unit 1

first woman to study psych, 1st president of the APA, associated with Functionalism

theory of evolution

studied and founded hospitals for the mentally ill

associated with Psychoanalytic Psychology, said that men/women are sexually attracted to their mothers/fathers and in turn want their fathers/mothers dead

first APA president, associated with Evolutionary Psychology

wrote the 1st psych textbook, lecturer at Harvard, associated with Functionalism

associated with Behaviorism, taught a dog to salivate at the sound of a bell

associated with Cognative Psychology

associated with Humanistic Psychology, believed in treating all humans with unconditional positive regard

associated with Behaviorism, made the "skinner box" that would let an animal (later toddler) press a bar down for a reward

sought to classify and understand the structure of the mind, focused on introspection and self-reflection

how behaviors allow us to adapt, survive, and flourish

studying and manipulating behavior

the unconscious mind and childhood experiences, there are feelings and behaviors present in the unconscious

potential for human growth

learning through observable responses

workings of the brain and nueral chemistry

thought processes and how we think or problem solve

natural selection and the genes/traits that are passed down

the unconscious mind and childhood trauma

personal growth through fufilling our needs for belonging and love

how behavior depends on the situation or culture you are from

hindsight bias, overconfidence, tendency to perceive order in random events

other reasons or explanations as to why something is true

a statistical measure of the relationship between 2 variables (r value)

anyone has an equal chance of selection

members of each group are randomly chosen

p-value (want less than .05) the possibility of being due to chance

the interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with cognition (perceptuon, thinking, memory, language)

study of human flourishing, exploring the idea of a meaningful life

integration of biological, psychological, and social-cultural viewpoints

studying the measurements of human ability, attitude, and traits

pure science aiming to increase scientific knowledge

age related behavioral changes

basic behavioral processes

math related methods of aquring knowledge

beliefs, feelings, and behaviors are affected by or influence others

aims to solve practical problems

legal issues

promoting health and precenting disease

people and their work environments

neurological processes and behavior

study, assess, treat psychological disorders

repeating the essence of a research study with different people/situations to see if the results can be reproduced

anything that can vary

perceiving a correlation or relationship where none exists

particioants and staff don't know if the participant is recieving a treatment or a placebo

the extent that a tes/experiment predicts what it is supposed to

informed consent, protect from greater-than-usual discomfort, confidentiality, debrief after

numerical data used to measure and describe characteristics of groups

how similar or diverse the scores are

low

numerical data allowing one to generalize, infer probability from sample data

representative samples, less-variable observations, more cases