Basics & History
Psychology is defined as the scientific study of BEHAVIOR and.....
What are mental processes?
This school of thought tends to focus on the mental processes involved in thinking, intelligence, and problem-solving
What is cognitive psychology?
The section of a larger group chosen to take a survey would be the:
What is a sample?
The variable that is manipulated in an experimental study
What is an independent variable?
The founder of the first PSY lab in 1879.
Who was Wundt?
This early school of psychology completely ignores all internal processes of the mind, as they believe they cannot be studied scientifically
What is behaviorism?
If I go online and observe conversations in chat rooms without participating directly, I would be using this descriptive method.
What is naturalistic observation?
Extra factors that might interfere with a cause and effect relationship in an experiment. Should be removed as much as possible
What are extraneous or confounding variables?
The 'third wave' of early psychology
What is humanism?
This school of psychology would focus specifically on neurotransmitters as a specific cause of depression.
What is the biological or neurological perspective?
While useful for describing psychological phenomena, the one thing descriptive methods can never give us is:
What is cause and effect?
Participants should have equal chance of being in either the control or experimental group in an experiment. This process is called:
The father of the psychoanalytic perspective.
Who was Freud?
This school of modern psychology seeks to understand aspects of behavior that are relatively stable across time and situation
What is personality psychology?
Phineas Gage was a perfect example of this non-experimental research approach
What is a case study?
If we believe an intervention will make us better, it likely will to a certain extent. This is due to:
What is the placebo effect?
This early method of 'research' aimed to understand the mind by having participants verbalize every thought that came to mind.
What is introspection?
Stanley Milgram measured obedience to authority in his laboratory studies. He is considered to be this type of psychologist.
What is a social psychologist?
The more gas I put in my car, the further it can travel. This type of relationship is a:
What is positive correlation?
This was the DEPENDENT variable in the Milgram study.
What is amount of obedience?