Scientific Research
Name 2 of the 3 types of scientific research
Basic, applied, program evaluation
What is basic research
Research for the sake of knowledge/curiosity/learning/gaining information on something
What is psychology?
The study of behavior and mental processes
What would a behavioral geneticist study?
How our genes impact the way we behave
What is naturalistic observation?
Observing someone without letting the observation influence or change their behavior
Name the third type of scientific research
Program evaluation, applied, basic
Give an example of basic research
Observing how many min a day students are on tik tok because you're interested in understanding student social media patterns
Who began the first psych lab in Germany
William Wundt
What is socio-cultural psychology?
How does our social and cultural environment shape how we behave and understand behaviors?
What is a case study
In in-depth look at one example or situation
What is the scientific method?
Develop a hypothesis, test the hypothesis using controlled experimentation, evaluate the hypothesis, change the hypothesis if necessary.
It's a method for doing scientific research that ensures results are provable and replicable.
What is applied research?
Research with the goal of solving a problem
What is bias?
Someone's perspective influencing the outcome of an experiment
What is cognitive psychology?
The way we process, encode, and store information
What is a survey?
What does objective mean?
Something that is provable and not opinion-based; the opposite of subjective
What is an example of applied research?
Collecting data on how many hours students are on their phones per day because phone use is keeping them up at night and negatively impacting sleep time and school performance
What is a control in a scientific experiment?
An element of a scientific experiment that remains constant (does not change)
What is behavioral psychology
What is testing
A formal way to make predictions and create conclusions about behaviors
What is metacognition?
Thinking about the way we think
What is program evaluation?
Doing research to find out if a program/habit/or event is actually achieving its intended outcome
What is a variable in a scientific experiment?
An element that can be changed to test a certain hypothesis
What is developmental psychology
Psychological study of the way our behaviors change over time
What is experimental research
A way of testing a hypothesis through control of a variable. A way to see how a test subject would respond to a specific stimulus.