ap psych Flashcards

15078390149	mean	average	0
15078394749	standard deviation	a computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score	1
15078394750	median	Middle number	2
15078399815	mode	the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution	3
15078399816	centeral tendency	mean, median and mode	4
15078426428	outlier	A value much greater or much less than the average scores in a data set	5
15078452162	distribution curves	normal bell-shaped distribution	6
15078501197	standard devaition between 1 and -1	65%	7
15078510017	standard deviation between 2 and -2	95%	8
15078516823	standard deviation of 3 and -3	99.7%	9
15079838070	Who created psychoanalysis, based on the idea that the unconscious mind has a powerful influence on behavior?	Sigmund Freud	10
15079841833	Who is the father of psychology? (with the first lab)	Wilhelm Wundt	11
15079857075	hand device	7 methods of research	12
15079861444	thumb (pointing back)	psychoanalytic (looking at past experiences)	13
15079877681	pointer finger (pointing @ head)	conogtive- how thinking affects behavior	14
15079914430	middle finger (flicking off birds)	behavior- actions; how thinking affects behavior	15
15079922641	ring finger	humanistic- self fufillment;potential (maslow and rogers)	16
15079941173	pinky finger (pinching pinky and thumb)	evolutionary	17
15079956150	palm of hand	social culture: thinking/behavior	18
15080037913	how was psychology studied in early times?	introspection: observation of mental and emotional process	19
15080062115	what is the difference between a psychiarist and a psychologist?	a psychiatrist: can prescribe medication and has an Md a psychologist: cannot prescribe medication but can provide therapy to patients	20
15080097006	hindsight bias	"I knew it all along" phenomenon; the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it	21
15080111493	confirmation bias	a tendency to search for evidence that only supports our beliefs and ignore contradictory evidence	22
15080205718	Involuntary Consent (is/is not) one of the ethical guidelines covered by the APA in their Ethical Principles is not	is not	23
15089542998	Researchers can isolate a single factor and examine the effect of that factor alone on a particular behavior through use of a(n) __________	experiment	24
15089549499	The model that likens the mind to a computer that sequentially takes in information, processes it, and produces a response is called the	information processing model	25
15089554483	The psychodynamic/psychoanalytic perspective is associated with ___________	freud	26
15089561864	Malcom hits Jason because he took his toy. A psychologist from which perspective would explain this behavior by explaining that humans learned to behave aggressively because aggression conveys a survival or reproductive advantage?	evolutionary psychologist	27
15089570851	The science of psychology began in 1879 in _________, Germany with Wilhelm _____________.	leipzig, wundt	28
15089575596	A placebo is defined in your text as _________.	An inactive substance or "fake" treatment used as a control technique	29
15089580999	Psychotherapy or "talk therapy" was developed by whom as a way to deal with unconscious conflicts?	sigmund freud	30
15089591192	Your text defines a hypotheses as a __________	Specific prediction about how one variable is related to another	31
15089596465	A therapist may be required to break client confidentiality if the client ___________.	if patient threatens to hurt themselves or others	32
15089606510	In a procedure called____, participants are placed in experimental conditions on the basis of chance, thus minimizing biases or pre-existing differences in groups	random assignment	33
15089611638	The psychological perspective that emerged in the 1950s that stressed free will, self actualization, and human nature as naturally positive and groups seeking was the_____________perspectiv	humanisitic	34
15089619634	debreifing	a verbal description of the true nature and purpose of a study	35
15089625304	A state of self-fulfillment in which we realize our highest potential, according to Abraham Maslow, is called_____.	self actualization	36
15089639072	One way to ensure less sample bias is to select a(n)____sample	representative/random	37
15089649520	One way to decrease participant bias is to________	Conduct single blind studies, offer anonymous participation, use placebo controls	38
15089656708	You believe that most behaviors are a product of your environment; your best friend argues that behaviors are a result of heredity. This is an example of_____	nature vs nuture	39
15089663573	Natural selection, adaptation, and the evolution of behavior patterns are major emphasis in the______perspective of psychology	evolutionary	40
15089670777	A participant agreement to take part in a study after being told what to expect is known as	informed consent	41
15089681501	The psychological perspective that studies how we gather, encode, and store information is the_______perspective	cognotive	42
15089742003	while studying, Marcy could not recognize a defintion on a flashcard. after turning the card over and viewing the term she told herself she knew the term all along	hindsight bias	43
15089789782	a testable prediction that drives research	hypothesis	44
15089809935	why are operational definitions necessary when reporting research findings?	enable researchers to replicate studies by describing the variables and how they are used.	45
15089866050	which of the following best describes a strength of naturalistic observation?	it minimizes artifically, which can be a problem in labratory studies.	46
15089896856	industrialized-organizational psychologist	making the workplace a better place to be	47