PERSPECTIVES
This perspective focuses on the brain, genes, and nervous system.
What is biological perspective?
Preventing physical or emotional harm to participants
A detailed study of one person or small group.
What is a case study?
Learning through rewards and consequences.
What is operant conditioning?
Changing behavior to fit in with a group.
What is conformity?
This perspective emphasizes free will and personal growth.
What is Humanistic perspective?
Keeping participant information private.
What is confidentiality?
a specific, testable, and falsifiable prediction about the relationship between two or more variables, usually derived from theory or prior research
What is a hypothesis?
Learning through association.
What is classical conditioning?
Following orders from authority.
What is obedience?
This perspective focuses on unconscious thoughts and childhood experiences.
What is psychodynamic perspective?
Process of explaining the true purpose of a study after it ends
What is debriefing?
Research that shows relationships but not cause and effect.
What is correlational study?
Adding something good to increase behavior.
What is positive reinforcement?
Loss of self-awareness in a group.
What is deindividuation?
This perspective focuses on learning through rewards and punishments.
What is Behavioral perspective
Organization that approves research before it begins.
What is the IRB?
Variable changed or manipulated by the researcher.
What is the independent variable?
Removing something bad to increase behavior.
What is negative reinforcement?
Reduced effort when working in groups.
What is social loafing?
This perspective combines biology, psychology, and social factors.
What is Biopsychosocial perspective
Why are ethical guidelines important?
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
Group that does not receive the treatment.
What is the control group?
Neutral stimulus becomes meaningful through learning.
What is conditioned stimulus?
Failure to help because others are present.
What is bystander effect?