Perspectives
This perspective highlights the importance on unconscious motives.
What is the Psychoanalytic Perspective?
This type of study focuses on one individual in order to gain insight to a larger phenomenon.
What is a Case Study?
This type of variable is the CAUSE of a change. It is the one thing that is different between the control and experimental groups.
What is the Independent Variable?
This perspective notes that human compassion and understanding can lead to insights about a person's sense of self.
What is the Humanistic Perspective?
This type of study requires participants to answer questions. Their answers to these questions are recorded as data.
What is a survey?
This is the EFFECT of an experiment. This is what is measured during the experiment and helps Psychologists form a conclusion after the experiment is over.
What is a Dependent Variable?
This Perspective says that cellular responses, the nervous system, and other bodily processes are key to understanding a person.
What is the Biological Perspective?
This type of study collects data from the same individuals over an extended period of time.
What is a Longitudinal Study?
This type of variable might interfere with the findings of an experiment. These variables might cause a change, which is why they have to be controlled.
What are confounding variables?
This perspective focuses on a person's thought processes.
What is the cognitive perspective?
This type of study looks at individuals of different ages at the same time.
What are Cross-Sectional Studies?
This type of study is conducted when the experimenter and the participant do not know who is in the experimental or control group.
What is a Double Blind Study?
This Perspective focuses on rewards, punishments, and other ways that a person retains information and actions.
What is the Behavioral/Learning Perspective?
This type of study looks at the relationship between two variables. It CANNOT determine causation.
What are Correlation Studies?
They are 1. Informed Consent, 2. Protection from Discomfort and Harm, 3. Confidentiality, and 4. Right to a Debrief.
What are the 4 Basic Principles of Ethics?