To support Unit 1 Exam for AP Psychology
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| 12624313 | Psychology | The scientific study of behavior and mental processes | 0 | |
| 12624314 | Cognitive Psychologist | Studies thought processes of individuals | 1 | |
| 12624315 | Social Psychologist | Studies the behavior of indiviudals in groups | 2 | |
| 12624316 | Industrial/Organizational Psychologist | Studies the behavior of people in the workplace | 3 | |
| 12624317 | Forensic Psychologist | Works with individuals within the legal community to determine the mental health/status of individuals accused of a crime | 4 | |
| 12631539 | Clinical Psychologist | An individual who has earned a doctorate in psychology and whose training is in the assessment and treatment of psychological problems | 5 | |
| 12631540 | Counseling Psychologist | a psychologist who usually helps people deal with problems of living | 6 | |
| 12631541 | Sigmund Freud | psychoanalyst who believed that unconscious forces are guided by childhood | 7 | |
| 12631542 | Wilhelm Wundt | Set up first psychological lab in an appt. near the university at Leipzig, Germany. Created the theory of structuralism. | 8 | |
| 12631543 | BF Skinner | Studied observable behaviors rather than thought - reinforcement - rewarding good behavior. | 9 | |
| 12631544 | Abraham Maslow | Humanistic psychologist;proposed the hierarchy of needs. Behavior is determined by choice | 10 | |
| 12631694 | Structuralism | an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind. | 11 | |
| 12631695 | Functionalism | a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment | 12 | |
| 12631696 | Psychoanalysis | Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconcious motives and conflicts | 13 | |
| 12631697 | Gestalt Psychology | A school of psychology that maintains that psychological phenomena can be understood only when viewed as organized, structured wholes, not when broken down into primitive perceptual elements. | 14 | |
| 12631698 | Biological Perspective | chemical imbalances, etc. how bodily functions effect feelings, thoughts and actions | 15 | |
| 12631699 | Cognitive Perspective | perspective of psychology that stresses the importance of mental activities associated with thinking, remembering, creativity | 16 | |
| 12631700 | Behavioral Perspective | how we learn through rewards, punishments, and observations | 17 | |
| 12631701 | Psychodynamic Perspective | A psychological approach that emphasies unconscious dynamics within the individual, such as inner forces, conflicts, or the movement of instinctual energy | 18 | |
| 12631702 | Humanistic Perspective | School of thought that focuses on the study of conscious experience, the individual's freedom to choose, and capacity for personal growth. | 19 | |
| 12631703 | Sociocultural Perspective | The theory of psychology that states that it is necessary to understand one's culture, ethnic identity and other sociocultural factors to fully understand a person | 20 | |
| 12631704 | Evolutionary Perspective | Adaptive organisms survive and transmit their genes to future generations | 21 | |
| 12631705 | Introspection | The act of observing and analyzing one's own thoughts and feelings. | 22 | |
| 12631706 | Developmental Psychologist | studies physical, emotional, cognitive, and social changes that occur over a lifetime | 23 | |
| 12631707 | Educational Psychologist | a psychologist who is concerned with helping students learn | 24 | |
| 12631708 | School Psychologist | assesses and counsels students, consults with educators and parents, and performs behavioral intervention when necessary | 25 | |
| 12631709 | Operational Definition | A statement that describes how to measure a particular variable or how to define a particular term. | 26 | |
| 12631710 | Independent Variable | Factor in an experiment that researchers manipulate so that they can determine its effect | 27 | |
| 12632233 | Dependent Variable | a variable that depends on what happened in the experiment | 28 | |
| 12632234 | Experimental Group | the group that receives the treatment | 29 | |
| 12632235 | Control Group | the group that does not receive the experimental treatment. | 30 | |
| 12632236 | Hypothesis | possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific question | 31 | |
| 12632718 | Volunteer Bias | the concept that people who volunteer participate in research studies often differ from those who didn't volunteer | 32 | |
| 12632719 | Reliability | The extent to which a test instrument consistently produces similar results. | 33 | |
| 12632720 | Validity | the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to test | 34 | |
| 12632721 | Confounding Variable | in an experiment, a variable, other than the independent variable, that could influence the dependent variable | 35 | |
| 12632722 | Random Assignment | assigning partipants to experimental and control conditions by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups | 36 | |
| 12632723 | Random Selection | in an experiment, choosing members of a population so that every member has an equal chance for inclusion | 37 | |
| 12632724 | Target Population | The total population to whom the research outcomes are to be generalized | 38 | |
| 12632725 | Sample | The group selected to be surveyed from a whole population | 39 | |
| 12632726 | Naturalistic Observation | Observing behavior is naturally occuring situation with as little intervation as possible | 40 | |
| 12632727 | Survey | A written instrument that asks consumers to respond to a predetermined set of research questions. | 41 | |
| 12632728 | Case Study | an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth the hope of revealing universal principles | 42 | |
| 12632729 | Placebo | any effect on behaviour caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition, which is assumed to be an active agent | 43 | |
| 12632730 | Experiment | a research method in which the researcher manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on other variables (dependent variables) while controlling for confounding variables | 44 | |
| 12632731 | Mean | The average (add all values and divide by how many there are) | 45 | |
| 12632732 | Median | The middle number in a set of numbers that are listed in order | 46 | |
| 12632733 | Mode | The data item that appears the most number of times | 47 | |
| 12632734 | Standard Deviation | average distance of the scores from the mean | 48 | |
| 12632735 | Positive Correlation | a relationship between two variables where as one variable increases, the other variable likely increases as well | 49 | |
| 12632736 | Negative Correlation | an association between increases in one variable and likely decreases in another | 50 | |
| 12632737 | Projective Test | a peronality test, such as the Rorschach or TAT, that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of one's inner dynamics | 51 | |
| 12632738 | Range | difference between the highest and lowest scores | 52 |
