If an experimenter were conducting research on the effects of music on test scores, the test scores would be this type of variable.
What is the Dependent Variable
100
The perspective that emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth and responsibility.
What is Humanistic
100
A research pattern that follows a group of people over an extended amount of time.
What is a Longitudinal study
100
The theory that says in the presence of others, individuals feel less personal responsibility and are less likely to take action in a situation where help is required.
What is Diffusion of Responsibility
100
A psychologist trained to diagnose and treat (using psychotherapy) people with psychological disorders.
What is a Clinical psychologist
200
If an experimenter were conducting an experiment on the effects of music on test scores, the classroom that receives the different types of music would be this kind of group.
What is the Experimental Group
200
The perspective that focuses on how processing, storing, and retrieving information influences behavior.
What is Cognitive
200
The procedure used when neither participants nor researchers know which group is receiving the treatment.
What is a Double-Blind study
200
The tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present.
What is the Bystander effect
200
A Medical Doctor (M.D.) who has clinical training and can diagnose physical and neurological causes of abnormal behavior and treat them with prescription drugs.
What is a Psychiatrist
300
A specific prediction or statement of likelihood that a certain event will occur or that a given relationship will be found between two variables.
What is the Hypothesis
300
The perspective that emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives, internal and childhood conflicts in determining human behavior.
What is Psychoanalytic
300
A method of psychological research in which a researcher brings animals or humans into a controlled setting in order to study the effects of variables on their behavior.
What is an Experiment
300
The hypothesis that states people tend to choose partners and friends that are similar to themselves in attractiveness.
What is the Matching Hypothesis
300
A famous experiment conducted by Solomon Asch tested this.
What is conformity
400
If an experimenter were conducting an experiment on the effects of music on test scores, the music would be this type of variable.
What is the Independent Variable
400
The perspective that believes psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes; associated with Watson.
What is Behavioral
400
A research method that yields information from a large group of people about their opinions' or behavior; also involves questions and statistical analysis.
What is a Survey
400
A persuasive technique where people agree to a small request which will lead to complying with a larger request later.
What is the Foot-in-the-door technique
400
The Father of psychology, also established the first psychology laboratory.
Who is Wilhem Wundt
500
If an experimenter were conducting an experiment on the effects of music on test scores, the classroom that didn't have any music played would be this kind of group.
What is the Control Group
500
The perspective of psychology interested in the influence of the nervous system, hormones, and genes on cognition and behavior.
What is Biological
500
A research method that studies a topic, a small number of animals, or humans in great detail.
What is a Case study
500
The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts towards attaining a common goal than when individually accountable.
What is Social loafing
500
A social science that scientifically studies behavior and mental processes.