AP Psychology: Unit 1 and 2 Review

What method of observation studies a group of participants at intervals over extended time

Psychologists who use psychological principles to solve immediate problems are practicing

Which of the following professionals is required to have a medical degree?

When neither the participants nor the experimenter known who received the treatment

The variable that experimenters measure

Which philosopher is most well known for theorizing that the mind at birth is a blank slate?

According to the behaviorist perspective, psychological science should be rooted in what?

The cardinal rule of naturalistic observation is to 

The method of observation that compares difference and similarities among people is called

The famous psychologist that conducted research about the influence of authority figures.

The major perspective in psychology that views behaviors as directed by unconscious desires...

Who established the first psychology lab?

The group that receives the treatment is __, and the group that receives no treatment is __

The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is called

Psychology began as a science in the discipline of 

Shows cause and effect between two variables

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it is called

Which approach studies how the natural selection of traits has promoted survival of genes?

Participants in an experiment who are exposed to the independent variable make up the __ group.

The science of behavior and mental processes is the definition of which field of study?

The humanistic approach to psychology focuses on

Which of the following is required when doing experiments with humans?

Self-reflective introspection about elements of experience best describes a technique used by

A hypothesis 

The most commonly used measure of central tendency is the 

The variable that experimenters manipulate

Which of the following is not a goal of psychology?

Which perspective would help explain how people from different countries express anger

Who would have been most likely to ignore mental processes to influence the study of behavior?

What is the purpose of including the control group in an experiment?

Shows relationships, not cause and effect, between two variables

Wilhelm Wundt is associated with which historical perspective of psychology?

An intensive study of a person or group

The more TV you watch, the lower your grades - is an example of a

Researchers compare the differences and similarities among people.

Professor Bryan has suggested that as study time increases, grades increase.  He is describing 

Which approach focuses on how we encode, process, store and retrieve information?