Research Methods
Schools
of Thought
of Thought
Major/
Applied Fields
Applied Fields
Psychological
Perspectives
Perspectives
Methods of Observation
100
A practical way to collect a lot of data from different subjects
What is a survey?
100
The founder of Psychology
What is William Wundt?
100
A Doctor who can prescribe medication for psychological disorders
What is a Psychiatrist?
100
Nervous System, Glands, Hormones
What is Biological?
100
An in depth investigation of an individual or small group
What is a case study?
200
The relationship between two variables. It can be positive or negative
What is a correlation?
200
The study of how experiences can be positively and negatively reinforced
Behaviorism
200
They would help someone cope with being newly retired
Counseling Psychologist
200
Emphasizes the effects of experiences on behavior
What is Learning?
200
Uses aptitude and intelligence tests to observe subjects
What is The Testing Method?
300
The group that receives the placebo is known as
What is the control group?
300
The study of how humans adapt to survive
What is Functionalism?
300
Strives to improve the educational experience of individual students/cases
What is a School Psychologist?
300
Stresses the importance of fulfillment and the ability to make choices
What is Humanistic?
300
loses subjects due to the length of the study
What is a longitudinal study?
400
Choosing subgroups to represent a population proportionally
What is a Stratified Sample?
400
The study of the unconscious mind and our underlying desires
What is psychoanalysis?
400
Would concern themselves with the suicide rate in adolescents.
What is a Developmental Psychologist?
400
Unconscious, sexual and agressive impulses control our behavior
What is Psychoanalytic?
400
The most unbiased method of observation
What is Naturalistic Observation?
500
They guide research questions, can't be seen, but we know what they are. Example: Aggression
What is constructs?
500
Breaks down consciousness into objective senses and subjective feelings
Structuralism
500
Would concern themselves with patterns of aggressive behavior in patients
What is a Personality Psychologist?
500
People can learn by observing others
What is Social Learning Theory?
500
Researchers compare and contrast subjects of different age groups
What is a The Cross Sectional Method?