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Psychologist
Types of Psychologist
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Focused on the unconscious-developed free association.
Who is Sigmund Freud
100
Studies the influence of culture on social functioning
What is Sociocultural
100
Lists and summarizes data in a practical, efficient way.
What is Descriptive Statistics
100
an assumption or prediction about behavior.
What is Hypothesis
100
The scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research. It covers everything that people think, feel, and do.
What is Psychology
200
Argued that perception involves the whole rather than individual parts
Who is Gestalt
200
Studies physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence and behavior.
What is Biological
200
Describes how two sets of data relate to one another.
What is correlational statistics.
200
Capable of change in an experiment
What is Variable
200
Belief the treatment is working without receiving any actual treatment.
What is the placebo effect
300
The father of psychology
Who is William James
300
Studies the action of the consciousness.
What is a functionalist.
300
A chart that shows the frequency of data.
What is frequency distribution.
300
Changed or altered by the experimenter in order to observe the effect
What is Independent Variable
300
Experiment in which the participants were instructed to apply electric shocks to their peers if the questions were answered incorrectly.
What is the Milgram Obedience Study
400
Proposed the mind controlled the body's movements, perceptions, and sensations.
Who is Rene Descartes
400
Studies the basic elements that MAKE UP conscious mental experiences
What is a structuralist
400
Researchers have to prove this was not a result of their study (hint: think probability).
What is Chance
400
Studying age differences (example: many 65 year olds would not watch the jersey shore)
What is Cross-Sectional Studies
400
a set of assumptions used for explanation
What is a theory
500
Theorized that behavior is based on prior experience or stimuli (conditioning-dog experiment)
Who is Ivan Pavlov
500
Studies how one processes, stores, retrieves, and uses information.
What is Cognitivist
500
Statistics that demonstrate the mean, median, and mode.
What is Central Tendency.
500
Study of something over a long period of time. Example: studying a student from kindergarten to high school.
What is longitudinal.
500
Helps people deal with problems of living.
What is Counseling Psychology