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Psychology Test #1 Fill In The Blanks

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In each blank, try to type in the word that is missing. If you've typed in the correct word, the blank will turn green.

If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed.

When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on.
Question: PerspectiveAnswer: A school of study that focuses on how we learn observable responses. Learning through reward and /operative conditioning. Two different sides: Is it due to genetics or environmental factors?
Question: Humanistic Answer: A school of study that focuses on how healthy people strive to reach their full potential, reaffirming other . Maslow and Rogers
Question: PerspectiveAnswer: Psychoanalysis. A school of study that focuses on how helping behavior springs from unconscious drives and inner conflicts. .
Question: PerspectiveAnswer: A school of study that focuses on how people think: , processing, and remembering data. (These processes have been sped up by technology)
Question: Biological Answer: A school of that focuses on physical structures and substances that affect behavior, like endorphins
Question: -Cultural PerspectiveAnswer: A school of study that focuses on how thinking or behavioral changes depend on context. Factors: , social norms, background, environment
Question: PsychologyAnswer: Study of optimal functioning that allows individuals and communities to thrive. People are encouraged to find and utilize their strengths.
Question: Evolutionary Answer: A school of study that combines biological, , and social aspects of human behavior.
Question: Scientific Answer: Learning through critical thinking, observation, experimentation, and .
Question: Answer: A method that has for bias
Question: Confirmation Answer: Searching for info that a preconceived notion.
Question: ThinkingAnswer: Thinking that doesn't blindly accept arguments and conclusions that are .
Question: Participant Answer: The for research participants to behave a certain way when they know that they are being observed.
Question: ObservationAnswer: A type of in an attempt to minimize participant bias. Observe without manipulating or controlling the situation, and without being recognized.
Question: Case Answer: Studying individuals in depth in hopes of revealing universal principals that can be applied to the general . (PROBLEM)
Question: Correlational Answer: Looking for a relationship between two factors. REMEMBER: Correlation is not causation, it simply the relationship. Positive: both variables increase or decrease together Negative: One variable increases, other decreases
Question: Longitudinal Answer: to a case study. Observe an individual/group for a long period of time.
Question: SurveyAnswer: Questioning a random sample of people for information about their attitudes and behaviors. You must use a large number of people, don't write misleading , beware of social desirability. All can affect your outcome negatively.
Question: -Sectional StudiesAnswer: Very , compare people of different ages at one time.
Question: Scientific Answer: Process: Observation, question, hypothesis with operational definitions, , findings. The researcher manipulates and controls certain variables to observe the effect on other variables
Question: Double-blind Answer: A study where neither the participants nor the know who is given a medication.
Question: Blind Answer: A study that uses both and medication so that the participants do not know who receives the real medication, but the observers know.
Question: HypothesisAnswer: A testable predication about the outcome of your .
Question: Operational Answer: An explanation of the exact procedures used to make a variable specific and measurable for research .
Question: VariableAnswer: The variable that the researcher will actively manipulate and, if the is correct, that will cause a change in the independent variable.
Question: VariableAnswer: The variable that show the effect of the independent variable.
Question: GroupAnswer: The participants in an experiment who are to the independent variable.
Question: GroupAnswer: The participants in an experiment who are not exposed to the variable.
Question: AssignmentAnswer: A procedure for creating groups that allows the researcher to control for individual differences research participants.
Question: Confounding Answer: The variable in an experiment other than the independent variable that produce a change in the dependent variable
Question: Answer: To repeat the essence of a research study to see the results can be reliably reproduced
Question: Ethics of ResearchAnswer: 1. Informed Consent 2. The to be protected from harm and discomfort 3. The right to confidentiality 4. The right to debriefing at completion
Question: Reasons for with AnimalsAnswer: 1. Curiosity about animal behavior 2. Biological and behavioral similarities with humans 3. Many species develop quicker than humans, makes longitudinal and generational studies easier 4. Easier to completely control the experiments
 
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