Methods of psychology and Environment

Question 1

Introspection

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Intro means ‘within’ and spection means ‘looking’. It is the self observation or inner perception.

Question 2

Observation

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Observation literally means ‘looking outside oneself’. It is done by second person.

Question 3

Experimentation

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Experimentation is description and analysis of what will occur under controlled conditions.

Question 4

Survey method

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Gathering data using interviews and questionnaires from a selected sample.

Question 5

Clinical methods

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It is in depth study of a person.

Question 6

Genetic method

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Study of human behavior through the life span.

Question 7

Testing method

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Use of psychometric test. Psychometric tests are used by employers to assess a candidate’s personal traits, as well as their knowledge and skills.

Question 8

Psychometric

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Psychometrics is a field of study concerned with the theory and technique of psychological measurement.

Question 9

Environmental psychology

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Psychological perspective on human made environmental problems and effects of the environment on people.

Question 10

Pro environmental behavior

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Pro-environmental behavior is behavior that a person consciously chooses in order to minimize the negative impact of his/her actions on the environment.

Question 11

Human exemptionalism paradigm

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Human being as the ruler of the physical world and as exempted from the laws of nature.

Question 12

Social change

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Social change refers to any significant alteration over time in behavior pattern, cultural norms and values.

Question 13

Stokols and Altaman (1987)

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It is the study of human behavior and well-being in relation to the socio-physical environment.

Question 14

Bell et al.1990

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It is the study of inter relationship between behavior and experience, and the built and natural environment.

Question 15

Bonnes and Secchioroli (1995)

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It is the area of psychology which is concerned with the relationships between psychological processes and processes of socio-physical environment.

Question 16

Cassidy (1997)

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It is the transactions between individual and socio-physical environment.

Question 17

Transaction

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It is a communicative action or activity involving two parties or things that reciprocally affect or influence each other.

Question 18

Clinical psychology

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concerned with the treatment of abnormal mentation and behavior.

Question 19

Social psychology

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Studies persons and their relationships with other individuals, groups or society.

Question 20

Perception

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Representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept.

Question 21

Sociology

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Study & classification of human societies.

Question 22

Epidemiology

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Branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease.

Question 23

Geography

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Study of the earth’s surface; includes people’s responses to topography, climate, soil and vegetation.

Question 24

Architecture

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Discipline dealing with the principles of design, construction and ornamentation of the fine buildings.

Question 25

Rationale

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fundamental reasons or logic behind something; the justification for something.

Question 26

Thematic Apperception Test TAT

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A projective technique using black and white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture.

Question 27

Cognitive mapping

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A cognitive map is a type of mental representation which serves an individual to acquire, code, store, recall, and decode information about the relative locations and attributes of phenomena in their everyday or spatial environment.

Question 28

Behavior mapping

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Behavioral mapping is a research tool used to observe and record behaviors in a particular setting at a particular time.

Question 29

Ecological psychology

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Ecological psychology is the scientific study of perception-action from a non-functionalism approach.

Question 30

Self-observational techniques

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Self-observation is an awareness practice where you turn your attention inward, and nonjudgmentally watch what you think, feel, and do.

Question 31

Simulation

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Technique of representing the real world by a computer program.

Question 32

Retouched photographs

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An alteration to produce more desirable appearance.

Question 33

Special simulation equipment

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Berkeley simulator- A machine that simulates an environment for the purpose of training or research.

Question 34

Computer simulation

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It is the process of mathematical modelling, performed on a computer, which is designed to predict the behavior of or the outcome of a real-world or physical system.

Question 35

Correlational technique

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Correlational research measures the relationship between two variables.

Question 36

Urban sociology

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Urban sociology is the sociological study of life and human interaction in metropolitan areas.

Question 37

Triangulation

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Using different types of measures to see if the same relationship is obtained with both reactive and non reactive measures.

Question 38

Erosion

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Wearing away of a substance.

Question 39

Accretion

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Addition or depositing of a substance (e.g., litter and fingerprints)

Question 40

Archival data

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Any sort of recorded information (e.g., government records, cartoons, photographs, newspaper articles, & public health data etc.)