Types of Psychology
This is the field of psychology that is concerned with discovering the basic elements of conscious experience.
What is structuralism?
In this, people are asked to respond to a series of questions about a particular subject.
What is a survey?
These are chemicals that glands release into the bloodstream to set in motion various body functions, such as growth and digestion.
What are hormones?
Two parter:
Researchers use the experimental method to answer questions about this.
In an experiment, participants receive this, such as a change in room temperature.
What are cause and effect; and treatment, respectively?
Bulls
What is Chicago?
They are concerned with how mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment.
Who are functionalists?
This is the whole group you want to study or describe.
What is the target population?
This is a test that measures learning ability.
What is an intelligence test?
This is the factor that researchers manipulate so they can determine its effect.
What is the independent variable?
Lakers
What is Los Angeles?
This type of psychology defines psychology as the scientific study of observable behavior.
What is behaviorism?
These people are individuals who are selected by chance from the target population.
What is a random sample?
This is an in-depth investigation of an individual or a small group.
What is a case study?
Two parter:
This type of experiment is an experiment that uses both experimental and control groups.
Members of the this group receive the treatment in an experiment.
What is a controlled experiment and the control group, respectively?
Nuggets
What is Denver?
This type of psychology believes that when something is rewarded for performing the action, it is more likely to perform that action again in the future.
What is reinforcement?
This is the concept that people who volunteer in research often differ from those who do not.
What is volunteer bias?
This method is used when researchers selected a group of participants and then observe those participants over a period of time, often years and maybe decades.
What is the longitudinal method?
These are the standards for proper and responsible behavior. Their standards prevent researchers/scientists from undertaking research or treatments that will be harmful to human participants.
What are ethics?
Thunder
What is Oklahoma City?
This is the school of psychology that emphasized the importance of unconscious motives and internal conflicts in determining human behavior.
What is psychoanalysis?
Two parter:
This is a measure of how closely one thing is related to another.
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This is a substance or treatment that has no effect apart from a person’s belief in it.
What are a correlation and a placebo, respectively?
In this method, the study of behavior is in a controlled situation.
What is the laboratory-observation method?
The American Psychological Association's two very important principles.
What are confidentiality and informed consent?
Pelicans
What is New Orleans?