Famous psychologists
established the first Psychology laboratory and is the "Father of Modern Psychology"
who is Wilhelm Wundt
Psychological perspective focuses on behavior without reference to mental Processes
What is Behaviorism
Placebo
A type of treatment with no actual medical effects
Psychologists are trained to do
What is observe, analyze, and evaluate
type of research allows a scientist to better control a situation
what is a Laboratory Experiment
Psychologist is often related with the psychologist perspective
Who is piaget
Psychological Perspective focuses on how Processing, storing, and retrieving information influences our behavior
What is Cognitive
a relationship between two variables is called
What is a Correlation
type of research organizes people into groups by age
What is Cross sectional
four main goals of Psychology
What is Describe, Explain, Predict and Control / Influence, Behavior.
Psychologist is often related to Behaviorism
Who is Watson
Psychological Perspective focuses on people reaching their true potential
What is Humanism
Describe a single blind study
Only the examiner in this study will know which participants are exposed to the independent variable.
type of research Involves following the same group of people over regular intervals
What is a Longitudinal Study
distinguishes a experimental group in a experiment
(Receives independent variable)
Psychologist is often related to the Psychodynamic Perspective
Who is Freud
perspective focuses on Biology
what is Psychobiology?
Describe a Double Blind Study
Neither the experimenter or any of the participants know who has been exposed to the independent variable
type of research contains Interviews or Questionnaires
What is a Survey
the difference between qualitative and quantitative
quantitative: Large numbers and Stats
qualitative: In depth description of experience
Psychologist is related to Functionalism
Who is William James
perspective focuses on listening and interpreting the unconscious mind
What is Psychodynamic
diagnoses and prescribes medicine for Psychological disorders
What is a Psychiatrist
research involves watching people in their natural Environment
What is Naturalistic Observation?
to test for a random sample someone would need to have______
what is (random participants in experiment/ Equal chance of selection)