Schools of Thought
Perspectives
Research Methods
Experiments
Melting Pot
100
The belief that the unconscious mind has an influence on one's behavior.
What is psychoanalysis?
100
Focuses on how patterns, beliefs, & customs influence behavior.
What is sociocultural?
100
A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated.
What is case study?
100
The tendency to look for information that supports one's own beliefs.
What is confirmation bias?
100
Which one is NOT an ethical guideline in psychology? - Deception must be justified. - Participants can withdraw at any time. - Participants are not debriefed.
What is Participants are not debriefed?
200
Believed that "the whole is greater than the sum of parts."
What is Gestalt psychology?
200
Is interested in how patterns, beliefs, & customs influence behavior.
What is sociocultural?
200
It involves observing behavior in its natural context.
What is naturalistic observation?
200
Studies that control for both the placebo effect & the experimenter effect.
What is double-blind?
200
The majority of psychologists work in __________.
What is colleges & universities?
300
Started behaviorism. Claimed that behavior is affected by reinforcement.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
300
Believed in self-actualization & free will.
What is humanism?
300
Asks a large number of particiants questions about a topic.
What is survey?
300
The first step in any experiment.
What is perceiving the question?
300
A psycology professional with a medical degree. They can write prescriptions.
What is psychiatrist?
400
This person stressed the importance of early childhood experiences.
Who is Freud?
400
Emphasizes how people receive, store, & retrieve information.
What is cognitive?
400
A measure of how strongly 2 variables are related to one another.
What is correlation?
400
The reason why scientists report their results publicly.
What is to allow replication of experiment?
400
Making judgements based on reason & logical evaluation.
What is critical thinking?
500
Analyzed how to break down sensations into their most basic elements.
What is structuralism?
500
Emphasizes the activity of the brain, hormones, & genes on behavior.
What is biopsychological?
500
Manipulates variables and measures its effect.
What is experiment?
500
Animals are used to research experiments that cannot be performed on ________.
What is humans?
500
The expectations of the participant influences behavior.
What is placebo effect?