The Science of Psychology Terms & Concepts Chapter 1

Psychologists=mental health and can give medicine Psychiatrists= psychotherapy, testing, and research

Any behavior change caused by the presence/absence of a stimulus

rejects introspection and any study of covert mental events (thinking) as inappropriate topics for scientific psychology

Minimize Deception

who did the experiment with dog?

Any participant

Carl Rogers

Informed Consent

who did the experiment with the rat and box?

What psychology describes conditioning and memory?

Study of sensations and personal experience analyzed as basic elements

School of psychology that considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations

Max Wertheimer

characteristics of an object, person, or event that can be manipulated

Much human behavior can be understood in terms of the mental processing of information.

In a correlation approach the closer to zero the stronger the relationship

George Miller

in depth analysis of one person or small group

Study of thinking, learning, and perception in whole units, not by analysis into parts.

B. F. Skinner

recording behavior as it normally happens

What psychology describes processing visual and auditory info?

Behavior is directed by forces within one’s personality that are often hidden or unconscious.

Father of Psychology

Confidentiality

Debriefing

standardized procedures for collecting data

Research Ethics

talk therapy, personality test, intelligence test, trained to deal with severe emotional and behavioral issues

a numerical quantitative correlation where you get a number between -1 and +1 to determine the relationship

does research/experiments on cognition

What psychology describes the brain and nervous system?

studies individual changes over time; how people mature physical/mentally, and your cognition

Behavior is shaped and controlled by one’s environment.

In a correlation approach the closest to 1 the stronger the relationship

an experiment that will use one or more variables to determine the cause and effect

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

What psychology describes individual differences, motivation?

Sigmund Freud

study of individual behavior in groups

Edward Titchener

looking at similarities and differences between animals and humans whilst looking at their physiology

John B. Watson

Human and animal behavior is the result of the process of evolution.

Human and animal behavior is the result of internal physical, chemical, and biological processes.

 Psychologists=psychotherapy, testing, and research Psychiatrists= mental health and can give medicine

does talk therapy, personality test, intelligence test, trained to deal with normal life adjustment issues.

Ivan Pavlov

If the correlation is positive both values move in the same direction.

maximizing the interactions between human beings and machines

What psychology describes psychology in the legal system?

A negative correlation both values move in the same direction.

William James

Freedom of Choice

Anything in an environment that can be detected by the participants