| Question |
Answer |
| Biopsychological Perspective |
Attributes human and animal behavior to biological events in body; genetic influence, hormones and nervous system |
| Cognitive Perspective |
Perception, thought process, problem solving, language, learning |
| Socialculture Perspective |
Focuses on relationship between social behavior and culture |
| Evolutionary Perspective |
Biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share; why people select eachother as partners |
| Observer Effect |
Subjects behave differently because they are being observed |
| Participant Observation |
Where observer becomes participant |
| Observer Bias |
Expecting what they will see |
| Correlation |
Closer # is to zero the weaker it is |
| Operational definition |
Names steps (procedures) that the experimenter must use to control or measure variables in experiment (Narrowing down exactly what they are looking for) |
| Independent Variable |
Variable manipulated in any experiment (such as watching or not watching cartoon) |
| Dependent Variable |
Behavior should depend on whether or not they were exposed on the independent variable (such as measure of aggressive behavior after cartoon) |
| Experimental Group |
Group that gets the independent variable (watches violent cartoon) |
| Control Group |
Not subjected to independent variable, may receive placebo (fake) treatment (non-violent cartoon) |
| Placebo Effect |
Phenomenon where expectations of the participants in a study can influence their behavior, Belief (sugar pill) |
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Ch.18 LTI-MA 509
