People
A Psychologist who came up with the idea of Operant Conditioning.
B.F. Skinner
Which approach is the following statement: Ashley wears skirts and dresses because that is the norm in the society where she lives.
Sociocultural
A correlation coefficient (r) can only range from ___ to ___.
-1 to 1
What is a Lobotomy?
It was a form of psychosurgery that involved severing the connection between the frontal lobe and other parts of the brain.
Where did Ms. Carhart use to live and work?
Yellowstone National Park
An American advocate on behalf of the mentally ill who created the first generation of American mental asylums.
Dorothea Dix
Which approach focuses on medical reasons such as neurotransmitters, hormones, the structure of the brain, and genetics to explain psychology?
Biological
Define Operational Definition.
How scientists define precisely what they are looking for or measuring in a study. This is important in order to replicate the experiment.
What does IRB stand for and what does it do?
Institutional Review Board - Groups of people who evaluate the ethics and safety of research involving human participants.
What sport did Ms. Carhart play in college? What position did she play? Where did she play?
Lacrosse, Attack, Mount St. Mary's
Who wrote the first Psychology textbook, "The Principles of Psychology"
William James
Which approach is the following statement: Mr. Knight uses a token economy to get his students to behave in class.
Behavioral
What is a Case Study?
A research method that is used to study an available case that is rare or weird and is used when a researcher isn't able to create the situation in a test subject.
What is Trephination?
Where you removed a small part of the skull using an auger, bore or saw. This practice was often used to treat mental illness by releasing "evil humors" or even to release demons who were believed to possess mentally ill people.
How many years has Ms. Carhart been teaching?
Ms. Carhart is currently in her third year teaching
Who came up with the idea of Behaviorism?
John B. Watson
Which of the approaches deals with how our self-esteem and our feelings of self-worth affect how we act, feel, and the healthiness of our relationships with those we are close to?
Humanistic
What is the difference between the IV and the DV.
IV: the thing that is changed by the researcher.
DV: the thing that is being tested and measured in an experiment.
What is a legal and ethical obligation that researchers have to follow when they give the test subject information about what procedure or test is going to be performed?
Informed Consent
Who is Ms. Carhart's favorite singer?
Who was the psychologist who came up with different stages of cognitive development that children would go through as they grew up.
Jean Piaget
Name all 7 approaches in order on your fingers.
Biological, Humanistic, Behaviorism, Cognitive, Psychoanalytic, Sociocultural, Evolutionary
What is the difference between Structuralism and Functionalism.
Structuralism: Study of the mind to determine how the mind and consciousness work and how it is organized.
Functionalism: To understand the purpose of the mind and consciousness.
Participants have a right to _______ from a psychological study at any time if they decide they no longer want to participate in the study.
Withdraw
What is Ms. Carhart's favorite ice cream flavor?
Gimme Smore by Ben and Jerry