History
Psychology as a Science
Psychological Perspectives
Research Topics
Research Methods
100

The study of the mind and behavior

What is psychology?

100

True/False: We can prove things in psychology. 

What is False?

100

Understanding how culture affects people's thoughts and preferences. 

What is Cultural Perspective?

100

Experiment that killed over 128 African Americans.

What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment?

100

A case study is an example of this.

What is descriptive statistics?

200

Wilhelm Wundt 

Who created the first psychological experiment?

200

Used to formulate and strengthen theories, which are sets of facts (and relationships between facts) that help us to explain and predict related phenomena.

What is the Scientific Method?

200

Understanding how the past shapes certain cultural universals that all human beings share.

What is the evolutionary perspective?

200
To let participants know what the study will ask them to do and is looking for. 

What is informed consent?

200

Investigating the relationship between two variables without manipulation. 

What is correlational research?

300

The argument between biology and the environment.

What is Nature versus Nurture?

300

Thinking we are correct and only seeking evidence to further prove we are correct.

What is confirmation bias?

300

Understanding how our genetics, anatomy, biochemistry, etc. influence the way we behave. 

What is the biological perspective?

300

To talk with participants after the experiment to inform them of any deception. 

What is debriefing?

300

Research that allows you to make a casual conclusion about the relationship of two variables.

What is experimental research?

400

He created the psychodynamic perspective and lot of people think he started psychology.

Who is Sigmund Freud?

400

The tendency to overestimate our knowledge and abilities in a certain area.

What is the overconfidence bias?

400

Understanding how our progression of social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and moral development impact the way we think and behave. 

What is the developmental perspective?

400

To not share any identifying information (name, DOB, address, etc.) with anyone else. 

What is confidentiality?

400

The variable that is manipulated.

What is the independent variable?

500

Created the idea of the "psyche or soul."

Who is Plato?

500

The inferences drawn from studying college students because they are easy to recruit. 

What is the college sophomore problem?

500

Understanding how different individuals in groups act in various situations.

What is the social perspective?

500

Taking an abstract concept and turning it into something measurable.

What is an operational definition? 

500

The group that receives the treatment.

What is the experimental group?