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psychology midterm

Terms in this set (32)

psychologist study
everyday behaviors and feelings
The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is called
basic science
A complex explanation based on findings from many studies is a(n)
theory
"Unconscious determinants of behavior" is associated with
Sigmund freud
free association is not associated with
B. F. Skinner
Sigmund Freud
is associated with psychoanalysis
understanding psychology can provide useful
insights into behavior
the idea that the mind and body are sperate and distinct
dualism
Based his theory of inheritable traits on biographies
Sir Francis Galton
psychologist deal with topics related to teaching children and young adults
educational
is the acknowledged founder of psychology as a delegate feild of study
whilhelm wundt
a(n) psychologist studies the effects of overcrowding in humans
environmental
psychologist ____________ behavior using accumulated knowledge about the quad humans act in various situations
predict
participants in an experiment who are exposed to the independent variable make up the
experimental group
the most commonly used measure of centeral tendency is the
mean
When neither the participants nor the experimenter knows which group of participants is the experimental one, the study is known as a
double-blind study
psychologist study the same group is participants at regular intervals over a period of years is a
longitudinal study
The variable that experimenters manipulate is called the ____ variable.
independent
the total group from which a sample is drawn
population
arranging data so you know how often a score occurs
frequency distribution
graph that demonstrates the direction of the relationship between two variables
scatterplot
provides an equal chance of being represented in a study
random sample
representative of various subgroups of the population
stratified sample
the relationship between two variables or sets of dats
correlation
a psychologist organizes individuals into groups based on age is a
cross sectional study
Numbers that describe something about the average score are called measures of ____________.
central tendency
establishing a correlation is useful because it enables scientist to make relatively accurate
predictions
if you subtract the lowest score from the highest score you are determining
range
an experiment enables the experimenter to ____ the situation and to eliminate the possibility that unnoticed outside factors will influence the results
control
Sigmund Freud's theory of personality development was based on
case studies
the participants who are treated in the same ways as the experimental group but the experiment treatment is not applied, make up the
control group
to determine wether the data support a hypothesis or the results are due to chance, researches use
inferential statistics
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