Modules 1-8 Flashcards
Biopyschsocial approach
Approach involving biological, psychological and social cultural levels of analysis
Basic research
Science aiming to increase scientific knowledge
Developmental psychologist
Studies physical, cognitive social change
Educational psychologist
Studies how psychology enhances teaching learnings
Personality psychologist
Studies of individual charctersitics
Social psychologist
Studies how we think relating to others
Applied research
Aiming to solve practical problems
Industrial originational psychologist
Optimizing human behavior in workplaces
Human factor psychologist
How people and machines interact making safe and easy to use
Counseling psychologist
Assisting people with problems
Clinical psychologist
Studies assesses and treats people
Positive psychology
Study of a goal of discovering and promting strengths
Behavior psychology
Study of observable behavior
Biological psychology
Study between biological and psychological processes
Cognitive psychology
Study of all mental activities with thinking
Evolutionary psychology
Study of evolution of behavior and mind
Psychodynamic psychology
Study how unconsciousness drives and treats people
Social cultural psychology
Study how situations and cultures affect behavior
Psychometrics psychology
Measurment of human abilities attitude and traits
Hindsight bias
Tendency to believe after learning an outcome
Levels of analysis
Differing views from biological to psychological analysising any development
Critical thinking
Thinking that doesn’t blindly accept arguments and conclusions
Operational definitions
Detailed statement of exact procedures used in research study
Case study
A detailed study on a group revealing universal principles
Sampling bias
Flawed sample based on someone’s opinion
Correlate
Measure of 2 variables showing how each variable will predict each other
Correlation coefficient
Statistic index between -1 and +1
Validity
Extend to which experiment predicts what it’s suppose to do
Descriptive statistics
Yo show well put data together
Skewed
Representation of scores that lack symmetry around the average value
Standard deviation
A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score
Normal curve
A symmetrical bell shaped curve that described she distribution of many years of data
Intertial statistics
Numerical data that allows one to generalize to infer from sample data
Statistical significance
A statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance
