PSY101 - CH 1

Terms

100

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes 

Psychology 

200

This is a set of rules for gathering and analyzing information that enables you to test an idea or hypothesis. 

Scientific Method

300

This type of hypothesis is an educated guess about the relationships or associations among variables 

Predictive hypothesis

400

This type of hypothesis is an educated guess about how one variable affects another variable 

Causal Hypothesis

500

These are the five steps of the scientific method

Define & describe 

Form a testable hypothesis 

Choose an appropriate research strategy 

Conduct the study 

Analyze the data 

More terms?

100

This is the population of interest during an experiment 

Sample 

200

This describes the relationship between two or more variables. It can be positive, negative or non-existent. 

Correlation 

300

This is manipulated in order to determine what effect the manipulation has on another variable

Independent Variable 

400

This variable is measured during an experiment to determine if the manipulated variable has caused any change in this variable 

Dependent Variable 

500

This type of experiment is a research study that is not a true experiment because participants are not randomly assigned to the different conditions. 

Quasi-experiment 

Perspectives

100

This perspective focuses on physical causes of behavior. 

Biological perspective

200

This perspective focuses on how evolution and natural selection influence behavior

Evolutionary Perspective

300

This perspective focuses on internal unconscious mental processes, motives, and desires that explain behavior. 

Psychodynamic Perspective

400

This perspective focuses on external (environmental) causes of behavior

Behavioral Perspective

500

This perspective focuses on societal and cultural factors that may influence behavior

Sociocultural Perspective 

Perps & Specs

100

This perspective focuses on how peoples' view of themselves and the world influence behavior. 

Humanistic Perspective

200

This perspective focuses on how mental processes, such as memory, expectations, beliefs, and problem solving influence behavior.

Cognitive Perspective 

300

This "approach" integrates and combines several perspectives to explain behavior. 

Eclectic Approach

400

This specialty focuses on mental health within the criminal justice field. 

Forensic Psychology 

500

This specialty focuses on how an individual grows, develops, and adapts throughout their lifetime, 

Developmental Psychology

Just Specs

100

This specialty focuses on psychological knowledge and skills to address optimal performance and well-being of athletes, developmental and social aspects of sports participation, and systemic issues associated with sports settings and organizations. 

Sports Psychology

200

This specialty focuses on how humans learn and retain knowledge, primarily in educational settings like classrooms. 

Educational Psychology

300

This specialty focuses on understanding how culture influences an individual's thoughts and behaviors

Cross-Cultural Psychology 

400

This specialty focuses on analyzing and understanding human behavior in the workplace, mainly how business works and how employees function. 

Industrial / Organizational Psychology 

500

This specialty focuses on examining human abilities, limitations, behaviors, and processes in order to inform human-centered designs. Persons studying this specialty focus on the interaction between human and machine/products/systems. 

Human Factors Psychology