Chapter 1

Question 1

What is the survey method?

Answer 1

A method for collecting data where people are asked to answer questions and report on themselves.

Question 2

Parapsychology

Answer 2

The study of phenomena that appear to violate scientific laws (FAKE Science)

Question 3

Critical Thinking

Answer 3

Interpreting/evaluating information with ability to guide thoughtful thinking

Question 4

Deception

Answer 4

Intentionally misleading participants of an experiment or withholding full information about the reason of the experiment

Question 5

Replication

Answer 5

Repetition of an experiment to confirm and ensure accuracy

Question 6

Independent Variable

Answer 6

Variable manipulated by the researcher/experimenter

Question 7

Correlational Method

Answer 7

Research elements that let scientists find out whether two variables are related

Question 8

Psychology

Answer 8

The science of behavior and mental process

Question 9

Operational definitions

Answer 9

A very clear/precise explanation of how a concept will be measured ina study or experiment

Question 10

Functionalism

Answer 10

Early school of thought thatemphasized how consciousness is related to behavior and the purpose of our behavior

Question 11

Behaviorism

Answer 11

A school of psychology based on the belief that behaviors can be measured, trained, and changed

Question 12

Gestalt

Answer 12

A school of thought that explains how people are able to see meaningful organization patterns when individual parts are seen together as a whole

Question 13

A School of thought centered onthe idea that the mind can be studied by breaking it down into its most basic elements

Answer 13

Structuralism

Question 14

Use of chance procedure in a experiment to ensurethat every participant has the same opportunity to one assigned to any group given

Answer 14

Random assignment

Question 15

What is counterintuitive?

Answer 15

Being contrary to what intuition or common sense would tell you

Question 16

Neuroscience perspective

Answer 16

An approach to explaining behavior that emphasizes the biological bases of behavior

Question 17

To respond in a way one believesis socially acceptable and desirable, is what?,

Answer 17

Desirability bias

Question 18

Humanistic psychology

Answer 18

Psychologists who adapts humanistic approach to human behavior emphasizing creativity, free will and human potential

Question 19

Pseudoscience

Answer 19

An activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions

Question 20

Pop psychology

Answer 20

Psychological informationpresented for the purpose of entertainment and/or profit

Question 21

Internal cognitiveprocesses suchas thoughts memory, and emotions

Answer 21

Mental processes

Question 22

Sociocultural perspective

Answer 22

An approach to explaining behavior that emphasizes the influence of social and cultural factors

Question 23

Generalizability

Answer 23

The extent to which experiment results outside an experiment to diverse populations in natural settings

Question 24

Experimental group

Answer 24

The group that receives the drug or treatment being tested

Question 25

What is a variable?

Answer 25

Any factor or characteristic that can assume multiple values

Question 26

Theories

Answer 26

General-frameworks that explain observable events in a meaningful way

Question 27

Scientific method

Answer 27

Step by step procedurepsychologists
Use when conducting research

Question 28

Observer bias

Answer 28

When the characteristics of the observer influence his or herobservations during a study

Question 29

Psychoanalytic perspective

Answer 29

An approach to human behavior emphasizing unconscious impulses, anxieties, und internal conflicts

Question 30

What is the dependent variable?

Answer 30

Variable that is measured in an experiment

Question 31

Experimenter bias

Answer 31

Bias introduced by an experimenter when result expectations of a experiment are subtly told to the participants

Question 32

A testable prediction

Answer 32

Hypothesis

Question 33

Cognitive perspective

Answer 33

An approach to human behavior that emphasizes mental states and thinking processes