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100
Researchers manipulate this variable
What is independent
100

Science of taking theoretical findings and psychological principles and applying them to solve real-world problems and improve human experiences in areas like health, education, business, and the legal system

What is applied science? 

100
Did the famous "shock experiement" to test obedience
Who is Stanley Milgram
100
School of psychology associated with Freud that emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and internal childhood conflicts in determining behavior
What is psychoanalysis
100

A technique where a population is divided into homogeneous subgroups, based on shared characteristics like age, gender, or ethnicity to ensure equal representation in the sample. 

What is stratified sampling? 

200
The reasearcher measures this variable
What is dependent
200

The phenomenon where a person experiences a real positive outcome or symptom improvement after receiving a non-active substance or treatment, purely due to their expectations and belief that the treatment is real and effective.

What is the Placebo Effect? 

200
Established the first psychology labratory
Who is Wilhelm Wundt
200
Perspective that emphasized the growth potential of people and responsibility
What is humanistic
200
A method in which a researcher brings animals or humans into a controlled setting, such as a lab or a room, to study effects of variables on their behavior
What is an experiment
300
The researcher studies the impact of variable on this group - ex. if an experimenter were conducting research on the effects of music on test scores, the classroom that receives the different types of music would be this type of group
What is experimental
300

the perspective that focuses on how processing, storing and retrieving information influences our behavior

What is cognitive?

300
Medical doctor who has clinical training and can treat neurological illnesses and can treat them with prescription drugs
What is a psychiatrist
300
The prespective of psychology interested in the influence of the nervous system, hormones, and genes
What is biological
300
Yields information from a large group of people about their opinions or behavior
What is a survey
400
The procedure used when neither participants nor researchers directly working with the participants know which group is recieving which treatment
What is double blind
400

A researcher's belief or expectation that, by its very nature, causes itself to become true during an experiement. 

What is a self-fulfilling prophecy? 

400
Trained to diagnose and treat using psychotherapy
What is a clinical psychologist
400
Method of exploring consious mental process by asking subjects to look inward and report their sensations and perceptions
What is introspection
400
Method that studies a topic in great detail
What is a case study
500
A specific prediction or statement of likelyhood that a certain event will occur or that a given relationship will be found between two variables
What is a hypothesis
500

By analyzing a sample, researchers use THIS to generalize findings, estimate population characteristics, and determine if observed effects are likely due to a real phenomenon or just random chance, allowing them to build theories.

What is inferential statistics? 

500

Performed many studies over conditioning behavior of dogs.

Who is Pavlov? 

500
Perspective that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without refrenced mental process. Associated with John Watson
What is behaviorism
500
A method of observation in which the researcher studies people or animals in their natural setting
What is naturalistic