Careers
Psychologists who work with patients to diagnose & treat mental illness
What is Clinical Psychology?
Opened the first psychology lab in 1879
Behavior is driven by survival & reproduction
What is Evolutionary Psychology?
Participants studied in their natural environment
What is observational study?
A testable prediction
What is hypothesis?
Participants identity is protected when a study is published
What is confidentiality?
Psychologists who conduct studies in labs or at universities
Experimental Psychologists
Founder of psychoanalysis & believed the unconscious influenced behavior
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Emphasizes role of genetics & hormones on behavior
What is biological?
What is a survey?
Variable that is controlled or changed by the researcher
What is independent variable?
"I knew it all along" bias
What is hindsight bias?
Psychologists who work with businesses to improve employee communication
Industrial Organization (IO)
This scientist's work with dogs was the foundation of behavioral psychology
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Focused on the importance of personal growth and potential
What is humanism?
Long term & in-depth study of a person or small group
What is a case study?
The group that gets the placebo
What is control group?
Full explanation of the study's results & purpose when research is concluded
What is debriefing?
Psychologists who make technology more user friendly
Founded behavioral psychology and using a loud noise to create a phobia in an infant
Who is John Watson
Disregards thoughts or feelings - psychology should focus on observable behavior
What is behavioral psychology?
Controlled procedure designed to support or disprove a hypothesis
What is an experiment?
Outside circumstance that can affect the outcome of a study
What is confounding variable?
Answering is a way that is more socially acceptable
What is social desirability bias?
Medical doctors who specialize in mental illness & can prescribe medications
What is a psychiatrist?
Founder of humanist psychology
Who is Carl Rogers?
Studies mental processes like problem solving and how self-defeating thoughts affect wellbeing
What is cognitive?
Participants & researchers are both unaware of who is in the control or experimental group
What is double blind?
Look for and interpret info in a way that supports previously held beliefs
What is confirmation bias?
Emphasized the importance of cognitive processes & the social aspects of learning
Who is Bandura?
The measurable outcome of the study
What is the dependent variable?