Research
Correlation does not equal ________.
Causation
Cognition studies _______ such as thinking, knowing, remembering.
Mental processes
Something that parents do to help language development, these tones keep the child interested and the speech makes sure the child can separate the words; it has a sing-song quality.
Infant-directed speech or baby-talk
Any attribute, trait or disorder that causes a person to be labelled as unacceptably different from “normal” people.
Stigma
He studied the behavior of dogs using food and a bell.
Ivan Pavlov
This is when we seek evidence in favor of our ideas rather than evidence against them.
Confirmation bias
This is the processing of information into the memory system.
Encoding
________ parents are likely to have children who has high self-esteem and are self-reliant.
Authoritative
_______ psychologists help people cope with personal and career challenges by recognizing their strengths and resources.
Counseling
He is the founder of psychoanalysis.
Sigmund Freud
The use of chance to assign subjects to experimental and control groups. This is important because it helps decrease experiment bias.
Random assignment
This is a mental representation of the layout of one's environment.
Cognitive map
A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement and diminished if followed by punishment.
Operant conditioning
_________ psychologists help people with their problems, adjust to life difficulties, and change their behavior for the better.
Clinical
He studied the way rewards and punishments shape actions.
B.F. Skinner
A(n) ______________ is an experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.
Independent variable
The process of getting information out of the memory system.
Retrieval
A child's sense that their parents are trustworthy and dependable is most indicative of ________.
Secure attachment
This occurs when a participant's expectation leads him/her to experience some change even though they receive an empty or fake treatment.
Placebo effect
He has four stages in his theory of development: The Sensorimotor Stage, The Preoperational Stage, The Concrete Stage, & The Formal Stage.
Jean Piaget
The 5 stages of the research process.
(1) Form a hypothesis (2) Design a study (3) Collect the data (4) Analyze the data (5) Report findings.
The __________ occurs when we are presented with misleading or incorrect information following an event, and we incorporate that information into our subsequent memory reports.
Misinformation effect
This reflex occurs when a baby's cheek is stroked it turns in the direction of the touch.
Rooting Reflex
This form of psychotherapy helps a person learn how to recognize negative patterns of thought and replace them with healthier ways of thinking
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The father of Psychology.
Wilhelm Wundt