Intro to psychology
the study of the mind and behavior in humans and animals
What is Psychology?
Psychologists know by asking questions, collecting information, studying behaviors, testing ideas and drawing conclusions.
What is Research Methods?
The entire group a researcher wants to learn about.
what is Population?
Are rules and principles researchers follow to protect people and animals involved in research.
What are Research ethics?
IRB stands for
Institutional Review Board
An approach of psychology that emphasizes the processing of entire experience rather then individual components
What is Gestalt psychology?
Examines how strongly two variables are related to, or associated with, each other.
What is correlational studies?
A test or measurement tool consistently produces the same results under the same conditions.
What is reliability?
Researchers do not tell participants everything about a study because the truth could change their behavior.
What is deception?
Choosing participants simply because they are easy to reach.
What is convenience sampling?
An approach that focuses on learned behaviors
What is Behaviorism?
Researchers observe behavior in a person’s normal environment without interfering.
What is naturalistic observation?
A sample that reflects important characteristics of the population.
What is representative sample?
Reviews studies involving people before the research begins.
A sample that over represents or underrepresents certain people.
What is a biased sample?
A field of psychology that focuses on internal processes.
What is cognitive psychology?
People respond to a structured set of questions about their experiences, beliefs, behaviors, or attitudes.
What is a Survey?
A smaller group selected from the population to participate in the study
What is a sample?
participants are given enough information about a study to make an informed decision about whether they want to participate.
What is Informed Consent?
IACUC stands for
What is the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee?
Focuses on how human behavior and mental processes have been shaped by natural selection.
What is evolutionary selection?
An intensive, in depth investigation of an individual, a family, or other social unit.
What is a case study?
The extent to which a test or study accurately measures what it claims to measure.
Reviews research involving animals
What is the IACUC?
A 1960 unethical experiment that claimed to measure memory but actually measured obedience.
What is the Miligram experiment?