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The approach through which psychologists systematically acquire knowledge and understanding about behavior and other phenomena of interest
What is the scientific method
100
method in which people chosen to represent a larger population are asked a series of questions about their behavior, thoughts, or attitudes
What is survey research?
100
Behaviors, events, or other characteristics that can change, or vary, in some way
What are variables?
100
Started by Sigmund Freud, it focuses on unconscious motives and desires.
What is the psychodynamic (or psychoanalytic) perspective
100
It focuses on the consistent traits that differentiate one person from another
What is personality psychology?
200
a broad explanation or prediction concerning phenomena of interest
What is a theory?
200
method in which an investigator simply observes some naturally occurring behavior and does not make a change in the situation
What is naturalistic observation?
200
The variable that is measured and is expected to change as a result of the experimental manipulation
What is the dependent variable?
200
The approach that suggests that observable, measurable behavior should be the focus of study
What is the behaviorist perspective (or behaviorism)?
200
It examines how people grow and change from the moment of conception until death
What is developmental psychology?
300
A prediction, stemming from a theory, stated in way that allows it to be tested
What is a hypothesis?
300
method that uses existing data, such as census documents, college records, and newspaper clippings
What is archival research?
300
Any group participating in an experiment that receives a treatment
what is the experimental group?
300
The approach that focuses on how people think, understand, and know about the world.
What is the cognitive perspective?
300
It is the study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by others.
What is social psychology?
400
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
What is psychology?
400
an in-depth, intensive investigation of an individual or small group of people
What is a case study?
400
A procedure in which participants are assigned to different experimental groups or "conditions" on the basis of chance and chance alone
What is random assignment?
400
The approach that views behavior from the perspective of the brain, the nervous system, and other biological functions
What is the neuroscience perspective?
400
The study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders.
What is clinical psychology?
500
established the first psychology laboratory in 1879 in Leipzig, Germany
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
500
a method that allows cause-and-effect conclusions to be drawn
What is an experiment?
500
As an example, an experimenter gives one group of participants a daily vitamin, but the other group does not take vitamins.
What is the independent variable?
500
The approach that suggests that all individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and be in control of their lives and behavior
What is humanistic perspective?
500
It studies the processes of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking about the world.
What is experimental psychology?