Experimental Psychology Flashcards
Is the study of behavior and mental processes
Psychology
We rely on _______ when we conduct psychological research
Scientific methodology
Is non scientific and subject errorr
Commonsense Psychology
Shares key features of all modern science
Psychological science
Gathering observable data
Objective data
Search for general _____ to organize and explain the relationship among data
Laws or theories
Systemic gathering of data to provide descriptions of events
Science
Science is a tool that aids us in
Organizing,categorizing and understanding our universe
Science comes from the latin words_____ which simply means knowledge
Scientia
Basic tactic used in psychological research
The scientific techniques used to collect and evaluate psychological data
Methodology
Is a methodological approach rather than a subject
Experimental Psychology
There are 5 main tools of scientific approach
1.Observation
2.Measurement
3.Experimentation
4.Good Thinking
5 Replication
Four major objectives of psychological science
Description
Prediction
Explanation
Control
Psychological science was born in
1879 , Wilhelm Wundt opened the 1st Psychology laboratory in Lepzeig, Germany
Who opened the first experimental psychology lab in the United States in at John Hopkins University
G. Stanley Hall , 1883
