EXAM CRAM PSYCH Flashcards
WIlhelm Wundt
Known as the father of psychology, set up the first psychiologica; lab
Structuralism
Different structures of thought. The belief that the mind operates with combining subjective emotions and objective sensations
Functionalism
Mental and behavioral structures, evolved functions. Looks to understand mental and behavioral processes
Gestalt psychology
Examined the total experience and organizational process
Psychoanalytic
Freud; looks at how behaviors and mental processes are influenced by the ego, id, and superego. UNCONCIOUS
Schools of thought/ psychological perspectives
Humanist Psychoanalytic Biopsychology / Biological Evolutionary (Darwin) Behavioral Cognitive Social-cultural
Validity
When research measures what the researcher wanted to measure
Reliability
When testees recieve similar results
Sample vs. Population
A sample is taken from a defined population
Sampling bias
When the sample does not represent the population
Representative sample
When the sample accurately represents the population
Field experiments
Experiments conducted in the world
Longitudinal studies
Lengthy studies that go on for a long period of time
Cross-sectional studies
Studies that include different groups over a short period of time
Independent variable
The cause
Dependent variable
The effect
Confounding variables
Additional variables that may impact the research
Single blind study
When participants are unaware of the group they are in
Double blind study
When participants and the researcher are unaware which group participants are in
Placebo
When groups act differently based on knowing they are in an experiment
Control group
The group not given the independent variable
Experimental group
The group that receives the independent variable
Hindsight bias
The tendency to think that one could have anticipated the outcome of an event after it occurred
False consensus effect
When individuals overestimate how many others share their ideas
