Intro. to Psychology- Perspectives and Methods

A psychologist who views depression as a chemical imbalance has a ___ view of the disorder.

This view of psychology tries to study behavior without studying mental processes.

This type of psychology used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.

This technique shows relationships between two variables but not cause & effect

This type of psychology explored how mental and behavioral processes function.

Which subfield of psychology works in business and industry?

Effect happens when a person gets relief from symptoms even tho they aren't getting treatment

This type of psychology focused on how current environmental influences nurture or limit growth

Women with depression got either Prozac or a placebo. In this study the drug dosage was the

Soc. scientists use this technique to examine assumptions, evaluate evidence & assess conclusi.

APA stands for what?

A social scientist would use this research method to study an individual case in depth.

System of ideas and principles meant to explain a phenomenon and predict behaviors and events

Early behaviorists would have considered the introspective study of self-esteem to be

This type of psychologist studies changes occurring across the lifespan of a human.

Who is said to be the founder of psychology, who started the first psychology lab in Germany?

This experimental measure controls for the order effects of conditions.

This influential psychologist published The Interpretation of Dreams in 1900.

Who highlighted the reproductive advantages of environmentally adaptive traits?

Social scientists use this process for evaluating ideas with observation and analysis.

Neither the participants or experimenter know which group is receiving treatment.

This is the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.

In this type of research, individuals report their behavior or opinions.

In an experiment, this group does not receive the treatment/test.

Type of psych. that studies the mental processes between stimulus inputs and responses

This is considered psychology’s big historic issue.

Humans think we know more than we do. In psychology, this phenomena is called

This psychologist was a leader in behaviorism

Split-brain research is an example of this perspective in psychology.

This descriptive research method records behavior in natural environments.