Important People
The man who experimented on classic conditioning with dogs.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
The definition of psychology.
What is the study of the mind?
An approach based on observable and measurable behavior.
What is Behavioral psychology?
A method used to answer questions in psychology.
What is the Scientific method?
John Watson
Who is the psychologist who believed science must limit itself to observable phenomena?
The "father of psychology" and the first to study humans in a laboratory environment.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
The definition of placebo effect
An experimental results caused by expectations
An approach based on thinking and perception.
what is Cognitive psychology?
The core of an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
The name of the theory that states a part of our mind over which we do not have conscious control
What is Psychoanalysis?
This historical figure was a famous biologist and functionalist.
Who is Charles Darwin?
The process in which the genes most beneficial for survival will persist.
What is Survival of the fittest?
An approach based on being your best self.
What is Humanistic psychology?
A variable you change.
What is an independent variable?
The definition of Gestalt psychology.
What is the theory that states that the whole experience is often more than just the sum of parts?
A figure who studied medicine but soon discovered that not all ailments were physical
Sigmund Freud
The definition of Maslows hierarchy.
People move from basic needs to their full potential, which people move form basic needs to their full potential
An approach based on external influence.
What is Sociocultural psychology?
Unwanted variables that can affect an experiments outcome.
What are confounding variables?
The person who came up with a cognitive developmental theory
Who is Jean Piaget?
The founder of the humanistic approach
Carl Rogers
The definition of Empiricism.
What is an approach to understanding human behavior by examining data
An approach based on the interaction between an individual's biology, culture, and personality.
What is Biopsychosocial psychology
Something that a study has if it can be used as a generalization of a group.
What is External validity?
The definition of correlation coefficient.
What is the statistical index of the relationship between two things.