Introduction and Methods: Unit 1 high school

Question 1

abnormal

Answer 1

unusual; different from the expected

Question 2

Clinical

Answer 2

concerned with the treatment of disease

Question 3

Cognition

Answer 3

a person’s ability to think

Question 4

Control Group

Answer 4

group used for comparison that doesn’t receive experimental treatment

Question 5

Correlation

Answer 5

relationship between two variables

Question 6

Debrief

Answer 6

revealing and explaining all aspects of an experiment to a participant

Question 7

Descriptive Statistics

Answer 7

mathematical summaries of results

Question 8

Discipline

Answer 8

a branch of knowledge

Question 9

Disorder

Answer 9

disturbance in mental health

Question 10

empathy

Answer 10

identifying with someone’s situation or feelings

Question 11

Ethics

Answer 11

rules of conduct; moral principles

Question 12

Experimental Group

Answer 12

group that receives the experimental treatment

Question 13

Informed Consent

Answer 13

statement from a research participant that says he/she understands what is about to happen and agrees to continue

Question 14

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Answer 14

approves experiments conducted by a college

Question 15

Introspection

Answer 15

to look within yourself

Question 16

Mean

Answer 16

sum of all numbers divided by the total number of scores; the average

Question 17

Median

Answer 17

the middle number in a set of ordered numbers

Question 18

Mode

Answer 18

the number that occurs most often in a given set of numbers

Question 19

Perception

Answer 19

a personal view of a situation; ability to understand the senses

Question 20

Perspective

Answer 20

a specific way of thinking or view

Question 21

Population

Answer 21

a whole group of people

Question 22

Psychiatrist

Answer 22

mental health professional who attended medical school

Question 23

Psychologist

Answer 23

mental health professional who has a Ph.D

Question 24

Psychology

Answer 24

the study of how people think and behave

Question 25

Psychophysics

Answer 25

Psychology field that studies physical stimuli and human sensations and mental states

Question 26

Qualitative

Answer 26

research that explores the “why” and “how” of situations

Question 27

Sample

Answer 27

a group of people selected from a population

Question 28

Scientific Method

Answer 28

experimental method used to find fact and separate opinions

Question 29

Variable

Answer 29

something that is likely to change

Question 30

Zone of Proximal Development

Answer 30

the gap between a person’s current level of development and the potential development that can be achieved.