CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
Placebo Effect
the phenomenon in which the expectations of the participants in a study can influence their behavior.
Structuralism
early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind.
Functionalism
early perspective in psychology associated with William James, in which the focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play.
Objective Introspection
the process of examining and measuring one’s own thoughts and mental activities.
Scientific Method
method system of gathering data so that bias and error in measurement are reduced.
Sociocultural Perspective
the relationship between social behavior and culture.
Gestalt
ideas are now part of the study of cognitive psychology, a field focusing not only on perception but also on learning, memory, thought processes, and problem solving.
Cognitive
perspective focuses on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning.
naturalistic observation
Watching animals or humans behave in their normal environment without interacting with them in any way is called
psuedosychology
A system of explaining human behavior that are not based on or consistent with scientific evidence
Evolutionary Perspective
perspective focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share.
Biopsychological Perspective
perspective attributes human and animal behavior to biological events occurring in the body, such as genetic influences, hormones, and the activity of the nervous system.
which pair of scientist shared the most similar views on behavior
Ivan Pavlov & John B watson
Freud believed that phobias were
repressed conflicts
Watson believed phobias were
learned
