ch 1 Flashcards
Study of mental processes and behavior
Psychology
What are the four different perspectives of psychology
Biological cognitive behavioral socio-cultural
Physiological process (brain and nervous system)
Biological
Mental process, perception memory problem-solving
Cognitive
Behavior is learned from our environment
Behavioral
Impact other people/culture on thoughts/behavior
Socio-cultural
I knew it all along phenomenon
Hindsight bias
Behavior being observed occurs in natural setting
Naturalistic observation
Researcher becomes part of group being observed
Participant observation
Study of one individual in depth
Case study
Two variables that are being measured to see if they are related
Correlational studies
Researcher controls the experiment setting cause/effect
Experiment
A small group taken from a population to study
Sample
The whole target group of individuals that are represented by the sample
Population
Number dictates
Strength
Positive and negative dictates
Direction
The closer the dots are on the scatterplot
Stronger than association
A third unmeasured variable is responsible for the relationship observe between the two measured variables
Third problem variable/ confounding
One being manipulated
Independent variable
What is being measured
Dependent variable
Choosing participants randomly to participate in study
Random sample
Assigning participants to either control or experimental groups randomly
Random assignment
When the participants and the observer don’t know which group is the experimental group/reduces bias
Double-blind experiment
Statistically combines the results of many different research studies
Meta-analysis
