Chapter 1 Intro To Psychology Flashcards
Assumption about a behavior tested through scientific research.
(Educated guess)
Hypothesis
Scientific study of behavior and everyday feelings
Psychology
Studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine behavior, feelings, and thoughts.
Psychoanalyst
He was interested in the unconscious mind
Sigmund Freud
Patients say whatever comes to their minds - no matter what
Free Association
Psychologists who stressed investigating observable behavior
Behaviorist
Believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth
Humanist
(Behaviorist)
B. F. Skinner
Study the effect of the environment on people (effects of overcrowding in cities)
Environmental Psychologist
Studies sensation, perception, learning, motivation, and emotion in carefully controlled laboratory conditions
Experimental Psychologist
Research method involving an intensive investigation of one or more participants. (How Freud developed his theory of personality)
Case Study
Psychologists study the same group of participants at regular intervals over a period of years.
Longitudinal Study
A measure of the degree of relatedness between the two variables
Correlation
Participants in an experiment who are exposed to the independent variable
Experimental Group
Group treated in the same way as the experimental group, except the experimental group treatment is not applied
Control Group
