The "Isms"
(Research) Methods
People
Research
The Big Issues
100

Introspection (Titchener).

What is Structuralism?

100
The observation of behaviors naturally; No intervention.

What is Naturalistic Observations?

100

The father of Psychology who created the ball experiment.

Who is Wilhelm Wundt?

100

Describing characteristics of population.

What is Descriptive Research?

100

Something staying the same vs. something changing over time.

What is Stability vs. Change?

200
The introduction of consciousness and ability to consider our past, adjust our present, and plan our future (William James).

What is Functionalism?

200

The in-depth investigations of a single person.

What are Case Studies?

200

The use of Skinner Box.

Who is BF Skinner?

200

A non-experimental research method.

What is Correlation Research?

200

Change being gradual vs. change being abrupt.

What is Continuity vs. discontinuity?
300

This focused on abnormal behaviors (Sigmund Freud).

What is Psychoanalysis?

300

Data that has been collected and used to gather information.

What is a survey?

300

Only men have morals; Women are conniving.

Who is Sigmund Freud?

300
A rewear her manipulates one variable and controls/randomizes the rest of the variables. 

What is Experimental Research?

300
Genetic inheritance and biological factors vs. exposures and experiences.

What is Nature vs. Nurture?

400

The study of behaviors and the consequences that shaped them (BF Skinner and Watson).

What is Behavioralism?

400

Research that tries to create a cause-and-effect relationship

What is a Quasi Experiment?

400

The focus on people's behaviors (American Psychology Association).

Who is JP Watson?

500

The model of human motivation (Rogers and Maslow) ("Istic" not an "Ism")

What is Humanistic?

500

What we know comes from experience (Modern Empiricism).

Who is John Locke?