Roots of Psychology
Scientific Method
Validity
Approaches
Research Designs
100

How old is Psychology

100-150 years.

100
Generate a hypothesis
What is the first step of the scientific method?
100
Measuring what a tool is supposed to measure
What is validity?
100

Biological, cognitive, socio-cultural

What are the 3 approaches?

100
The ____variable is the cause, the _____ variable is the effect
Independent; dependent
200
This theory focused on childhood experiences and the unconscious mind
What is psychoanalytic/psychodynamic theory?
200
The scientific method is used to test ____
What is a theory?
200

The ability to generalize results from your setting to the real world

What is ecological validity?

200
Give two examples of components in the biological approach
inherited from parents, genetics, brain structure, hormones, etc.?
200
This is the key component of an experiment
Manipulation of the independent variable
300
This revolution occurred in response to the psychodynamic/psychoanalytic approach
What is the behaviorist perspective?
300

Give an example of a theory we have covered.

Multi-store model 

300
The ability to infer cause and effect from a research design
What is internal validity?
300

Give two examples of components from the cognitive approach

memory, thinking and decision-making, perceptual interpretations

300

What is random sampling?

Random sampling occurs when creating a sample from your POPULATION by choosing every nth person

400
The scientific study of behavior & mental processes
What is psychology?
400

Why is it important to replicate a study?

repetition is needed to see if the same results occur repeatedly using different participants in other settings.

400
This increases internal validity in experiments
Manipulation of independent variable(s)
400
What components make up the socio-cultural approach?
Familial and societal expectations, environment, peer groups & other group influences
400

Two variables have a correlation coefficient of .23, what can you infer about the relationship between those variables?

The relationship between variables is weak

500

William Wundt

What is the father of psychology? Who is the creator of the first psychology lab?

500
The purpose of this is to specify how a variable will be measured
What is the operational definition?
500

What is the main weaknesses of correlational designs?

Inability to determine which came first (directionality); did X really cause Y?

500

Why is it important to analyze phenomenon with the 3 approaches?

Each approach alone cannot explain behavior. Each  offers a different perspective

500

What are the 3 qualitative research methods?

Case-study, observations and interviews

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