This person established the first psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany.
William Wundt
100
The experimental factor that is being measured.
Independent Variable.
100
A testable prediction, often implied by a theory.
Hypothesis
100
A graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables.
scatterplot
100
Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base.
basic research
200
This person is a leading behaviorist who studied how consequences shape behavior.
B. F. Skinner
200
Experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.
Independent variable.
200
The tendency to believe, after learning the outcome of an event, that one would have forseen it (aka "I knew it all along phenomenon).
hindsight bias
200
The middle score in a distribution.
median
200
Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems.
Applied research
300
This person argued that natural selection shapes behaviors as well as bodies.
Charles Darwin
300
The condition of an experiment that contrasts with the experimental condition and serves as a comparison.
Control
300
The perception of a relationship where none exists.
Illusory correlation
300
The difference between the highest and lowest distribution.
range
300
A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for ex. drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy.
Psychiatry
400
This person was the first female psychologist to receive a PhD. She synthesized animal behavior research.
Margaret Washburn
400
The condition of an experiment that exposes participants to the treatment, that is, to one version of the IV.
Experimental
400
The participants and the researchers do not know whether the participant has received treatment or not.
Double blind procedure
400
A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean.
Standard deviation
400
A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders.
Clinical psychology
500
This person said that knowledge was not preexisting.
Aristotle
500
A statement of the procedures used to define research variables.
Operational definition
500
A statistical measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other.
Correlational Coefficient
500
A statement of how likely it is that an obtained result is likely to occur by chance.
statistical significance
500
A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.