Definitions
Psychology.
What is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes?
his statistical term refers to the average of a set of numbers, found by adding them all together and dividing by the total number of items.
What is the Mean?
In 1879, this man opened the first psychology lab, marking the moment psychology became a science.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
This perspective focuses on hidden unconscious motives and early childhood experiences.
psychoanalytic perspective
expectations and values
According to the social-learning theory, just because you learn how to do something by watching others doesn't mean you will do it. What two internal factors decide if you act on it?
Anything we can observe and measure
What is behavior?
This term refers to the number that appears most frequently in a data set.
What is mode?
This physician stated that mental problems are a result of brain abnormalities
Hippocrates
This perspective looks at how society, culture, and gender roles shape who we are.
What is the Sociocultural perspective?
The three toxic personality traits of the "Dark Triad"
What are Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy?
Breaking the mind down into basic parts
What is structuralism?
When students talk about their (GPA), which measure of central tendency are they talking about?
What is mean?
This philosopher believed that human behavior was subject to certain rules and laws, just like the movements of the stars and seas.
Who is Aristotle?
This perspective explains this by focusing on thought processes?
What is the cognitive perspective?
This is often referred to as "the silent witness"
What is the crime scene?
An "educated guess" that can be tested.
What is a hypothesis?
Before you can find this, the first thing you must do to the numbers is put them in order from smallest to greatest
What is the median?
This Greek philosopher said "Know thyself"
Socrates
This perspective believes that people are basically good and are driven by free choice, self-awareness, and the desire to reach their full potential.
What is the Humanistic perspective?
This is the first step of the research method
What is the forming a research question?
During the Middle Ages, people used this specific "test" to see if someone was possessed by the devil.
What is the water float test?
You should use this measure of central tendency when your data set has extreme outliers ( that would skew the average.
What is the median?
Socrates' student, who wrote down his teacher's teachings and also happened to teach Aristotle.
Who is Plato?
This perspective emphasizes that we learn behaviors through our environment, either by direct experience or by observing others.
What is the Learning perspective?
This Gestalt principle says that our eyes follow smooth, continuous lines rather than broken ones.
What is continuity?