Experimental Design
"If rats are put into an empty box rather than a box with multiple activities, then their brain development will be stunted..." is an example of
Hypothesis
What is the dependent variable?
The variable that is being measured or tested.
When a researcher conducting an experiment, they must follow these guidelines in order for their experiment to be considered ethical.
Ethics Code
____ Dogs would salivate at the sound of a metronome or bell.
Pavlov's
What is the definition of Psychology?
Psychology is the study of the mind and human behavior
An _______ is testing to determine whether there is a cause - effect relationship.
Experiment
Lit the four types of research methods in psychology?
Case Studies
Naturalistic Observation
Correlational Research
Surveys
_______ occurs when the participants are not fully aware of what the experiments entails.
Deception
Stanford Prison Experiment required ______ act as guards or inmates.
Name the five Psychology Disciplines that we have covered in class.
Cognitive
Developmental
Educational
Neuropsychology
Social
Three types of correlation are....
Positive
Negative
No Correlation
A detailed examination of a particular case or cases within a real-world context is considered a __________ study
Case
When the participants of a study are put under physical or mental distress that causes any damage is considered.....
Harm/ Permanent Damage
Ivan _________ examined the classical conditioning.
Pavlov
Behavior is made up of Nature and ______
Nurture
True or False: There are multiple experimental design layouts/forms.
True
True or False: Correlation means causation.
False
What are the main ethical considerations we covered in class this week...?
1. Deception
2. Harm and Permanent Damage
3. Random Assignment
Wundt
A ________ is a stimulated treatment that lacks any active ingredient.
placebo
What is the name of the person whom experienced a significant personality change after a blunt object went through his head?
Phienas Gage
Using a random process to decide which participants are tested in which conditions is considered ___________ assignment.
Random
Ethics is derived from the Latin root ______. Meaning moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
ethos
What is the independent variable in Milgram's Shock experiment?
1. Amount or degree of shock.
Psychology is made up of 3 thing...what are they?
1. Thoughts
2. Feelings
3. Actions