Perspectives
Says behavior patterns are heavily influenced by what enhances reproductive success
What is the evolutionary perspective?
The only research method that can show a cause-and-effect relationship between variables
What is an experiment?
Developed psychoanalytic theory
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Describe the correlation:
If more time is spent studying, exam scores tend to go up
What is a positive correlation?
When participants are told the purpose of the study before agreeing to participate
What is informed consent?
Says behavior/personality is heavily influenced by conflicts buried in your unconscious
What is the psychoanalytic perspective?
Process that ensures participants have an equal chance of being in either the control group or experimental group
What is random assignment?
Pushed for the creation of state-funded mental hospitals in the United States
Who is Dorothea Dix?
These are important when researchers want to be able to replicate an experiment
What are operational definitions?
Publishing a list of participants names with the results of a research study violates this ethical principle
What is confidentiality?
Says human behavior is not simply a product of their environment but governed by their potential for growth
What is the humanistic perspective?
Ms. D'Angelo designs an experiment to see if room temperature impacts her classes' exam performance. In her experiment, room temperature would be...
What is the independent variable?
The founder of behaviorism
Who is John B. Watson?
Ms. D'Angelo designs an experiment to see if exercise improves her students' concentration during long PowerPoints. In her experiment, concentration would be...
What is the dependent variable?
If a study requires you to deceive participants, this must follow the study ASAP
What is debriefing?
Currently the dominant perspective in psych that focuses on how humans acquire knowledge and solve problems
What is the cognitive perspective?
Type of descriptive research method that provides an in-depth picture of a single subject
What is a case study?
The person who classically conditioned dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Describe the relationship:
A negative correlation between hunger and concentration
as hunger increases, concentration tends to decrease OR
as hunger decreases, concentration tends to increase
A measure of how likely the result of an experiment occurred by chance
What is statistical significance?
The technique used by structuralists to study consciousness by training subjects to describe their personal experiences
What is introspection?
Ms. D'Angelo only asks her 10th grade students to participate in a survey and concludes that all Mcfatter students are given far too much homework each night. Her results are inaccurate because she failed to select...
What is a representative sample?
The first female to earn a Ph.D. in psychology
Who is Margaret Floy Washburn?
A research design strategy that neutralizes the impact of experimenter bias
What is a double-blind study?
When the mean, median, and mode are same score
What is a normal distribution?