What is structuralism?

Behavior can be studied through looking at how thoughts were organized

What does a Longitudinal study measure?

How a group of people change in behavior over a period of time

What is the confounding variable?

The factor that is not being studied but my effect the outcome

In a double blind experiment...

the subjects AND the researcher don't know the treatment

What is a random assignment?

chance to assign subjects to experimental or control groups

What does the sociocultural perspective on psychology state?

Society you grow up in plays a role in the formation of behaviors

the scientific study of the mind and behavior

One of the principal differences between ethical guidelines for human and animal research is...

Animals can be placed at much greater risk than humans.

What is the humanistic perspective in Pscyhology?

Psychology should focus on a persons' potential

What is Functionalism?

How the mind allows people to adapt, live, work and play

What is Psychodynamic psychology?

studies how unconscious drives and conflicts to treat disorders

What are advantages of an experimental research?

Can determine cause and effect and can control confounds

A limitation of doing case studies:

Findings may only apply to the case to genralisations cannot be made

What is psychoanalysis?

Behavior is due to unconscious thoughts

The purpose of ethical guidelines in research is to?

To ensure that the conditions for participants are safe

What does a Naturalistic Observation measure?

Behavior in naturally occurring situations without manipulation

What is cross-sectional research?

Studying a section of a research population at one time

What is the focus of the modern biological perspective of psychology?

Effects of biological factors on our behaviors

A correlation coefficient is a measure of the

direction and strength of the relationship between variables

What is cognitive psychology?

How we process information and think

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The humanistic perspective emphasized the importance of
reciprocal determinism
petting zoos
projective tests
self-determination
2
What is the dependent variable?
Per
Pounds
Week
1
3
Estimate the correlation coefficient
1
No coefficient found
0
0.98
4
The founder of psychology
William James
Mary Whiton Calkins
Max Wertheimer
Wilhelm Wundt
5
What is structuralism?
Behavior can be studied through looking at how thoughts were organized
Behavior is due to unconscious thoughts
Behavior should be studied in psych, not mental processes
How consciousness helps people adapt to their environment
6
What does a Longitudinal study measure?
Different representative groups (age groups or ethnicities)
How alike two factors are
How a group of people change in behavior over a period of time
the effect of some behaviors or mental processes
7
Who created psychodynamic therapy
Ivan Pavlov
Sigmund Freud
Carl Rogers
Jean Piaget
8
What's The Standard Deviation Of The Normal Curve?
1
0.5
1.5
-1
9
This psychologist developed the theory of structuralism.
Carl Rogers
Wilhelm Wundt
Sigmund Freud
Max Wertheimer
10
What is the confounding variable?
This factor is changed
The factor that is not being studied but my effect the outcome
This may change due to independent variable
This factor is not changed
11
In a double blind experiment...
the treatment causes blindness
the subject knows the treatment given, not the researcher
only the subject does not know which treatment was given
the subjects AND the researcher don't know the treatment
12
This is NOT a perspective of psychology:
recreational
evolutionary
biological
humanistic
13
Which is the independent variable?
students with calculators
students without calculators
speed working math problems
students
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What is a random assignment?
chance to assign subjects to experimental or control groups
A diverse sample
chance to chose people to be in experiment
random case study
15
What is the independent variable?
Minutes (m)
4
Points (p)
Robert
16
The behavioral perspective emphasizes that observable behaviors are influenced by
environmental factors
the way people process and retain information
heredity and brain chemistry
unconscious and hidden motives
17
Inferential statistics allow researchers to
come to the conclusion that the experiment has deception
establish significance
minimize bias
skew data
18
What does the sociocultural perspective on psychology state?
Society you grow up in plays a role in the formation of behaviors
Conflict between unconscious mind motivates our behaviors
Internal characteristics influence how we behave in most situations
Person is an active participant in his or her growth
19
One of the ethical guidelines of research is
having random assignment
debriefing
creating cause and effect
not having any confounds
20
Find the MEDIAN....
22
24
23
26
21
What is the mean?
32
29
24
10
22
What is psychology?
an ethical experiment
a scientific study about neurological behaviors
the scientific study of the mind and behavior
an unethical experiment that causes harm
23
One of the principal differences between ethical guidelines for human and animal research is...
Humans must be chosen much more carefully than animals.
Humans can be deceived for experimental purposes.
Animals can be placed at much greater risk than humans.
Conditions for humans must be monitored more closely.
24
What is the humanistic perspective in Pscyhology?
Psychology should focus on behaviors
Psychology should focus on the subconscious
Psychology should focus on a persons' potential
Psychology should focus on the brain and neurons
25
Correlation shows causation
True
False
26
Why is this survey important?
Provides data
Helps the environment
Provides peace around the world
Is the law
27
What is Functionalism?
How the mind allows people to adapt, live, work and play
Psychoanalysis functions as a form of therapy
Focus of study is on the make up of the elements of the mind
Conditioned responses require a function or stimulus
28
What is Psychodynamic psychology?
I have no idea
studies how unconscious drives and conflicts to treat disorders
The study of how people become insane
The study of how exercise effects the brain.
29
What are advantages of an experimental research?
Can't control cause and effect
Can only test medications
Can determine cause and effect and can control confounds
Has ecological validity
30
What is the dependent variable?
Tadpoles
Pond
1990
Year
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What is the independent variable?
Malik
Number of Hours (h)
Technology (t)
Money earned (m)
32
Who founded psychoanalysis?
Albert Einstein
Drake
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
33
FUNCTIONALISM: who discovered functionalism?
James william
Rumple stilskin
Willhem wunt
William james
34
What is Cognitive Psychology
The Study of Mental Processes
The Study of Cogs
The Study of Cogent
The Study of History
35
A limitation of doing case studies:
no hawthorne effect
Findings may only apply to the case to genralisations cannot be made
they do not provide a detailed understanding of the study
they are expensive
36
What is psychoanalysis?
Behavior is due to unconscious thoughts
Behavior should be studied in psych, not mental processes
How consciousness helps people adapt to their environment
Behavior can be studied through looking at how thoughts were organized
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The purpose of ethical guidelines in research is to?
To ensure participants are paid for their time
To ensure that the conditions for participants are safe
To enable ethical deception
To ensure the study get valid results
38
What does a Naturalistic Observation measure?
Behavior in naturally occurring situations without manipulation
How a group of people change in behavior over a period of time
Different representative groups (age groups or ethnicities)
Change or stability in a behavior
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What is cross-sectional research?
Studying different sections of the same group in history
Studying cross sections of plants
Studying across different genders
Studying a section of a research population at one time
40
What is the focus of the modern biological perspective of psychology?
All of the above
Effects of biological factors on our behaviors
Effects of sociological factors on our behaviors
Effects of psychological factors on our behaviors
41
What was the first school of thought in psychology?
Imperialism
Structuralism
Behavioralism
Harvard
42
What is the dependent variable?
Number of Pizzas (n)
Total cost (t)
Type of Pizza
Mr. DesRosiers
43
A correlation coefficient is a measure of the
direction and strength of the relationship between variables
difference between highest and lowest points
frequency of scores at a certain level
average squared deviation of scores from a mean
44
What is cognitive psychology?
How people strive to reach their potential
How we are affected by unconscious drives
How we learn to react to situations
How we process information and think
45
HUMANISTIC: who discovered humanistic psychology?
Ada Lovelace
Yuchi Brahe
Carl Rogers & Abraham Maslow
Jagdish Bose
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Find the mode.
25
10
35
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