Category 1
culture (BIAT)
Behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions passed down from generation to generation
observation on 1 person to reveal universal principles.
basic research
simple knowledge
mode
most occurring number
survey
questionnaire about people's opinions and attitudes
population
all cases in a group
psychology
study of behavior and mental processes
hindsight bias
the "i knew it all along' phrase
replication
repeating a study
mean
add up scores, then divide by the number of numbers there is
illusory correlation
illusion of a relationship
double blind procedure
neither researchers or participants know they are getting treatment or placebo
placebo effect
false effect
median
middle scores
applied research
dependent variable
outcome factor
independent variable
experimental factor that is manipulated
experimental condition
condition that exposes participants to treatment
empiricism
fire = empire
knowledge comes from experience
psychiatry
provides medical treatment and therapy
standard deviation
range
a measure to show how much scores vary from the mean
difference between highest and lowest scores
random sample
statistical significance
+ strong pancakes
random sample of people represents equal chance
does math show its important and not by chance
functionalism
structuralism
adapt, survive, and flourish (school of psychology)
looks inward about psychology
(school of psychology)
biopsychological approach
humanistic psychology
biological, psychological, and social cultural levels of analysis
personality leads to personal growth
operational definition
false consensus effect
research variables are defined
assuming everyone like the same thing as you do