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Ch 1 Psy Review
Ch 1 Review Random
| 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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