Ap Flashcards

13499517848	Humanistic	Self-actualization• Personal growth & potential	0
13499528401	Cognitive	Analyzes ways of thinking	1
13499535049	Sociocultural Psychology	Concerned with the ways that social environment and environment and cultural beliefs cultural beliefs shape our behavior• Social psychologists study all aspects of society and culture	2
13499552960	Psychodynamic	The study of unconscious desires and motives (childhood issues) •Freud & Neo-Freudians Free Association & Dreams (latent content)	3
13499572506	Genetic, Structural (Brain Abnormalities), Biochemical	Biological approaches typically look at 3 "causes" of abnormality: (3 biological approaches)	4
13499590058	Behavioral Model	observable behavior!	5
13499599379	Classical conditioning, operant conditioning, modeling	Three theories of Learning	6
13499611171	Pavlov	Name associated with Classical Conditioning (dog)	7
13499617983	Skinner	Name associated with Operant Conditioning (Pigeon)	8
13499624285	Bandura	Name associated with modeling/observational learning	9
13499635937	industrial-organizational psychology	The scientific study of behavior in organizations in the workplace (APA) -Recruitment, training, motivation, performance measurement, evaluation techniques	10
13499650166	Hypothesis, Observation, Refine, Develop	4 steps of Research	11
13499670909	descriptive or correlational research	Using these, researchers can describe different events, experiences, or behaviors and look for links between them (do not enable researchers to determine causes)	12
13499687133	longitudinal study	data gathered on same subjects over an extended of time	13
13499720411	Cross-sectional study	data collected from a representative "cross-representative "cross-section" of a population at a single point in time	14
13499736348	correlation coefficient	measures the strength of the relationship between two variables -Always a number between -1 and +1 -The sign (+ or -) of a correlation coefficient indicates the nature of the relationship between the variables	15
13499749879	positive correlation	means that as one variable increases, the other does too	16
13499756892	negative correlation	means that when one variable increases, the other one decreases	17
13499773498	stronger	The higher the correlation coefficient, the BLANK the correlation	18
13499785643	Experiments	Can provide cause-and-effect relationships between variables	19
13499801528	independent variable	(the one manipulated) variable	20
13499806149	dependent variable	(the one that may be affected by changes in independent variable) variable	21
13499854796	Reliability	A test has good BLANK if it produces the same same results when administered to the same group of people at different times	22
13499857227	Validity	A test has BLANK if it actually measures the quality it claims to measure	23
13499894638	Ethical Guidelines	Today, researchers must abide by basic ethical guidelines dictated by the APA guidelines when conducting research -Most important, they must consider whether they might harm their human or animal subjects -Informed consent, anonymous	24
13499900065	Mode	the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution	25
13499900066	Mean	the arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores and then dividing by the number of scores	26
13499905708	Median	the middle score in a distribution	27
13499914301	range	the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution	28
13499917897	standard deviation	a computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score	29
13499932585	naturalistic observation	observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation	30
13499935983	survey	a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group	31
13499939775	case study	a technique in which one person is studied in depth to reveal underlying behavioral principles	32
13499955182	clinical psychologist	studies, assesses, and treats troubled people with psychotherapy.	33
13499962478	psychiatrist	on the other hand are medical professionals (M.D.) who use treatments like drugs and psychotherapy to treat psychologically diseased patients.	34
13499967504	educational psychologist	studies and helps individuals in school and educational settings	35
13499977048	counseling psychologist	helps people cope with academic, vocational, and marital challenges.	36
13499994375	Nature versus Nurture	A debate surrounding the relative importance of heredity and environment in determining behavior	37
13500011273	Wundt and Titchener	BLANK and BLANK studied the elements (atoms) of the mind by conducting experiments at Leipzig, Germany, in 1879.	38
13500029007	Freud	BLANK and his followers emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind and its effects on human behavior.	39
13500037601	Watson and Skinner	BLANK and BLANK emphasized the study of overt behavior as the subject matter of scientific psychology.	40