Therapy
This type of therapy is where a patient lives in the hospital for a long period of time.
What is Inpatient?
This perspective explains behavior as a result of childhood experiences
What is Psychodynamic?
This type of research is easy to distribute to a large number of people quickly
What is a survey?
Type of therapist that assists with problems of adjustment
What is a counselor?
The "if, then" statement that is tested
What is hypothesis?
This type of therapy replaces cognitive distortions with realistic thoughts.
What is CBT?
This perspective describes our thoughts having the most impact on our behavior
What is cognitive?
This type of research is done on a group or individual with highly unusual traits (ex. Phineas Gage)
What is a case study?
Type of psychologist that is trained in crisis situations (hostage, suicide, etc)
What is forensic psychologist?
In an experiment: the group that gets tested on
What is the experimental group?
Type of exposure therapy where a patient exposed to phobia at an intense level
What is flooding?
This perspective explains behavior as a result of adaptations/survival techniques
What is evolutionary?
Study done where neither experimenter nor the subjects know who is in the control group
What is double blind study?
Type of psychologist that can prescribe medicine
What is psychiatrist?
In an experiment: the group that receives the placebo
What is control group?
"if I say 'dad' what comes to mind" is what type of therapy
What is free association?
This perspective emphasizes free will and the ability to choose our behaviors
What is Humanist?
When a group acts differently when they know they are being watched
What is observer effect?
This psychologist does research on how we age from womb to tomb
What is a developmental psychologist?
The variable that is being measured
What is the dependent variable?
Type of therapy for depression, includes a shock to the brain.
What is ECT?
This perspective describes behavior as a result of your genetics
What is biological?
This type of research follows the same group or individual for a long time
What is longitudinal research?
Similar to a counselor, can diagnose a patient with a disorder
What is a clinical psychologist?
Any variable that can effect the outcome of the experiment is called
What is confounding variable?