A branch of psychology that studies the links between biological and psychological processes.
What is Biological Psychology?
100
The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.
What is Hindsight Bias?
100
A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together , and thus of how well either factor predicts the other.
What is Correlation?
100
(1)The experimental factor that is manipulated, or whose effect is being studied.
(2)The outcome of the factor.
(3)The factor other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in the experiment.
What is the (1) Independent Variable
(2) Dependent Variable
(3) Confounding Variable
200
The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental illnesses.
What is Behaviorism?
200
The study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
What is Cognitive Psychology?
200
Testable prediction, often implied by theory.
What is a Hypothesis?
200
The perception of a relationship where none exists.
What is Illusory Correlation?
200
In an experiment, it is the group that is exposed to the treatment.
What is the Experimental Group?
300
The study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method.
What is Experimental Psychology?
300
The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience makes to the development of psychological traits and behaviors.
What is the Nature-Nurture issue?
300
Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation.
What is Naturalistic Observation?
300
A sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion.
What is a Random Sample?
300
Experimental results caused by expectations alone.
What is the Placebo Effect?
400
Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individuals potential for personal growth.
What is Humanistic Psychology?
400
The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.
What is Social Psychology?
400
An observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles.
What is a Case Study?
400
A graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables. The slope of the points suggests the direction of the relationship between the two variables.
What is a Scatterplot?
400
A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many types of data. (Most scores fall near the mean).
What is the Normal Curve/Distribution?
500
The study of brain activity linked with mental activity.
What is Cognitive Neuroscience?
500
A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders.
What is Clinical Psychology?
500
A statement of the procedures (operations) used to define research varaibles.
What is Operational Definition?
500
A statistical index of the relationship between two things (from -1 to +1).
What is the Correlation Coefficient?
500
Trying to reach conclusions that extend beyond the immediate data alone.