Statistics
Ethics
Modern Perspectives
Research Methods
Psychologists
100

What are the measures of variability?

What are range and standard deviation

100

What core ethical principle is related to the idea that any potential harm must be minimized and justified by the value of the research

What is do no harm

100

This perspective has a high focus on social roles and cultural impacts

What is Sociocultural Perspective

100

This method of sampling involves just surveying whoever is readily available

What is Convenience Sampling

100

He was the main proponent of classical conditioning and the behavioral perspective

Who is Ivan Pavlov

200

when a test measures what it is intending to measure it is _________.

what is valid?
200

What core ethical principle that states participants must have their personal information kept private

What is confidentiality

200

This perspective is derived from the psychoanalytic and still has a consideration for the unconscious and early childhood experiences


What is Psychodynamic Perspective

200

____________ might be used instead of naturalistic observation as a means of controlling certain variables

What is Laboratory Observation

200

This man created the first psychology lab in 1879 and is known as the father of psychology

Who is Wilhelm Wundt

300

in a ___________ curve the mean and median are nearly equivalent

what is a normal curve

300

What core ethical principle related to the fact that researchers cannot falsify or fake data in their reporting

What is Honesty & Integrity

300

This perspective is focused on human behaviors and is related to classical conditioning and operant conditioning

What is Behavioral Perspective

300

This research method is often used when extraordinary events occur, and involves an in depth and long lasting study of one individual

What is a Case Study

300

He had this weird fixation on unconscious desires, repressed memories, and early childhood experiences

Who is Sigmund Freud

400

what does a p value have to be in order for data to be considered statistically significant?

what is p < .05

400

After a study or experiment participants are told the purpose of the study and an explanation for deception (if applicable). This is called:

What is Debriefing

400

This perspective emphasizes the role of mental processes and their impact on thoughts and behaviors

What is Cognitive Perspective

400

______ refers to the fact that people behave differently when they know they are being watched

What is the Observation/Hawthorne Effect

400

This psychologist came up with a hierarchy of needs, explaining that certain base needs need to be fulfilled for someone to reach self-actualization

Who is Abraham Maslow

500

This statistical value tells researchers whether or not there is a relationship between two variables and how strong the relationship is.

what is a correlation coefficient

500

In Milgram's shock experiment, the authority and pressure of the researcher was a main element. This hindered this ethical principle by heavily pressuring the participants to stay

What is Right to Withdraw

500

This perspective is more recent and is more person centered. Some of the main ideas are that people are inherently good and have an innate drive to reach their full potential

What is Humanistic Perspective

500

The five elements of the scientific method are

What is Question, Hypothesis, Testing Hypothesis, Drawing Conclusion, Reporting Data

500

This Psychologist emphasized the importance of unconditional positive regard and the need for a nurturing environment, two things that are a relevant to the Humanistic perspective

Carl Rogers