Review
How does a good hypothesis help your research experiment?
You can predict the outcome of your experiement.
Locate an example of social influence.
Your friends are wearing designer clothes, so you do the same. You parents respectfully resolve a disagreement, and you decide to work through differences with your friends' opinions. Your teacher mentions that Juan has the highest exam score, so you decide to study harder so you can have the top score next time.
discipline
a branch of knowledge
sample
a group of people selected from a population
cognition
a person's ability to think
perception
a personal view of a situation; ability to understand the senses
perspective
a specific way of thinking or view
population
a whole group of people
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
approves experiments conducted by a college
scientific method
experimental method used to find fact and separate opinions
experimental group
group that receives the experimental treatment
control group
group used for comparison that doesn't receive experimental treatment
empathy
identifying with someone's situation or feelings
What does informed consent do?
informs a person of everything they are about to experience gives a person a chance to back out of an experiment
Which study is best for examining the lifespan of twins who grew up apart?
longitudinal study
descriptive statistics
mathematical summaries of results
psychologist
mental health professional who has a Ph.D.
psychophysics
psychology field that studies physical stimuli and human sensations and mental states
correlation
relationship between two variables
qualitative
research that explores the "why" and "how" of situations
debrief
revealing and explaining all aspects of an experiment to a participant
ethics
rules of conduct; moral principals
variable
something that is likely to change
informed consent
statement from a research participant that says he/she understands what is about to happen and still agrees to continue
mean
sum of all numbers divided by the total number of scores; the average
zone of proximal development
the gap between a person's current level of development and the potential development that can be achieved
median
the middle number in a set of ordered numbers
mode
the number that occurs most often in a given set of numbers
psychology
the study of how people think and behave
introspection
to look within yourself
What personal skills do you learn through studying psychology?
tolerance patience empathy
Determine which could be a sample chosen from a population.
twelve students who play the French horn in the brass section of an orchestra
abnormal
unusual; different from the expected
Locate the mode of 12, 3, 5, 17, 3, 18, 5, 11, 11, 15, 3, 9, 3.
3
Determine the median of 15, 17, 33, 45, 60.
33
Calculate the mean of 12, 15, 6, 4, and 3.
8