Week 2

Question 1

What are the 3 scientific methods?

Answer 1

Curiosity
Skeptical
Humility

Question 2

Define curiosity

Answer 2

You tend to wonder and ask questions if it affects others

Question 3

Define skeptical

Answer 3

You think about it more deeply and tried to connect it with facts by which matches

Question 4

Define humility

Answer 4

Help us discard predictions

Question 5

4 steps of thinking critically

Answer 5

1. Evaluating the source
2. Judging the source
3. Assesing conclusions
4. Examining our own assumptions

Question 6

Define illusory correlation

Answer 6

Agreeing with one person fact or opinion while ignoring others that don’t allow in your beliefs.

Question 7

Define overconfidence

Answer 7

We think we know more than we do in our confidence can drive us to a quick solution rather than correct thinking

Question 8

Define pattern-seeking

Answer 8

We tend to seek patterns in different events

Question 9

Hindsight bias

Answer 9

You experience some gut feeling. You get the “I knew it all along”

Question 10

What are the scientific steps

Answer 10

A theory, hypothesis, research and observation.

Question 11

Define basic research

Answer 11

It’s seeking knowledge of it rather than solving it

Question 12

Define apply research

Answer 12

It focuses on finding solution

Question 13

What are the types of research methods?

Answer 13

descriptive, correlational, and experimental.

Question 14

Define descriptive

Answer 14

Describing behaviors, often by using case studies, naturalistic observation, or surveys.

Question 15

Define correlational

Answer 15

Associate different variables

Question 16

Define experimental

Answer 16

Manipulate; or change, variables to discover their effects

Question 17

Define naturalistic observation

Answer 17

Recording the natural behavior of many individuals

Question 18

Define Case studies

Answer 18

In death analysis of either individuals or group

Question 19

Define survey

Answer 19

Interviewing people in order to come up with a conclusion based on the question and measurement in adds up

Question 20

Define correlational methods

Answer 20

It identifies the relationship but not the cause

Question 21

Define psychological test

Answer 21

To meadure individual differences abilities

Question 22

Neuroscience

Answer 22

How the brain enables emotions, memory, and sensory experiences.

Question 23

Evolutionary

Answer 23

How certain traits are passed down from generations to the next which helps our similarities

Question 24

Behaviors genetics

Answer 24

how our genes and our environment influence our individual differences

Question 25

Psychodynamic

Answer 25

how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts

Question 26

Dual processing

Answer 26

the principle that our mind processes information at the same time on separate conscious and unconscious tracks.

Question 27

Counseling

Answer 27

helps with people to cope with challenges and cries (including school, work, and relationship issues)

Question 28

Clinical psychologist

Answer 28

focus on assessing and treating people with mental, emotional, and behavior disorders.

Question 29

Psychiatrists

Answer 29

they provide psychotherapy, are medical doctors. They are licensed to prescribe drugs and otherwise treat physical causes of psychological disorders.

Question 30

Community

Answer 30

works to create social and physical and environments that are health for al. They prevent bullying, like improve culture of a school or neighborhood, and how to increase bystander intervention

Question 31

Positive psychology

Answer 31

It foucs on the positive events with positive exercise (joy, inspiration,love, more)