This word comes from the root psyche meaning ‘mind’ and the suffix ‘logos’ meaning knowledge or subject of study.
What is psychology?
100
A testable prediction relating to the outcome of the research being conducted.
What is a hypothesis?
100
Participation in an experiment must be undertaken voluntarily, without any pressure or negative consequences if they decide not to participate.
What is voluntary participation?
100
Selection, Optimisation, Compensation.
Who is Baltes (Paul)?
100
The name of Piaget’s first stage.
What is the sensorimotor stage?
200
Any false and unscientific system of beliefs and practices that is offered as an explanation of behaviour.
What is a pseudoscience?
200
The variable that measures the effect of the independent variable, usually the result or outcome of the experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
200
Every participant has the right to privacy in terms of the access, storage and disposal of information.
What is confidentiality?
200
Attachment of rhesus Monkeys.
Who is Harlow (Harry)?
200
An understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight.
What is object permanence?
300
Works with people in the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of serious individual and family problems.
What is a clinical psychologist?
300
The variable that is changed or manipulated by the experimenter.
What is the independent variable?
300
Before the experiment commences, the researcher must obtain written consent from participants and explain to them the nature of the experiment. If the participant is under 18 their legal guardian must give consent.
What is informed consent?
300
Believed that development occurs through a combination of the effects of psychological processes that take place within an individual and the experiences of individuals during their lifetime.
Who is Erikson (Erik)?
300
The tendency of infants to form an emotional bond to another person.
What is attachment?
400
Helps both amateur and professional sportspeople to maximize their performance.
What is a sports psychologist?
400
These types of statistics allow a researcher to describe data, a graph, the mean score, the standard deviation, are all examples of this type of statistic.
What are descriptive statistics?
400
Lying about the true nature of the experiment if to tell the truth may affect the participants behaviour.
What is deception?
400
Based his theory mostly on cross sectional and longitudinal studies comparing groups at different ages to gain insight into the way they make ethical decisions.
Who is Kohlberg (Lawrence)
400
Involves the gradual development of an individual's concept of right and wrong.
What is moral development?
500
This profession is often confused with psychology, but a major difference is that this professional can prescribe medication.
What is s psychiatrist?
500
Those variables other than the independent variable that could cause a change in the dependent variable and therefore affect the results of an experiment.
What is an extraneous variable?
500
A participant has the right to take themselves out of an experiment at any time, and/or their results.
What are withdrawal rights?
500
Secure attachment, resistant attachment, and avoidant attachment.
Who is Ainsworth (Mary)?
500
The ability to do things independently and the feelings of self control, self reliance and competence that accompany this.