Are you testing me?
This type of study is characterized by looking closely at a certain individual or event and doing a detailed study in specific
What is a case study?
This defense mechanism is characterized by acting immature and behaving younger than your actual age, acting like a child
What is regression?
His main idea was the hierarchy of needs
Who is Abraham Maslow?
This perspective is all about how society and culture effect the psychology of an individual
What is the socio cultural approach?
These are put in place to get more scientific results and eliminate confounding variables
What are controls?
Clever Hans is an example of this effect
What is the experimenter effect?
This kind of trial is set up to eliminate participant and observer bias by having the experimenter and the subject not know who is in the control group and the experimental group
What is a double blind trial?
This defense mechanism is characterized by blaming others for something you yourself are guilty of
What is projection?
These needs must be met before we can attain self actualization, spirituality, or creativity
What are basic needs (food, water, safety, shelter)?
This approach is all about your body, how your brain, nervous system, and hormones affect your mind and behavior.
What is the biological approach?
The other type is applied psychology where psych is applied in the real world and this type is done in a laboratory
What is research psychology?
In Greek this word means 'the study of the soul'
What is psychology?
This category of tests is used to get internalized, unconscious thoughts out in the open. Examples include instant word association and the House Tree Person tests
What are projective tests?
This defense mechanism is characterized by taking negative emotions and channeling them into a positive outlet (art, music, sports, etc)
This is at the top of the hierarchy of needs
What is self actualization (creativity, achieving full potential)?
This perspective is all about the achievement of our full human potential. Abraham Maslow was one of these.
What is Humanistic psychology?
Psychology is the study of two things: the mind and this other thing
What is behavior?
Consent, minimization of harm, and a debriefing (transparency) are all requirements for this
What are ethical guidelines?
These were created by a Swiss psychologist to tap into the unconscious mind and how you interpret them is more important than WHAT they see
What are inkblot tests?
This defense mechanism is characterized by creating excuses for bad behavior that would otherwise cause us guilt or shame
What is rationalization?
This is at the bottom of the pyramid (hierarchy of needs)
What are physiological (physical) needs?
This approach is all about behavior and specifically conditioning. People are trained and act predictably.
What is the Behavioral approach?
The more ice cream sales there are the more murders there are is an example
What is correlation or correlation=/= causation?
Hidden desires, memories, and unresolved conflicts—that occur below the level of conscious awareness and influence behavior without direct knowledge
What is the unconscious?