Vocab
The scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research
Psychology
This approach to psychology emphasizes the importance of unconscious thoughts and motivations
Psychoanalysis
Psychologist or psychiatrist? The one that is a medical doctor who can prescribe medication or operate on patients.
Psychiatrist
What type of research method is being used: A psych grad student is sending out depression questionnaires to the entire student body for her dissertation research.
Survey
The number of hours you study affects your performance on the test. What is the independent variable?
The number of hours you study
The small group of participants, out of the total number available, that a researcher studies
Sample
This approach applies the idea that individual or self-directed choices influence behavior
Humanistic approach
This psychologist is concerned with helping students learn.
Educational Psychologist
What type of research method is being used: A study of the influence of parental control and attachment on early onset of alcohol consumption in adolescence.
Longitudinal
Which group is exposed to the independent variable?
The experimental group
Having to do with an organism's thinking and understanding
Cognitive
This approach applies the idea that events in the environment (rewards and punishments) influence behavior
Behaviorist approach
This psychologist studies the emotional, cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes that occur as an individual matures.
Developmental psychologist
What type of research method is being used: The researcher is sitting in a park observing the behavior of parents of children at play.
Naturalistic observation
The number of hours you study affects your performance on an exam. What is the dependent variable?
Your performance on the test
The measure of a relationship between two variables or sets of data
Correlation
These psychologists believe that the way we process, store and retrieve information influences our behavior
Cognitive psychologists
This psychologist uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers.
Industrial or organizational psychologist
What type of research method is being used: Studying the relationship between academic success and self-esteem
Correlational
Psychologists do not accept the results of their own or other people's studies until the results have been ____________________, or duplicated.
Replicated
The pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake
basic science
This approach applies the idea that ethnicity, gender, culture and socioeconomic status influence behavior
Socio-cultural approach
Clinical or counseling psychologist? The one who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances.
Clinical psychologist
What type of research method is being used: Kitty Genovese and the Bystander effect: 38 people watched Genovese get attacked and murdered and no one did anything to help.
Case study
This group is not exposed to the independent variable.
Control group