Psych History
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes is called this.
What is psychology
This perspective focuses on observable behavior, not mental processes.
What is behaviorism
What is a testable predication we can make based on an educated guess?
What is a hypothesis?
What does a perfect +1 mean in a graph?
Perfect positive correlation
The principle that participants’ identities must remain secret
What is Confidentiality
Thoughts, feelings and motives that we experience privately
What is the "Mental Process"?
This perspective emphasizes free will and personal growth.
humanism
The group that does not receive the treatment in the experiment
What is the Control Group?
The more hours you spend studying, the higher your test score.” What type of correlation is this?
What is a positive correlation
When participants are told about the study and agree to take part.
What is informed consent
The method Freud used to uncover the unconscious
What is psychoanalysis?
A psychologist using this perspective might study brain activity and neurotransmitters.
What is the biological/neuroscience perspective?
A variable that is manipulated by the researcher
What is a independent variable?
Correlation does not prove this.
What is causation?
The ethical rule that says participants must not be left in significant pain.
What is protection from harm?
Who was known as the, "Father of Psychology"?
Who is "Wilhelm Wundt".
This perspective examines thoughts, memory, and problem-solving
Cognitive Perspective
A research method that asks people to answer questions based on their experience in a specific situation.
What is a survey
If correlation is close to 0, what does this mean?
There is no correlation between the two variables.
Example (shoe size and IQ level).
Telling participants the true purpose of the study afterwards
What is debriefing
This person studied classical conditioning with dogs.
Ivon Pavlov
Focuses on unconscious drives and early childhood experiences.
What is the Psychoanalytic Perspective?
A research method that uses in-depth investigation of one person.
What is a case study?
The more absences a student has, the lower their grade.” What type of correlation is this?
Negative Correlation
The committee that approves / disapproves scientific research.
Human Subjects Review Board. (HSRB).