Perspectives
Says behavior patterns aim to improve chances of survival and reproduction
What is the evolutionary perspective?
The only research method that can show a cause-and-effect relationship between variables
What is an experiment?
Developed psychoanalytic theory
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Describe the relationship:
As study time increases, scores increase
What is a positive correlation?
Correlation coefficient
What is r?
Says behavior/personality is heavily influenced by conflicts buried in your unconscious
What is the psychoanalytic (psychodynamic) perspective?
Process that ensures participants have an equal chance of being in either the control group or experimental group
What is random assignment?
Inspired evolutionary theory
Who was Charles Darwin?
A research design in which neither researcher nor participant knows who is in experimental vs. control group
What is a double-blind procedure?
Telling participants about possible dangers before the experiment is an example of this
What is informed consent?
Says human behavior is not simply a product of their environment but governed by their potential for growth
What is humanism?
Dr. C designs an experiment to see if room temperature impacts his classes' exam performance. In his experiment, room temperature would be...
What is the independent variable (IV)?
French philosopher who said I think therefore I am
Who is Rene Descartes?
Researchers believe that bees mate similarly to humans. They show this research flaw when they only find other researchers' papers that support this theory.
What is confirmation bias?
If a study requires you to deceive participants, this must follow the study ASAP
What is debriefing?
Focuses on how humans acquire knowledge and solve problems
What is the cognitive perspective?
Type of descriptive research method that provides an in-depth picture of a single subject
What is a case study?
The first female to earn a Ph.D. in psychology
Who is Margaret Floy Washburn?
Explain how a dependent variable will be measured
What are operational definitions?
Examines multiple age groups concurrently
What is a cross-sectional study?
Often associated with rewards and punishments
What is behaviorism?
An example of this would be that more accidents happen on days with full moons
What is an illusory correlation?
Founder of functionalism and author of the first psychology textbook
Who was William James?
P value determines this
What is statistical significance?
Founder of the APA in 1892
Who is G Stanley Hall?