About Psychology
The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake.
What is basic science?
Sir Francis Galton contributed to the development of this type of test.
What is personality?
He is associated with the unconscious determinants of behavior, psychoanalysis, and free association.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
A complex explanation based on findings from many studies.
What is a theory?
Sampling of data obtained through interviews and questionnaires.
What is a survey?
Using psychological principles to solve immediate problems.
What is applied science?
The first modern psychologists found of psychoology as a separate field.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
He is associated with reinforcement and behaviorism.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
As part of the scientific method, this educated guess must be scientifically tested.
What is a hypothesis?
The cardinal rule of this method is to avoid disturbing the participants.
What is naturalistic observation?
NOT a goal of psychology: explanation, prediction, cognition, or influence?
What is cognition?
What is introspection?
He is associated with humanistic psychology and self-actualization.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
What is "influencing behavior"?
In these case studies, the same group of participants are studied at regular intervals over a period of years.
What are longitudinal studies?
Theory that behavior is influenced by perceptions, memories, and expectations?
What is cognitive psychology?
He explored how heredity influences a person's behavior.
Who is Sir Francis Galton?
Freud's theory of personality development was based on this kind of research method.
What are case studies?
A relatively small group out of the total population under study.
What is a sample?
A sample representative of various subgroups of the population.
What is a stratified sample?
The idea that mind and body are seperate.
What is dualism?
Theorists who explore how humans and animals adapt to their environment.
Who are functionalists?
He identified and studied conditioned reflexes.
Who was Ivan Pavolv?
Equal chance of being represented.
What is a random sample?
In these case studies, individuals are organized into groups based on age.
What is cross-sectional?