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Question 1

Behavioral

Answer 1

Effects of environment on open behavior of humans/animals

Only observable events that can be studied scientifically

Question 2

Psychoanalytic

Answer 2

How the past and unconscious mind impacts your current behavior and mental processes

Unconscious motives and experiences in early childhood govern personality and mental disorders

Question 3

Humanistic

Answer 3

Focuses on a positive approach to reach full potential of humans, their motivation, and in relationships

Humans are free, rational beings with the potential for personal growth and are fundamentally different than animals

Question 4

Cognitive

Answer 4

Focus on mental activities associated with thinking and memory

How we encode, process, store, and retrieve information

Question 5

Biological

Answer 5

Physiological bases of behavior in humans and animals

Focuses on how the body, brain, and genetics can influence emotions, memories, and sensory experiences

Question 6

Evolutionary

Answer 6

Evolutionary bases of behavior in humans and animals

Focuses on how natural selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes

Question 7

Socio-Cultural

Answer 7

How social and cultural factors impact behavior

Proposes that children learn behavior through problem-solving interactions with other children and adults

Question 8

Industrial-Organizational

Answer 8

Study of human behavior in the workplace

Research ways in which human labor, work environments and machine technology can achieve its fullest potential

Question 9

Operational Definition

Answer 9

The definition of a concept in terms of the actual procedures used by the researcher to measure it

Question 10

Case Study

Answer 10

Descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles

Question 11

Naturalistic Observation

Answer 11

Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation

Question 12

Survey

Answer 12

A technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group

Questioning, random sample of group

Question 13

Replication

Answer 13

Repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations

See how basic findings extend to other participants and circumstances

Question 14

Sampling Bias

Answer 14

Flawed sampling process that produces an unrepresentative sample

Question 15

Double-Blind Procedure

Answer 15

Experimental procedure in which both research participants and staff are ignorant about where participants have received treatment or a placebo

Question 16

Placebo

Answer 16

Real response to an action or substance based solely on expectations, not actual properties of the action or substance

Question 17

Confounding Variable

Answer 17

Factor other than the IV that might produce an effect in an experiment

Question 18

Debriefing

Answer 18

Results must be explained to all participants

Question 19

Informed Consent

Answer 19

Human subjects must be made aware that they are part of an experiment

Subjects can quit at any time

Question 20

Deception

Answer 20

You cannot lie to the people you’re studying unless it is necessary for your research question

Question 21

Confidentiality

Answer 21

Researchers should respect participants’ privacy by keeping identifying information confidential

Question 22

Standard Deviation

Answer 22

Computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score

Question 23

Hindsight Bias

Answer 23

Common tendency for people to perceive past events as more predictable than they actually were

Question 24

Single Blind Procedure

Answer 24

Research participants are ignorant and blind about whether they have received the treatment or a placebo

Question 25

Double Blind Procedure

Answer 25

The researchers and the participants don't know who received treatment or placebo Eliminates researcher and participant bias

Question 26

Generalizability

Answer 26

Results of your study can be applied to different types of people

Question 27

Correlational Study

Answer 27

Research conducted to assess the relationship among two or more variables

Question 28

Longitudinal Study

Answer 28

Test the same people over a period of time

Question 29

Cross Sectional Study

Answer 29

Test separate groups of people at a single point in time

Question 30

Illusory Correlation

Answer 30

Perceived relationship where one does not exist