What is Psychology(C1)

Question 1

Psychology is the scientific study of _____________ and __________ ____________

Answer 1

Behavior and mental processes.

Question 2

Psychology seeks to __________, _________, _________, and __________
behavior and mental processes

Answer 2

describe, explain, predict, and
control

Question 3

____________are a set of general principles that try to explain a phenomena (general)

Answer 3

Theories

Question 4

A _______________ is a preliminary guess about how to interpret and explain what is observed (specific)

Answer 4

Hypothesis:

Question 5

Psychologists do ________ research and ____________ research.

Answer 5

Pure, applied

Question 6

A sample is a:

Answer 6

Segment of the population

Question 7

The Population is:

Answer 7

The entire group targeted for study

Question 8

___________________ samples allow generalization of findings

Answer 8

Representative

Question 9

In a __________ each member of population has equal chance of selection

Answer 9

random sample

Question 10

In a ______________ sample, subgroups are represented proportionally.

Answer 10

Stratified

Question 11

_____________ _______ is represented by studying people who volunteer to participate.

Answer 11

Volunteer bias

Question 12

Observation can be achieved through _________ and _______ ____________.

Answer 12

Survey and case study

Question 13

Surveys are used to collect _______________ that cannot be observed directly.

Answer 13

information

Question 14

_________ ______________ gather information about individuals or small groups

Answer 14

Case studies

Question 15

________________ observation is a unobtrusive way of observing subjects in their natural environment.

Answer 15

Naturalistic

Question 16

_________________ method is a mathematical method of determining a relationship between variables

Answer 16

Correlational

Question 17

Correlation is not ________________

Answer 17

Causation

Question 18

Correlational studies do not prove:

Answer 18

Cause and effect

Question 19

The Correlation Coefficient is a number between ______ and ________.

Answer 19

+1, -1

Question 20

The ___________ _________ demonstrates cause and effect through scientific method

Answer 20

Experimental Method

Question 21

In the experimental method, there is a ______________ variable and a ______________ variable.

Answer 21

Independent, dependent