Psychology 1 test

a medicine that has no active ingredients and works by the power of suggestion

frequently occured

subjects who receive the placebo consists of people who do not receive the independent variable

consists of people who do receive the independent variable

a study during which neither participants nor researchers know which group any subject belongs to

factor in a study that changes or varies as a result of changes in the independent variable

factor that the experimenter manipulates or changes in a study

Advantage: researcher can be completely unbiased. Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions This method usually provides accurate information 

Disadvantge: setting is somewhat artificial, may not reflect the real world

Advantage: setting is more realistic than in a laboratory 

Disadvantage: it is often difficult to control all variables

Advantage: researcher can gather information on feelings, opinions, and behavior patterns . The results can be amazingly accurate 

• Disadvantage: survey's sample may not be representative of population as a whole
• Questions used may not be phrased objectively 
• Interpretation of results may be distorted(misleading or false)

Advantage: behavior studied is completely natural 

Disadvantage: researcher cannot interact with subjects and may interpret subjects' responses incorrectly

Adv: researcher can obtain personal, detailed information 

• Dis: subjects réponses may not be completely honest
• Researchers biases can influence behavior

Adv: method provides background information that may shed light on present behavior 

• Dis: subjects' responses may not be completely honest 
• Researcher's biases can influence behavior

Adv: test provides accurate, objective information- there is little chance of distorting results (misleading or false results)

Dis: test are limited in the amount of information they can obtain

adv: method provides information needed for certain kinds of research, such as studies on development 

Dis: method is expensive and time consuming

• Adv: samples used are usually representative or population as a whole
• Method is less expensive and less time consuming than longitudinal
• Cross sectional examines many subjects or a variety of people at one point in time.

Dis: Method is not appropriate for some types of research, such as studies on developmental changes over time

study on mental processes and behavior

nature it is the enviroment and the people in it (such as where we live, rich or poor, or the schools we go to) make us who we are

nurture is our genetics and how we are raised by our guardians that make us who we are.

a general framework for scientific study ; smaller aspects can be tested

who study the origin, cause, or results of certain behaviors

make direct use of the findings of research psychologists; they deal directly with clients

inspired scientists to study animals in an attempt to understand humans better

• father of psychology
• started the 1st laboratory to studying psychology

interest were how personality develops, what can go wrong, and how to fix it. His theory is based on effects of unconscious conflicts within the individual

how humans function and within the individual adapt to the environment

• behavioral approach
• eX: some people growing up doing bad thing because of the environment and people they were influenced by or were around

process of making your own system by borrowing from two or more other systems

• 1. Biopsychology 
• 2. behavioral
• 3. psychoanalysis
• 4. Humanism 
• 5. Cognitive 
• 6. Sociocultural Psychology

behavior viewed in terms of biological responses

viewed as a product of learned responses

viewed as a reflection of unconscious aggressive and sexual impulses

viewed as a reflection of internal growth

viewed as a product of various internal sentences, or thoughts

viewed as strongly influenced by the expectations of social groups or cultures