begins?
What is the Institutional Review Board (IRB)?
500
According to the Humanistic perspective, this is the ultimate psychological need that arises after basic needs are met and self-esteem is achieved. It is the motivation to fulfill one's potential.
What is self-actualization?
500
The branch of Psychology concerned with the application of psychological concepts & questions to work settings.
What is Industrial/Organizational Psychology?
500
A theory of psychology that focuses on personal growth and meaning as a way of reaching one's highest potential.
What is the Humanistic perspective?
500
This is the only type of study that can prove a cause-and-effect relationship actually exists.
What is an experiment?
500
Draw a scatterplot showing a correlation with an r-value of (-0.80).
