origins of Psychology

Question 1

what are extraneous variables?

Answer 1

variables that need to be controlled so they don’t effect results. If they are not controlled they can become confounding variables

Question 2

what are confounding variables?

Answer 2

something that can change the results of something

Question 3

what is a standardised procedure?

Answer 3

experiment carried under controlled conditions where variables are the same. this controls for extraneous variables.

Question 4

what are investigator effects?

Answer 4

investigator effects are when the investigator or researcher effect the participant’s behaviour

Question 5

what is social Desirability

Answer 5

it is the the participants give answers they think puts them in a better light to make them look good. This could happen in questionnaires or interviews.

Question 6

what happened in 1879?

Answer 6

Wundt opened the first experimental psychology lab in Germany

Question 7

what is Wundt’s introspection?

Answer 7

It is the examination of ones thoughts.

Question 8

What happened in the 1900s

Answer 8

Freud had his psychodynamic approach

Question 9

What happened in 1913

Answer 9

J.B Watson and B skinner established the behaviourist approach