Definitions
People
Scenario
Perceptive
Subjects of an Experiment
100

What is the definition of psychology ?

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes 

100

The founder of behaviorism is ... 

John B. Watson 

100

If John is focusing on how Sarah's emotions and thoughts change when she's with him verses her parent, he's focusing on what type of perspective?

Socio- Cultural Perspective

100

What perspective is a particular view of behavior or mental processes?

Psychological Perspective

100

Define Applied Research 

Pure information/science that is applied to the subject.

200

Define functionalism 

The theory that emphasized the functions of consciousness and the way consciousness helps people adapt to their enviroment  

200

The first American psychologist and the author of the first psychology textbook was ... 

William James 

200

Within an experiment held by John Cravetz to test how mixing marijuana and caffeine would change ones behavior , Billy did not take any marijuana nor could he drink any caffeine. What kind of subject of the experiment is Billy?

The Control Group

200

What focuses on how we take in, process, store, and retrieve information.

Cognitive Perspective

200

Define Random Assignment 

Assigning random people to join in the experiment, not based on their characteristics.

300

The theory that analyzed the basic elements of thoughts and sensations to determine the structure of conscious experience(s) is ...  

Structuralism 

300

The founder of Modern psychology is ...

Wilhelm Wundt 

300

Regina has randomly assigned participants to her experiment to see if people observe a certain behavior will they perform the same act after being placed in the same situation. James claimed that her assigning was selective. What kind of assignment did Regina really have? 

Random Assingment

300

Define Biological Perspective

A perspective that focuses on physical structures and particular behavior, thought, or emotion.

300

Which group does not receive or is not exposed to the treatment, but are still being judged and studied?

Control Group

400

Define humanistic psychology 

Focuses on the study of conscious experience

400

He was known for the founding of psychoanalysis...

Sigmund Freud 







































400

Sarah takes Gallay to an art show. Sarah realizes that Gallay always talks about the meaning of the paintings that catches hr eye instead of the colors. What kind of psychology is Gallay?

Gestalt Psychology 

400

Define Sociocultural  Perspective

Focuses/studies how thinking and behavior changes based on situations . 

400

Which group are being exposed to the treatment?

Experimental Group

500

The type of psychologist that look at the whole picture is... 

Gestalt psychologist/psychology 

500

Jean Piaget was known for what ?

Piaget was known for his studies on children thought processing and was a developmental & cognitive psychologist 

500

Gallay typically wonders and focuses on Jim's emotion and his way of thinking when choosing to eat out or cook. When he always chooses to eat out, she then focuses on his behavior when she asks where will they eat , and he chooses Red Lobster. What perspective is Gallay looking at?

Biological Perspective

500

Define/Describe Behavioral Perspective

Focuses on how we learn through rewards, punishments, and observation. 

500

The variable that causes the change is......

The Independent Variable