The scientific study of behaviors and mental processes
What is (the definition of) psychology
Study of why we behave the way we do
What is (the) Behavioral (approach)?
Study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt
What is (the) developmental (approach)?
An assumption, and/or an idea that is proposed for the sake of argument so that it can be tested to see if it might be true.
What is a hypothesis?
This is an ethical issues when a subject does not know they are part of a study and what they are agreeing to
What is informed consent?
Wilhelm Wundt
Who is the father of Psychology?
Study of how the brain has developed to survive
What is (the) Evolutionary (approach)?
The study of us as a whole person
What is (the) Humanistic (approach)?
What is a double blind treatment?
This is an ethics issue when after the research, subjects are not told the findings
What is debrief?
Explain, Predict, Control, Prescribe
Study of how culture, gender, and socioeconomic status affects behavior
What is (the) Sociocultural (approach)?
Study of gender, race, sexuality, and social justice.
What is (the) Feminist (approach)?
Music would be considered this in a study on whether or not it helps focus
What is an independent variable?
This is an ethics issue where participants are misled or wrongly informed about the aims of the research.
What is deception?
Wrote the first psychology textbook
Study of thought patterns, including behavior and processing
What is (the) Cognitive (approach)?
Study of unconscious forces responsible for human behavior
What is (the) Psychoanalytic (approach)?
Test scores would be considered this in a study to see whether or not music helps focus
What is a dependent variable?
This is an ethics issue when there is either physical, mental, social, or other harm to a subject, whether unintentional or not.
What is protection of participants?
Psychology is a field of conscious experience
What did Wilhelm Wundt study?
Study of the brain, and how genetics influence behavior.
What is (the) Biological (approach)?
What is (the) Humanistic (approach)?
This is an ethics issue when participants are unable to leave a study.
What is withdrawal?