Modules 1-8

Question 1

Biopyschsocial approach

Answer 1

Approach involving biological, psychological and social cultural levels of analysis

Question 2

Basic research

Answer 2

Science aiming to increase scientific knowledge

Question 3

Developmental psychologist

Answer 3

Studies physical, cognitive social change

Question 4

Educational psychologist

Answer 4

Studies how psychology enhances teaching learnings

Question 5

Personality psychologist

Answer 5

Studies of individual charctersitics

Question 6

Social psychologist

Answer 6

Studies how we think relating to others

Question 7

Applied research

Answer 7

Aiming to solve practical problems

Question 8

Industrial originational psychologist

Answer 8

Optimizing human behavior in workplaces

Question 9

Human factor psychologist

Answer 9

How people and machines interact making safe and easy to use

Question 10

Counseling psychologist

Answer 10

Assisting people with problems

Question 11

Clinical psychologist

Answer 11

Studies assesses and treats people

Question 12

Positive psychology

Answer 12

Study of a goal of discovering and promting strengths

Question 13

Behavior psychology

Answer 13

Study of observable behavior

Question 14

Biological psychology

Answer 14

Study between biological and psychological processes

Question 15

Cognitive psychology

Answer 15

Study of all mental activities with thinking

Question 16

Evolutionary psychology

Answer 16

Study of evolution of behavior and mind

Question 17

Psychodynamic psychology

Answer 17

Study how unconsciousness drives and treats people

Question 18

Social cultural psychology

Answer 18

Study how situations and cultures affect behavior

Question 19

Psychometrics psychology

Answer 19

Measurment of human abilities attitude and traits

Question 20

Hindsight bias

Answer 20

Tendency to believe after learning an outcome

Question 21

Levels of analysis

Answer 21

Differing views from biological to psychological analysising any development

Question 22

Critical thinking

Answer 22

Thinking that doesn’t blindly accept arguments and conclusions

Question 23

Operational definitions

Answer 23

Detailed statement of exact procedures used in research study

Question 24

Case study

Answer 24

A detailed study on a group revealing universal principles

Question 25

Sampling bias

Answer 25

Flawed sample based on someone’s opinion

Question 26

Correlate

Answer 26

Measure of 2 variables showing how each variable will predict each other

Question 27

Correlation coefficient

Answer 27

Statistic index between -1 and +1

Question 28

Validity

Answer 28

Extend to which experiment predicts what it’s suppose to do

Question 29

Descriptive statistics

Answer 29

Yo show well put data together

Question 30

Skewed

Answer 30

Representation of scores that lack symmetry around the average value

Question 31

Standard deviation

Answer 31

A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score

Question 32

Normal curve

Answer 32

A symmetrical bell shaped curve that described she distribution of many years of data

Question 33

Intertial statistics

Answer 33

Numerical data that allows one to generalize to infer from sample data

Question 34

Statistical significance

Answer 34

A statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance