Psychology - ANSWER the scientific study of thought and behavior
empiricism - ANSWER the view that all knowledge and thoughts starts blank
come from experience - john locke
rationalism - ANSWER the view that using logic and reason is the way to
understand how the world works
5 steps of scientific method - ANSWER Observe, Predict, Test, Interpret,
Communicate, Replicate
hypothesis - ANSWER A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
reliability - ANSWER consistency of data
validity - ANSWER accuracy of data
informed consent - ANSWER let them know what's happening
respect for persons - ANSWER know who you're dealing with and the
precautions necessary for each different person
beneficence - ANSWER inform of costs and benefits
privacy - ANSWER protect privacy of participant
justice - ANSWER benefits and costs must be equal
nature vs nurture - ANSWER born with and cannot change behavior vs
behavior is learned
can deception be justified - ANSWER yes
, Psychoanalytic - ANSWER first 5 years are most formative; Freud, Adler,
Jung
Behaviorism - ANSWER conditions are only explanation for behavior,
examines observable behavior; pavlov and watson
Humanism - ANSWER assume people strived towards meaning and growth;
maslow and rogers
cognitive - ANSWER thoughts, language, and memory drives our behavior;
chomsky plaget tversky
experimental research - ANSWER impacted directly by the research,
observing outcomes that they create; independent causes the dependent
IV - ANSWER predictor, experiment controls or manipulates
DV - ANSWER depends on Independent Variable
correlational - ANSWER relationship between to variables as they naturall
occur
qualitative design - ANSWER researcher embeds himself in group being
researched participant observation, case studies, narrative analysis
quasi-experimental - ANSWER experimental design but you can't randomly
assign your variables
longitudinal study - ANSWER study of individuals over time
confounds - ANSWER Factors that undermine the ability to draw causal
inferences from an experiment.
disadvantage of naturalistic observation - ANSWER doesn't allow for control
of any variables
founder of american psychology - ANSWER William James
empiricism - ANSWER the view that all knowledge and thoughts starts blank
come from experience - john locke
rationalism - ANSWER the view that using logic and reason is the way to
understand how the world works
5 steps of scientific method - ANSWER Observe, Predict, Test, Interpret,
Communicate, Replicate
hypothesis - ANSWER A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
reliability - ANSWER consistency of data
validity - ANSWER accuracy of data
informed consent - ANSWER let them know what's happening
respect for persons - ANSWER know who you're dealing with and the
precautions necessary for each different person
beneficence - ANSWER inform of costs and benefits
privacy - ANSWER protect privacy of participant
justice - ANSWER benefits and costs must be equal
nature vs nurture - ANSWER born with and cannot change behavior vs
behavior is learned
can deception be justified - ANSWER yes
, Psychoanalytic - ANSWER first 5 years are most formative; Freud, Adler,
Jung
Behaviorism - ANSWER conditions are only explanation for behavior,
examines observable behavior; pavlov and watson
Humanism - ANSWER assume people strived towards meaning and growth;
maslow and rogers
cognitive - ANSWER thoughts, language, and memory drives our behavior;
chomsky plaget tversky
experimental research - ANSWER impacted directly by the research,
observing outcomes that they create; independent causes the dependent
IV - ANSWER predictor, experiment controls or manipulates
DV - ANSWER depends on Independent Variable
correlational - ANSWER relationship between to variables as they naturall
occur
qualitative design - ANSWER researcher embeds himself in group being
researched participant observation, case studies, narrative analysis
quasi-experimental - ANSWER experimental design but you can't randomly
assign your variables
longitudinal study - ANSWER study of individuals over time
confounds - ANSWER Factors that undermine the ability to draw causal
inferences from an experiment.
disadvantage of naturalistic observation - ANSWER doesn't allow for control
of any variables
founder of american psychology - ANSWER William James
