Famous Psychologists
Approaches
Terms
Methods
Methods II
100
Which psychologist pioneered psychoanalysis to help individuals identify their subconscious conflicts and desires?
Sigmund Freud
100
What is the term that explains how psychologists use a variety of approaches in their research and practice?
Eclecticism
100
What two things do psychologists study?
Mental processes and behavior
100
What variable does the researcher deliberately change in an experiment?
Independent variable
100
What type of sample truly reflects a selected characteristic of a larger population?
Representative Sample
200
What psychologist is connected to the behavioral approach and believes we are controlled by our environment?
B.F. Skinner
200
Which approach believes we are shaped by early childhood experiences and conflicts in our subconscious?
Psychoanalytic
200
What is the method of having the subject look into himself and tell what is there?
Introspection
200
What is the group on which the critical part of an experiment is performed called?
Experimental Group
200
What method involves researchers asking questions of a sample of the population?
Survey
300
Who is considered the Father of Psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
300
Which approach believes we are shaped by our environment and our associations?
Behavioral
300
What is a general framework about the nature of something?
Theory
300
What is the group that does not participate in the critical part of the experiment called?
Control Group
300
What type of study researches the same age group of a period of years?
Longitudinal Study
400
Which psychologist studied the impact of learning and child rearing on individual development?
John B. Watson
400
Which approach believes people are individual in their mental processes and have control of their destinies?
Humanistic
400
What is a specific statement of the results a researcher expect to get from an experiment?
Hypothesis
400
What method involves collecting detailed information on an individual?
Case Study
400
What type of research involves the researcher and the subjects NOT knowing which group they belong to, experimental or control?
Double-Blind Study
500
Which psychologist is associated with the humanist approach?
Carl Rogers; William James
500
Which approach believes we are mainly thinking creatures able to make judgments?
Cognitive
500
What is a set of fixed generalized beliefs we hold about a given group?
Stereotype
500
What method involves studying subjects without their being aware that they're being watched?
Naturalistic Observation
500
True or False, Once a subject agrees to participate in a study, he cannot withdraw.
False
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