Approaches to Psychology
What approach to psychology would be behavior that is viewed as a product of various internal sentences or thoughts?
Cognitive
Who believed that childhood experiences and unconscious thought influence people?
Sigmund Freud
Who is the group that does not participate in the critical part of the experiment?
Control group
This collects lengthy, detailed information on one individual, but may not be true for others
Case Study
What is the area of hearing and speech?
Temporal Lobe
What approach to psychology would be behavior that is viewed as a reflection of internal growth?
Humanism
Who believed that science should study only observable behaviors (reward and punishment), not thought processes?
B.F. Skinner
What is the factor in a study that changes as a result of changes in the independent variable?
Dependent Variable
What is a suggestion of possible results of an experiment?
Hypothesis
What is a bundle of nerves connecting both halves of the brain?
Corpus Callosum
What approach to psychology would be behavior that is viewed in terms of biological responses?
Biological
Who is called the "father of Psychology" and believed humans could be studied scientifically in a lab setting?
Wilhelm Wundt
What is "a medicine" that has no active ingredients and works by power of suggestion?
Placebo
What is a study of one group over a long period where the data is accurate but expensive and time-intensive?
Longitudinal study
What is the area that interprets visual information?
Occipital Lobe
What approach to psychology would be behavior that is viewed as a product of learned responses from rewards and punishments?
Behaviorism
Who discovered classical conditioning?
Ivan Pavlov
What is the factor that the experimenter manipulates in a study?
Independent Variable
What is it when someone secretly observes subjects in their normal environment to track behaviors?
Naturalistic Observation
What is the area of sensation and touch?
Parietal Lobe
What approach to psychology would be behavior that is viewed as strongly influenced by the rules and expectations of the local community?
Sociocultural Psychology
Diana Baumrind
What is the group on which the critical part of the experiment is performed?
Experimental Group
What is a study of different groups at the same time to understand changes over time?
Cross-Sectional Study
What is the area for personality, logic, and controlling emotion?
Frontal Lobe