first chapter Flashcards
what are the reasons that people suffer with the paradox of progress?
spending more time on technology, less human interaction mental demands, excessive materialism (affluenza).
A phenomenon that makes the person overthinks about wealth and technological advances also encounters lots of personal difficulties.
The paradox of progress.
what are the greatest challenges of modern life?
search for direction and meaning in life.
what is adjustment?
adaptation.
Psychological processes through which people manage or cope with the demands and challenges of everyday life.
Adjustment.
what are the types of researches?
experimental and correlational.
a type of research looks for causes in other words why something happen?
Experimental research.
A research method in which the investigator manipulates one independent variable, under carefully control conditions and carefully observe whether any changes occur in second dependent variable as a result?
The Experiment.
the advantages of using an experiment.
precise control allows cause and effect conclusion to be drawn.
the disadvantages of using an experiment.
VARIABLES can be for ethical reason also manipulated in an experiment.
what does the correlation research do?
look for links.
what is the correlation coefficient?
a numerical index of relationship.
what does the correlation coefficient do?
provides strong relationship between variables and direction of relationships (positive or negative).
what is a positive correlation?
when two variables increases or decreases.
what is a negative correlation?
when one variable increases and other decreases.
