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psychology quiz 1

terms

TermDefinition
philosophy and physiology disciplines from which psychology originates
Psychology was born in 1879 by Wilhelm Wundt, University of Leipzig (Germany). where, when, and by whom was the first psych laboratory established
introspection Introspection is the careful, systematic, self-observation, of one’s own conscious experience.
structuralism analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related.
functionalism investigate the function or purpose of consciousness
cognition ental processes involved in acquiring knowledge.
psychology Science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie behavior
steps of scientific method 1) formulate a hypothesis, 2) design the study(proposal for experiment) 3)collect the data 4)analyze the data 5) report the findings.
experimental research method The experimental research method detects cause-effect relationships by manipulating variables.
descriptive/correlational research method research method observes whether there is a link between variables of interest because the researcher doesn’t have the control to manipulate the variables
ndependent variable applied treatment
dependent variable variable thought to be affected by the manipulation
extraneous variable strong indicator of cause-effect relationships.
experimental group roup receiving treatment
control group roup receiving no treatment
statistics the use of math to organize, summarize, and interpret numerical data.
mean average
median middle of the scores
mode number that appears most frequently
central tendency types
hypothesis
correlation coefficient
positive correlation
negative correlation scores/data is/are close together
standard deviation index of the amount of variability in the data
ethical guidelines (include all 6) Harmful, dangerous procedures are prohibited. Any necessary deception must be disclosed to participants after the study. Do not violate a subject’s right to privacy. Harm to animals must be justified. Approval should be obtained from host institutions pr
sample
bias ffers less control in the experiment.
Created by: ClaytonAdams
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