The Study of Psychology as a Science
The definition of the term, “psychology”.
What is the study of human behavior?
Before psychology was recognized as a science, people said this was the cause of certain behaviors.
What is demons and spirits?
The definition of the Scientific Method.
What is a method of research used to conduct experiments in psychology?
The number of variables that are allowed to be manipulated during an experiment in order for the experiment to remain valid.
What is 1 variable?
While conducting a correlational design, and a psychologist concludes both variables in the experiment increase, the relationship is considered to show this type of correlation.
What is a positive correlation?
Psychology is considered a difficult science to study, in regards to human behavior because of this reason.
What is because humans are deep and complex beings?
This was the first psychologist to develop a psychological theory that was accepted by the public.
Who is Sigmund Freud ?
The number of stages in The Scientific Method.
What is 4?
The variable that is allowed to change during an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
A “longitudinal design” in regards to psychological experiments, means this.
What is a psychologist studies the same people over a long period of time?
Psychology helps people better understand themselves because of this reason.
What is psychology provides insights into what makes each person unique?
The explanation for behavior which was discovered and taught by Pavlov.
What is conditioning (Operant and Classical)?
The definition of the term “hypothesis”.
What is an educated guess about why certain things happen?
This variable is usually the concept that psychologists are attempting to measure during an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
This is one example of a research design or method where the psychologist manipulates the variables.
What is structured, systematic, or experimental?
The study of psychology can increase people’s interpersonal relationships because of this reason.
What is it helps people recognize the emotions and reasonings of the people around them?
The psychologist who created the concept of “psychoanalysis” or “a method of analyzing and treating mental disorders”.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The first step in beginning a psychological research experiment.
What is defining the problem?
In the well-known “book-dropping experiment”, the “number of people in the waiting room” is considered to be this type of variable.
What is the independent variable?
This is the definition of the term “random assignment” and the reason why it is crucial for the success and validity of a psychological experiment.
What is random assignment which includes randomly assigning participants to groups with no manipulation or reasoning ? It is crucial because in order for an experiment to be considered valid the researcher must minimize their manipulation as much as possible to reject the possibilities of external factors altering the results.
These are the four questions psychologists attempt to answer.
What is, “Why do people act as they do?”, “Can behavior be predicted or changed?”, “Can people’s lives be made happier or more productive?” and “What can be done to help those who have lost touch with reality?”?
The belief of “behaviorism”.
What is only behavior that can be observed and measured is useful to the study of psychology?
The requirement for the conclusion of an experiment to be accepted as valid.
What is the results must be duplicated?
Provide a unique example of an independent and dependent variable.
Answers will vary. All are correct as long as the independent variable is changing and the dependent variable is not.
The research design that provides the most accurate representation of human behavior and the reason why this is true.
What is naturalistic observation because there is no manipulation which means it portrays the most realistic results of human behavior?