Vocab
We know that Basis Science is research but Applied Science is using_______?
Using psychological principles/finding to solve immediate problems.
He taught the first class in psychology at Harvard University and was called the father of psychology in the United States
William James
A psychologist the diagnoses and treats people is?
Clinical Psychologist
A relatively small group out of the total population in a study is?
Sample
The listing and summarizing of data in an efficient way is?
Descriptive Statistics
Introspection is
a method of self-observation which participants report their thoughts and feelings.
According to ___________, unconscious motivation and conflicts are responsible for most human behavior.
Sigmund Freud
Community psychologist may work where?
Social Welfare Agency
A method that involves an intense investigation of one or more participants is?
Case Study
A measure of variability that describes an average distance between every score from the mean
Standard Deviation
A branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
Psychiatry
What experiment was Ivan Pavlov most know for?
Testing the concept of conditioned reflex
_________ psychologist study the behavior of people in institutions such as business firms.
Organizational
Correlation is?
The measure of a relationship between two variables or sets of data.
Numerical methods used to determine whether data supports a hypothesis or whether results were due to chance.
Inferential Statistics
Any factor that is capable of change is a?
Variable
The ________ emphasizes how each person is unique and has a self concept and potential to develop fully.
Humanistic Approach
Industrial Psychologist develop what?
Method to boost production, improve working conditions, places applicants in jobs best suited for them, train, and reduce accidents.
The group that is treated in the same way as the experimental group except the experimental treatment is not applied is?
Control Group
Result are Satistically Significant if
the probability that their results were due to chance is less than 5 percent.
Correlation Coefficient describes?
The direction and strength of the relationship between two sets of variables.
Cognitivists
focus on how we process, store, and use information and how this information influences out think, language, problem solving, and creativity.
____________ study physical, emotional, cognitive, and social changes that occur throughout life.
Developmental Psychologists
Method of conduct for proper and responsible behavior is?
Ethics
A graph of frequency distribution shaped like a symmetrical, bell-shaped curve, a graph of normal distribution.
Normal Curve