PSYCH- Unit 1 test review

Type of research that is fast and cheap and allows you to receive a lot of data quickly

Believing vague information found in horoscopes and fortune cookies

When doing a study on fear, measure of the participants’ heartrate is an example of

study of human potential for personal growth

More sleep causes more alert students in the morning- dependent variable

If the researcher is just wanting to DESCRIBE behavior the research would be

Correlation equals causation

Candy causes hyperactivity- Operational definition

Testing the effect of a drug on paranoia- the group that doesn't receive the drug

Maslow's Heirarchy of needs

Freud laid the foundation for which psychological perspective?

The best sample for a study is

survival of the fittest

After you read the results of a study and you say that you knew the results all along

Experimental research is the best way to prove a cause and effect relationship

A hypothesis is

A particular drug cures headaches- independent variable

Testing if music makes people smarter- the independent variable

behavior is greatly influenced by unconscious thoughts

perspective of psychology that believe behavior is caused by reward and punishment, conditioning and observing others

approach of psychology that focuses on how we process and remember information?

Psychology is currently defined as:

The approach to psychology that behavior is effected by social norms

Variables in a study that can't be controlled and effect the results of our study

A detailed account of one person or a small group over a long period of is called experimental research

Testing if diet effects hyperactivity- the dependent variable it