Approaches
Interested in how people behave in groups rather than alone
Social Psychology
discusses natural selection
Evolutionary
draw the most predictive negative correlation
see board :)
Define independent variable
The part of the experiment that gets manipulated by scientist
only way to establish a cause and effect relationship
scientific experiment
Would study brain lesions in rats
Biological
emphasizes observable responses
behavioral
If the variance is 25 what's the standard deviation
5
What is the dependent variable
The variable that changes (or not) with the independent variable
a study of the same person over many years
longitudinal
Positive reinforcement is part of this approach
Behavioral
evaluates someone's problems using case history and observation
a clinical psychologist
Measure of central tendency most affected by outliers
The mean
Define Control Group
The group where the independent variable is not manipulated
Validity
a test that measures what it is designed to predict
Views behavior as a mixture of conscious and unconscious desires and conflicts
Psychoanalytical
Believes free will is important
Humanism
is a p value of .05 statistically significant
yes
Experimental group
the group where the independent variable is manipulated
the extent to which a test yields consistent results
reliability
Based on the belief that a healthy child will chose what is good for them
Humanism
Believe people can be taught anything
behaviorists
In a normal curve, the % that falls within one standard deviation point
68%
Define Confounding variable
a factor other than independent variable that might affect the experiment.
a study that looks at elementary, middle school, and high school students
Cross sectional