Every important aspect and psychologists along with terms from chapter 1 and 2 in the Meyers' AP Psychology Textbook.
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| 1444236609 | Edward Titchener | Founded Structuralism and studied under Wilhelm Wundt. | 1 | |
| 1444236610 | Max Wertheimer | Founded Gestaltism, which allows for the breakup of elements from the whole situation into what it really is. | 2 | |
| 1444236611 | Applied Research | Deals with solving practical problems and generally employs empirical methodologies, may be impossible to use a random sample. | 3 | |
| 1444236612 | B. F. Skinner | Mainly studied rats and pigeons, United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism. (1904-1990) | 4 | |
| 1444236613 | Sigmund Freud | Neurologist who originated psychoanalysis, which is a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders. | 5 | |
| 1444236614 | Humility | Being aware of our faults; openness to surprises and new ideas. | 6 | |
| 1444236615 | Curiosity; Skepticism; Humility | Three main components of the scientific attitude. | 7 | |
| 1444236616 | Correlation Coefficient | A statistical record of the relationship between two things; -1.0 to +1.0. | 8 | |
| 1444236617 | Scatterplot | A graphed cluster of dots that represent the values of two variables. | 9 | |
| 1444236618 | Naturalistic Observation | Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate or control the situation. | 10 | |
| 1444236619 | Placebo Effect | Experimental results caused by expectation alone. | 11 | |
| 1444236620 | Dependent Variable | The factor that may change in response to the manipulations of the independent factor. | 12 | |
| 1444236621 | Independent Variable | The experimental factor being manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied. | 13 | |
| 1444236622 | Random Assignment | Assigning participants into experimental and control groups by chance, eliminates alternative explanations. | 14 | |
| 1444236623 | Experiment | A research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process. | 15 | |
| 1444236624 | Normal Curve | Bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many types of data; 68% within 1 Standard Deviation; 95% within 2 Standard Deviation. | 16 | |
| 1444236625 | Statistical Significance | How likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance. | 17 | |
| 1444236626 | Correlation | How well does A predict B; -1.0 to +1.0. | 18 | |
| 1444236627 | Control Group | Group that does not receive the treatment in an experiment. | 19 | |
| 1444236628 | Debriefing | The post-experimental explanation of a study from the participants. | 20 | |
| 1444236629 | Informed Consent | An ethical principle that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate. | 21 | |
| 1444236630 | Culture | The lasting behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a group of people and passed from one generation to the next. | 22 | |
| 1444236631 | Standard Deviation | The measurement of how much scores vary around the mean. | 23 | |
| 1444236632 | Mean | The average; arithmetic. The sum devided by number of values. | 24 | |
| 1444236633 | Median | The middle value. | 25 | |
| 1444236634 | Mode | Occurs the most often. | 26 | |
| 1444236635 | Range | The difference between the highest and lowest values. | 27 | |
| 1444236636 | Confounding Variable | A factor other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in an experiment. (i.e. gender, age) | 28 | |
| 1444236637 | Experimental Group | The group that receives the treatment in an experiment. | 29 | |
| 1444236638 | Double-Blind Procedure | An experimental procedure in which both the research participants and the research staff are ignorant (blind) about whether the research participants have received the treatment or a placebo. Commonly used in drug-evaluation studies. | 30 | |
| 1444236639 | Illusory Correlation | The perception of a relationship where none exists. | 31 | |
| 1444236640 | G. Stanley Hall | American psychologist who established the first psychology research laboratory in the United States and founded the american psychological association. | 32 | |
| 1444236641 | Francis Bacon | English politician, writer. Formalized the empirical method. "Novum Organum". Inductive reasoning. | 33 | |
| 1444236642 | Educational Psychology | The study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning. | 34 | |
| 1444236643 | Human Factors Psychology | The study of how people and machines interact and the design of safe and easily used machines and environments. | 35 | |
| 1444236644 | Industrial-Organizational Psychology | The application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces. | 36 | |
| 1444236645 | Francis Galton | English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields: heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, anthropology. | 37 | |
| 1444236646 | Psychodynamic Psychology | A branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders. | 38 | |
| 1444236647 | Counseling Psychology | A branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being. | 39 | |
| 1444236648 | Willhem Wundt | German, tried to time the atoms of the mind; established first psychology lab and used introspection. | 40 | |
| 1444236649 | John Locke | English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience. | 41 | |
| 1444236650 | Empiricism | The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation. | 42 | |
| 1444236651 | Nature vs. Nurture | The long-standing controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. | 43 | |
| 1444236652 | Evolutionary Psychology | The study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection. | 44 | |
| 1444236653 | Experiemental Psychology | The study of behavior and thinking through experiments. | 45 | |
| 1444236654 | Phrenology | A now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties. | 46 | |
| 1444236655 | Functionalism | A psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment. | 47 | |
| 1444236656 | Behavioral Psychology | The scientific study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning. | 48 | |
| 1444236657 | Piaget | Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children. | 49 | |
| 1444236658 | Structuralism | An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind. | 50 | |
| 1444236659 | Personality Psychology | The study of an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting. | 51 | |
| 1444236660 | Clinical Psychology | A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders. | 52 | |
| 1444236661 | Adaptation (Evolving) | A behavior or trait that helps an organism adjust and function well within a changing environment; increases chances of survival. | 53 | |
| 1444236662 | Psychology | The study of behavior and brain processes. | 54 | |
| 1444236663 | Margaret Floy Washburn | American psychologist who studied animal behavior; first woman to receive a Ph. D. in psychology. | 55 | |
| 1444236664 | Basic Research | Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base. | 56 | |
| 1444236665 | Developmental Psychology | The branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children. | 57 | |
| 1444236666 | John B. Watson | United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology. | 58 | |
| 1444236667 | Cognitive Psychology | The scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communication. | 59 | |
| 1444236668 | Humanistic Psychology | Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth. | 60 | |
| 1444236669 | Behaviorism | An approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior. | 61 | |
| 1444236670 | William Jones | The most influential early Functionalist. Highly influenced by Darwin's evolutionary theory that all characteristics of a species serve some adaptive purpose. | 62 | |
| 1444236671 | Cognitive Neuroscience | The branch of neuroscience that studies the biological foundations of mental phenomena. | 63 | |
| 1444236672 | Psychometrics | Any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements. | 64 | |
| 1444236673 | Pavlov | Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs. | 65 | |
| 1444236674 | Biopsychosocial Approach | An integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis. | 66 | |
| 1444236675 | Levels of Analysis | The differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon. | 67 | |
| 1444236676 | Social-Cultural Psychology | The study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking. | 68 | |
| 1444236677 | Biological Psychology | Branch of psychology that studies the links between biological and psychological processes. | 69 | |
| 1444236678 | Social Psychology | The branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole. | 70 | |
| 1444236679 | Psychiatry | A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; but provide medical treatment along with therapy. | 71 | |
| 1444236680 | Natural Selection | A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. | 72 | |
| 1444236681 | Hindsight Bias | The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it. | 73 | |
| 1444236682 | Critical Thinking | Thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. | 74 | |
| 1444236683 | Hypothesis | A testable prediction often implied by a theory. | 75 | |
| 1444236684 | Theory | An explanation woven into a set of principles to organize observations and predict behavior. | 76 | |
| 1444236685 | Survey | A technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of people, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of them. | 77 | |
| 1444236686 | Population | All the cases in a group being studied. | 78 | |
| 1444236687 | Random Sample | Fairly represents a population because each has an equal chance of inclusion. | 79 | |
| 1444236688 | Operational Definitions | A statement of the procedures (operations) used to define research variables. | 80 | |
| 1444236689 | Replicate | To repeat a research study, usually with different participants and in different situations, to confirm the results of the original study or to add credibility. | 81 | |
| 1444236690 | Case Study | Studying one person in depth in hope of revealing universal principles. | 82 |
