Psych 155 Exam 1
3 pillars of ethical research - ✅✅ -respect for persons, beneficence (assess
risks and benefits), justice (fairness)
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A paper written about Phineas Gage- a now famous railroad worker who survived
a rod going through his brain- likely represents this type of research - -case
study
A researcher had teacher A reward her students' attendance with points and
✅✅
teacher B do nothing unusual and then measure attendance rates. Teacher B's
group is - -control group
A researcher wants to study the effects of feedback on math learning. The males
I the study received feedback after every problem and the females received no
✅✅
feedback. The design flaw in this experiment is referred to as this. -
-confounding variable
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According to Dualism, a philosophy popularized by Rene Descartes, the mind is
this - -it is completely not connected to our body, like it is two separate
things. This comes from the root of philosophy. How does the mind relate to the
body?
Basic assumptions in Freuds theory of psychoanalysis - ✅✅
-Freuds theory of
how the mind and world and how to address disorders. Psychological problems
are solved through understanding
Behaviorism - ✅✅ -Created by John Watson. Stimulus then leads to change in
behavior. You do this through observation
case study method - ✅✅ -focusing on an individual. this is to get a lot of info on
background and behavior of individual. great for generating hypothesis
characteristics of modern psychology - ✅✅-biology, artificial intelligence
Charles Darwin - ✅✅-influenced functionalism
, clinial psychology - ✅✅-studies, assesses, and treats people with
psychological disorders
Cognitive Revolution - ✅✅
-The shift away from strict behaviorism, begun in the
1950s, characterized by renewed interest in fundamental problems of
consciousness and internal mental processes.
confirmation bias - ✅✅ -inferences based only on positive evidence and
ignoring disconfirming evidence
confounding variable - ✅✅-uncontrolled variables that change systematically
with the independent variable. this makes experiments have high internal validity
construct validity - ✅✅-you are truly measuring what you said you are
measuring
control group -✅✅-group of things that remain constant in experiment
correlation can take on these values - ✅✅-between -1 and +1 the better the
correlation is, closer to 0 the weaker correlation is
correlation coefficient - ✅✅-used to summarize whether two measures vary
together
correlational research - ✅✅-predict behavior
critical focus areas for modern psychology - ✅✅-This view of psychology and
human behavior emphasizes the role of the unconscious mind, early childhood
experiences, and interpersonal relationships to explain human behavior, as well
as to treat mental illnesses.
Darwin was apart of which psychology group - ✅✅-Functionalist
dependent variable - ✅✅-the variable that is measured in an experiment
3 pillars of ethical research - ✅✅ -respect for persons, beneficence (assess
risks and benefits), justice (fairness)
✅✅
A paper written about Phineas Gage- a now famous railroad worker who survived
a rod going through his brain- likely represents this type of research - -case
study
A researcher had teacher A reward her students' attendance with points and
✅✅
teacher B do nothing unusual and then measure attendance rates. Teacher B's
group is - -control group
A researcher wants to study the effects of feedback on math learning. The males
I the study received feedback after every problem and the females received no
✅✅
feedback. The design flaw in this experiment is referred to as this. -
-confounding variable
✅✅
According to Dualism, a philosophy popularized by Rene Descartes, the mind is
this - -it is completely not connected to our body, like it is two separate
things. This comes from the root of philosophy. How does the mind relate to the
body?
Basic assumptions in Freuds theory of psychoanalysis - ✅✅
-Freuds theory of
how the mind and world and how to address disorders. Psychological problems
are solved through understanding
Behaviorism - ✅✅ -Created by John Watson. Stimulus then leads to change in
behavior. You do this through observation
case study method - ✅✅ -focusing on an individual. this is to get a lot of info on
background and behavior of individual. great for generating hypothesis
characteristics of modern psychology - ✅✅-biology, artificial intelligence
Charles Darwin - ✅✅-influenced functionalism
, clinial psychology - ✅✅-studies, assesses, and treats people with
psychological disorders
Cognitive Revolution - ✅✅
-The shift away from strict behaviorism, begun in the
1950s, characterized by renewed interest in fundamental problems of
consciousness and internal mental processes.
confirmation bias - ✅✅ -inferences based only on positive evidence and
ignoring disconfirming evidence
confounding variable - ✅✅-uncontrolled variables that change systematically
with the independent variable. this makes experiments have high internal validity
construct validity - ✅✅-you are truly measuring what you said you are
measuring
control group -✅✅-group of things that remain constant in experiment
correlation can take on these values - ✅✅-between -1 and +1 the better the
correlation is, closer to 0 the weaker correlation is
correlation coefficient - ✅✅-used to summarize whether two measures vary
together
correlational research - ✅✅-predict behavior
critical focus areas for modern psychology - ✅✅-This view of psychology and
human behavior emphasizes the role of the unconscious mind, early childhood
experiences, and interpersonal relationships to explain human behavior, as well
as to treat mental illnesses.
Darwin was apart of which psychology group - ✅✅-Functionalist
dependent variable - ✅✅-the variable that is measured in an experiment
