Pre-Scientific Psychology
Drilling holes in the head to release evil spirits
What is Trephination?
Observing behavior in a natural setting, key is to not let people know they are being watched
What is Naturalistic Observation?
A statement that can be tested
What is a Hypothesis
Influence of inherited characteristics (biology, genes, etc(
What is Nature?
What is a Psychiatrist?
Something that can NOT be scientifically proven
What is Pseudoscience?
Researching one person and implying results to the rest of the population
What are Case Studies?
The variable the experimenter manipulated
What is an Independent Variable?
Environmental factors influence our development (school, culture, etc)
What is Nurture?
A therapist or counselor who studies how human beings think, behave, and interact with one another
What is a Psychologist?
Study of bumps on a head to determine the state of a person
What is Phrenology?
What is Survey Method?
The measured variable which is influenced by the independent variable
What is a Dependent Variable?
Psychology can be defined as
What is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes?
The association that created the ethical regulations for experiments
What is the APA?
Who is given credit for starting the field of Psychology?
What is Wilhelm Wundt?
The only research method capable of showing cause and effect
What are Experiments?
An external, unintended factor in research that influences other variables
What is the Confounding Variable?
What is the biggest debate among Psychologist?
What is Nature vs Nurture?
They ensure that ethical guidelines are being followed
What is the IRB?
What are TWO examples of Pseudoscience?
What is astrology, mind reading, palm reading, trephination, phrenology?
Estimating the degree of relationship between two variables
What is the Correlation Method?
The thing every experiment has to include so it can be replicated in the future
What is the Operational Definition?
What is an Experimental Lab?
The biggest ethical issue in Milgram's Experiment
What is the risk of long term mental harm?