Three philosophers considered the pillars of psychological foundations
What is Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates
100
a specific, testable proposition about something to be studied
What is hypothesis
100
which is the process of watching without interfering as behavior occurs in the natural environment.
What is naturalistic observation
100
process of using reasoning to discern what is true
What is Critical Thinking
200
use high-tech scanning devices and other methods to study how biological processes in the brain and other organs affect, and are affected by, behavior and mental processes.
What is a Biological Psychologist
200
tabula rasa means...
What is blank slate
200
statements describing the exact operations or methods used to manipulate and/or measure the variables in the research.
What is Operational definitions
200
an intensive examination of behaviors or mental processes in a particular individual, group, or situation.
What is case study
200
2 types of truth
What is objective truth and subjective truth
300
focus on how people are similar and different. They use tests, interviews and other measures to compare individuals on different characteristics.
What is a Personality psychologist
300
founded the first psychology research laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879.
What is Wilhelm Wundt
300
specific factors or characteristics that are manipulated and measured in research.
What is Variables
300
give broad portraits of large groups. also called interview, questionnaire, or self-report
What is Surveys
300
error in reasoning
What is logical fallacy
400
conduct research and develop theories about teaching and learning.
What is a Educational psychologist
400
His work and ideas became the basis for psychoanalysis, including a theory of personality, mental disorder, and treatment methods.
What is Sigmund Freud
400
the degree to which the evidence is consistent and repeatable
What is reliability
400
the only research method that directly tests cause-and-effect relationships between variables
What is experiment
400
truth of statement is totally dependent of the number of people who believe
What is Bandwagon approach
500
develop and use statistical tools to analyze vast amounts of data collected by their colleagues in many other subfields.
What is a Quantitative psychologist
500
founded the first U.S. psychology lab at Harvard University
What is William James
500
the degree to which the evidence accurately represents the topic being studied.
What is validity
500
examine relationships between variables in order to analyze trends in data, to test predictions, to evaluate theories, and to suggest new hypotheses.
What is Correlational studies
500
often uses pictures of people in very bad situations.