Concepts
Define psychology
What is the scientific study of the mind and behaviour
Conducted the Skinner Box experiment
B.F Skinner
This type of research tests whether a relationship exists between two or more variables and identifies patterns of relationships.
Correlational Research
The only way to determine if there is a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables is to do ________ research.
Experimental
Pavlov used which animal to test this theory?
Abraham Maslow's main contribution to psychology
What is the hierarchy of needs?
Focused on child cognitive development
Jean Piaget
Abraham Maslow's school of psychology
humanism
When does the “Role vs. Identity Confusion” stage take place according to Erikson?
12-18 years old
What is the name of the council in charge of approving research involving animal subjects?
Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC)
This specific type of research is a detailed analysis of a particular person, group, business, event, etc. Used to learn more about rare examples with the goal of describing that particular thing.
Conscious, Pre-Conscious, and Unconscious are part of this theory.
Freud's iceberg theory of the consciousness
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What did John B Watson study?
behaviorism
Which psychologist coined the term “Talk Therapy”?
Sigmund Freud
What is the name of the board in charge of approving
research involving human participants?
Health Canada Research Ethics Board (REB)
When conducting an experiment, why is deception sometimes necessary? Give an example.
To maintain the integrity of the experiment
Example may vary
William James’s focus on how mental activities help a person adapt to his or her environment is known as:
functionalism
Who is known especially for his person-centered psychotherapy
Carl Rogers
What was Ivan Pavlov’s theory / discovery called?
Classical conditioning
Which psychological domain would include a study of learning and conditioning?
developmental
Explain the experiment conducted by John B. Watson
Little Albert entered the experiment without a fear of white rats. During the experiment, Watson repeatedly paired the white rat with a loud bang to create an association between the two unrelated stimuli, and little Albert began fearing the white rat without the noise.
In 1996, Russell [...] people of varying age groups and found that people in their 20s tend to report being more lonely than people in their 70s.
What type of research is this? Expain.
Cross-sectional becuase it compares different generations on one topic.
Name two of Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development.
Trust vs. Mistrust
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Initiative vs. Guilt
Industry vs. Inferiority
Identity vs. Confusion
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Generatively vs. Stagnation
Integrity vs. Despair
identify all 5 levels in the hierarchy of needs
physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, self actualization
5 pillars of psychology
What are biological, cognitive, developmental, social & personality, mental & physical health
Name all 6 types of research.
Experiment
Survey
Cross-Sectional Study
Naturalistic Observation
Correlational
Case Study