Psychologist
What person is closely related to functionalism?
William James
What is a single blind study?
Experiments were participants are unaware of who received the actual treatment or the placebo
What are the four goals of psychological research?
Describe behavior, explain its causes, predict them, and control certain behaviors
What did the Milgram experiment try to prove?
That people will be obedient to any figure of a higher power
What is psychodynamic therapy?
The attempt to resolve conflicts between personal and social requirements
What psychologist is closely related to the psychodynamic perspective?
Freud
What is a double blind study?
Experiments were participants nor experimenter knows which patient will receive the actual treatment or the placebo
What are four examples of cognitive activities?
Thinking, reasoning, remembering, and emotions
What was the Asch's experiment trying to prove?
Conformity and why you feel obligated to go along with the majority opinion
What is behavioral therapy?
Observable behavior and conditions that sustain unhealthy behaviors
What psychologist is closely related to the humanistic perspective?
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
What is the placebo effect?
It is a change in a patient's physical state that result only from the patients knowledge and perception of the treatment
Behavior is a result of _______ and ________ processes.
What did the longitudinal study do?
It collected observations from the same subject over a period of time, to see how they were affected
What is cognitive therapy?
Thought and thought processes that cause problematic emotions and behaviors
What psychologist is closely related to the behavioral perspective?
John B.
What is frequency distribution?
Arranged data to indicate how often something occurs
What is the focus of psychobiology?
Behavior, body, and genes
It involves manipulating one variable to determine if changes in one variable cause changes in another variable
What is humanistic therapy?
Ways to unite mind and body
What person is closely related to structuralism?
William Wundt
What type of research involves studying people in their own environment without being seen?
What organization must approve experiments and the diagnostic manual for psychology?
The American Psychological Association
To protect subjects from physical or psychological distress that could end up being permanent
What is biological therapy?
A form of treatment that uses the body's natural abilities that constitute the immune system to fight infection and disease