Ch 1 Flashcards
(30 cards)
Studies Unconscious mental processes
Psychoanalysis
Solely observable (quantifiable) behaviors
Behaviorism
Positive potential
Humanistic
Interaction between thought and behavior
Cognitive
Biological analysis
Brain, genetics, neurochemistry
Individual analysis
Individual differences in cognition, motor coordination
Social analysis
How we interact with others, relationships, attitudes
Cultural analysis
How society influences our behavior, norms, beliefs, taboo
How brain/body enable emotions, memories, sensory expression
Neuroscience
How natural selection of traits promoted survival of genes
Evolutionary
How much genes/environment influence differences
Behavior genetics
How behavior springs from unconscious drives/conflicts
Psychodynamic
How we learn observable responses
Cognitive
Way we interact within our environment
Social-cultural
Basic research
Builds knowledge base
Applied research
Tackles practical problems
A helping profession
Involves counciling/clinical treatment
Confounding variable
Variable that varies in conjunction with independent variable
Random assignment
Each participant has equal chance of being in any group
Between subjects design
Different people watching each movie
Within subjects design
Same people in both
Fewer participants
Blind design
Participant blind to conditions
Double blind design
Experimenter and participant blind to condition
Descriptive statistics
Mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation
