Psych Ch. 1

who established the first laboratory in Leipzig, Germany

Wilhelm Wundt

psychodynamic

believes behavior is motivated by inner, unconscious forces over which a person has little control

a _______ psychologist might study how best to treat schizophrenia

clinical

psychologist who studies logical reasoning

cognitive psychologist

humanistic

contends that people can control their behavior and that they naturally try to reach their full potential

behavioral genetics

focus on the biological areas of psychology such as genes and chromosomes

behavioral

focuses on observable behavior

free will vs. determinism

free will vs. unconscious forces

______ is an approach that concentrates on what the mind does and the role of behavior in allowing people to adapt to their environment

functionalism

conscious vs. unconscious

how much of what we do is bc of conscious decisions and how much is bc of uncontrollable unconscious thoughts

case study

in depth study of an individual or small group. usually involve PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING (questions used to gain insight)

social neuroscience involves using information about brain function to understand

interpersonal dynamics

independent variavke

manipulated by experimenter

significant outcome

meaningful results that make it possible for researchers to feel confident that they have confirmed their hypothesis

random assignment to condition

procedure in which participants are assigned to different experimental groups or conditions on the basis of chance and chance alone

archival research

research in which existing data are examined to test a hypothesis

naturalistic observation

researcher observes a naturally occurring behavior and does not change the situation

experimental psychology

studies the processes of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking about the world

double blind procedure

the administrator of the the test/drug & the recipient don't know if it is active or not

humanistic psychology focuses on

the conscious

experimental manipulation

variable in the experiment

dependent variable

variable that is measured and expected to change

neuroscience

views behaviors from the perspective of biological functioning

psychologists study

behavior and mental processes

informed consent

a document signed by participants confirming that they have been told the basic outline of the study and are aware of what participation will involve

introspection

a procedure used to study the structure of the mind in which subjects are asked to describe in detail what they are experiencing when exposed to a stimulus, not lights sound or touch

survey research

a sample of people is used to represent the population

confederate

an actor in an experiment

gestalt psychology

an approach to psychology that focuses on the organization of perception and thinking in a "whole" sense rather than on the individual elements of perception

nature vs nurture

duh

cognitive

examines how people understand and think about the world

operational definition

translation of a hypothesis into testable procedures which can be observed and recorded