Perspectives
Believe that the unconscious mind controls much of our thought and action.
Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic
Review proposals for research that involves human participants.
IRB
A large amount of data can be collected in research studies. Psychologists need to make sense of the data.
Statistics
he only way to establish that there is a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables is to conduct a scientific experiment
Experimental method
These studies are used to describe general or specific behaviors and attributes that are observed and measured
Descriptive Research
Seek to understand human behavior by examining the rules of social groups.
Socio-Cultural
Participant is capable of discontinuing participation at any time
Discontinuing participants.
The analysis of data that helps describe, show or summarize data in a meaningful way such that patterns might emerge from the data
Descriptive Statistics
anything that can vary or change
Variable
An observation technique in which one individual or just a few individuals are carefully studied in-depth
Case Study
Examine human thought and behavior strictly in terms of physical and biological processes.
Biological
Any data collected in the experiment should remain completely confidential
confidentiality
An orderly arrangement of scores indicating the frequency of each score or group of scores
Frequency Distribution Table
The factor that the experimenter controls and manipulates
Independent Variable
Self-report data, relies on the individual's own report of their symptoms, behaviors, beliefs, or attitudes
Survey Method
Focuses on learned behaviors. Behaviorism differs from many other perspectives because instead of emphasizing internal states, it focuses on behaviors.
Behavioral
Misleading experiment participants in order to maintain the integrity of the experiment, but not to the point where the deception could be considered harmful
Deception
Plot that shows the underlying frequency distribution (shape) of a set of continuous data
Histogram
The variable that is being measured or tested in an experiment
Dependent Variable
Careful observations of animals or people in their natural/native environment, no attempts at intervention on the part of the researcher
Naturalistic Observation
This area of psychology focuses on mental processes such as memory, thinking. problem-solving, language and decision making
Cognitive
Animals are acceptable substitutes for research that would be considered unethical in human participants
Animal Testing
A single score that represents a whole set of scores
Differences between the experimental group and the control group other than those resulting from the independent variable
When people know they are being watched, they are less likely to behave naturally
Observer Effect