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