Vocabulary
The belief that you knew something all along
What is Hindsight Bias
The most critical part of a survey
What is the wording of the question?
If deception is used during an experiment, a psychologist must
What is debrief?
To reduce the possibility of errors while conducting research it is important to have
What is method?
He is considered the father of psychology.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
The tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors
What is False Consensus
Type of research that proves cause and effect
What is an experiment?
A participant's personal information should always be kept
What is confidential?
The process by which participants in an experiment are randomly placed into groups
What is random assignment?
Psychology's longest enduring debate concerning whether human traits are inherited or develop through experience
What is nature vs. nurture?
The study of people in or animals in their own environment
What is Naturalistic Observation
An in- depth look at one individual
What is a case study?
A participant must sign this which allows them to choose to participate and be free to stop at anytime
What is informed consent?
Participants in an experiment who are subject to the independent variable
What is the experimental group?
This approach believes that people have free will and are able to control their own destinies.
What is the humanistic approach?
A person who takes part in an experiment
What is a participant
The study of people or animals in their own environment
What is naturalistic observation?
An ethics review panel established by a publicly funded research institution to evaluate all proposed research by that institution
What is the IRB or Institutional Review Board?
The participants in a group who are given no treatment
What is the Control Group?
This field of psychology deals with diagnosis and treatment of people with specific mental or behavioral problems.
What is clinical psychology?
The world's largest organization of professional psychologists
What is the APA or the American Psychological Association?
The study of people or animals in a controlled setting
What is a laboratory observation?
This association has established a code of ethics for psychological research
What is the APA or American Psychological Association?
The variable a researcher can change or manipulate
What is the independent variable?
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
What is psychology?