Careers in Psychology
This career in psychology requires a medical doctorate.
Psychiatrist
This research method involves observation of a subject in their normal day-to-day life
Naturalistic Observation
This is a humanist view of the progression of a "fully functioning" person. It requires first that basic needs are met, before that person can go on to higher needs.
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
This is the act of doing something nice for someone, even when you get nothing out of it
Altruism
This can cause a person to blame other for their faults (not winning the game, for example), but blame outside forces when they lose themselves.
Self-serving bias
This type of psychology involves working with students. both testing and providing counseling.
School Psychologist
A study like a case study is not quantitative, like a survey, but ____.
Qualitative
This is a state that our body tries to balance to.
Homeostasis
This experiment had to be stopped very early, because things were getting out of hand, and there was a fear of permanent damage to the participants, whether they were "guards" or "prisoners"
Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment
This is the current diagnostic manual for the American Psychological Association
DSM-5
This type of psychologist helps people with personal problems and adjustments.
Clinical Psychologist
This describes how two sets of data relate to each other, and can be positive or negative.
Correlation
When we are hungry and we eat, we are getting this type of motivation.
Intrinsic motivation
This causes us to think incorrectly about a person, perhaps thinking that they are mean, rather than noticing that they have had a difficult day.
Fundamental Attribution Error
When Shynyce finds it easier to work and speak with a lot of people around her, she demonstrates this.
Group facilitation
Type of research used to solve immediate problems.
Applied Research
It is generally considered unethical to lie to your study participants. In cases where you HAVE to, you should do this after the study.
Debrief (and tell the truth)
This theory of emotion says that physiological changes happen first, then we feel an emotion.
James_Lange Theory
This phenomena causes people to believe that they are "just part of the crowd" and will not receive consequences for their actions.
Deindividuation
This experiment showed that around 65% of subjects were willing to give a possibly fatal jolt of electricity to another people just because someone "in charge" told them to.
Milgram's Obedience Study
These are the 4 main goals of psychology.
1.Describe behavior
2.Explain why behaviors and mental processes occur
3.Predict future events
4.Controlling/changing behaviors and mental processes
This research method is quicker than longitudinal studies, while still providing information across a variety of ages.
This part of the hypothalamus makes us understand that we are full, and should stop eating.
Ventromedial Hypothalamus
To avoid this, if you are in a large crowd and need help, ask one specific person for help, preferably by their name. Otherwise, no one may help you.
Diffusion of responsibility
This neurotransmitter regulates the sleep cycle and alertness, and builds memory
Acetylcholine