Early Psychology
Perspectives
Research Methods
The Experiment
Mix
100
What is psychology defined as?
The study of behavior and mental processes.
100
repression; early childhood experiences
psychoanalytical/psychodynamic
100
Which is the only method that can prove causation?
the experiment
100
What is the formal word for an "educated guess"?
Hypothesis
100
TRUE OR FALSE? Research Guidelines forbid all forms of deception.
False. Deception must be justified.
200
What are the four goals of psychology?
Describe, Explain, Predict, Control
200
Which theory emphasizes observable and measurable behaviors?
Behaviorism
200
This research method would work best if one wanted to study an individual in depth.
Case study
200
Gary wants to see if drinking more milk will actually help one grow taller?
What is the independent variable in this case?
amount of milk one drinks
200
What do we call the variable that the experimenter manipulates?
independent
300
***DOUBLE JEOPARDY***
Name associated with functionalism.
William James
300
Problem-solving, thoughts, etc. falls under this psychological perspective.
Cognitive
300
If an experimenter wants to see how individuals act in their normal settings, he/she would most likely conduct a...
naturalistic observation
300
Fatima wants to see if one's sleeping schedule has an impact on one's motivation.
What would be the dependent variable in this case?
motivation
300
According to the text book, where do most psychologists work? (Top place only)
universities/colleges
400
Watson is the big name behind what psychological approach/perspective?
Behaviorism
400
Mary Cover Jones would fall under which psychological perspective?
Behaviorism
400
***DOUBLE JEOPARDY***
What does the scatterplot graph above show?
a) Causation
b) positive correlation
c) negative correlation
d) no correlation
C) negative correlation
400
Factors that the experimenter has no control over (i.e. genetics) are known as....
confounding variables
400
***TRIPLE JEOPARDY***
This person brought structuralism to the U.S.
Edward Titchener
500
This type of psychology seeks to look at the "whole"
Gestalt
500
Which perspective would encourage one to "choose your mate wisely"?
Evolutionary
500
***DOUBLE JEOPARDY***
Which of these shows the strongest correlation?
a) 0.7
b) -0.82
c) 0.78
B
500
In order to minimize experimenter bias, one would have to engage in a ___________ __________ study?
double blind
500
What do we call the type of research that aims to answer real-world problems?
Applied, not basic