Experiments
Define the Terms
Therapies
Research
Careers in Psychology
100
A substance with no measurable impact on animals and humans, commonly a sugar pill
What is a Placebo?
100
The variable that the researcher measures in an experiment ( EX: Test Scores)
What is a Dependent Variable?
100
Freudian therapy focusing on unconscious motives and internal childhood conflicts
What is Psychoanalysis?
100
Type of observation which takes place in a natural setting
What is Naturalistic Observation?
100
A science which studies behavior and cognitive processes
What is Psychology?
200
A type of study where neither participants or researchers working with participants know which group is receiving treatment
What is a Double Blind Study?
200
The variable manipulated by the researcher in an experiment (EX: Medicine )
What is an Independent Variable?
200
Therapy that emphasizes personal growth, potential, and responsibility
What is Humanistic Therapy?
200
A prediction/statement of likelihood that a certain event will occur or that a given relationship will be found between two variables
What is a Hypothesis?
200
A medical doctor who can treat psychiatric disorders with prescription drugs
What is a Psychiatrist?
300
The group that does not receive the independent variable in an experiment
What is a Control Group?
300
a persuasive technique where people agree to a small request which later leads to them complying with a larger request
What is the Foot in the Door technique?
300
Psychiatric therapy that focuses on the influence of the nervous system, hormones, and genes
What is Biological Therapy?
300
questions about peoples opinions or behaviors which yields information from a large group of people
What is a Survey?
300
The psychologist responsible for the "shock" experiment
Who is Stanley Milgram?
400
The group that receives the independent variable in an experiment
What is an Experimental Group?
400
The tendency for a person to be less likely to give aid if other people are present
What is the Bystander Effect?
400
objective therapy which studies behavior without reference to internal processes (John Watson)
What is Behavioral Therapy?
400
Type of research that studies small groups in great detail
What is a Case Study?
400
A professional trained to diagnose and treat people with psychological disorders using psychotherapy
What is a Clinical Psychologist?
500
Where a researcher studies the effects of variables in a controlled setting such as a lab
What is an Experiment?
500
The theory which states that individuals feel less responsibility to take action in a situation where help is needed if other people are present
What is Diffusion of Responsibility?
500
Therapy which focuses on how processing, storing, and retrieving information influences behavior
What is Cognitive Therapy?
500
Type of research which follows a group of people over an extended period of time
What is a Longitudinal Study?
500
The "Father of psychology" who established the first psychology lab
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
M
e
n
u