A social science that scientifically studies behavior and mental processes.
What is the definition of psychology?
100
Created psychoanalysis.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
100
Method of psychological research in which the researcher makes observations of an animal or human in a natural setting.
What is naturalistic observation?
100
The researcher measures this variable
What is a dependent variable?
100
The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable.
What is social loafing?
200
A medical doctor who has clinical training and can diagnose physical and neurological causes of abnormal behavior and treat them with prescription drugs.
What is a psychiatrist?
200
the perspective of psychology interested in the influence of the nervous system, hormones, and genes on cognition and behavior.
What is the biological perspective?
200
A research method that yields information from a large group of people about their opinions or behavior at considerably lower costs than laboratory experiments.
What is the survey method?
200
A prediction or a statement of likelihood that a certain event will occur or that a given relationship will be found between two variables.
What is a hypothesis?
200
A persuasive technique where people agreeing to a small request which will lead to complying with a larger request later.
What is foot-in-the-door?
300
A psychologist trained to diagnose and treat people with psychological disorders with psychotherapy.
What is a clinical psychologist?
300
the perspective that believed psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
What is behaviorism?
300
A research method that studies a topic, a small number of animals, or humans in great detail.
What is case study research?
300
the hypothesis that states people tend to choose friends and partners that are similar to themselves in attractiveness.
What is a matching hypothesis?
300
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?
400
A method of exploring conscious mental processes by asking subjects to look inward and report their sensations and perceptions.
What is introspection?
400
The perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for person growth and responsibility.
What is humanism?
400
a method of psychological research in which a researcher brings animals or humans into a controlled setting such as a lab or room in order to study effects of variables on their behavior.
What is an experiment?
400
the researcher manipulates this variable.
What is the independent variable?
400
The tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present.
What is the bystander effect?
500
The "father of psychology," who opened the first psychological laboratory.
Who is Willhelm Wundt?
500
Psychologist who did the famous "shock" expierment to test individual's obedience.
Who is Stanley Milgram?
500
A research pattern that follows a group of people over an extended amount of time.
What is longitudinal research?
500
in an experiment, the researcher measures this variable.
What is the experimental group?
500
Adjusting our behavior or thinking toward some group standard in an attempt to avoid rejection or gain social approval