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Intro to Psych Chapter 1

What is involved in the Empirical Approach? (Select all that apply)
Observation
Experimentation
Personal Observations
Measurements
Critical Thinking involves using the C.R.A.P method. We have to "grade" everything that we see.
True
False
Which three topics are involved in the scientific attitude?
Curiosity, Humility, and the telegraph
Curiosity and functionality
Accuracy and purpose
Curiosity, Skepticism, and Humility
Match the psychologist with the theories / beliefs.
Edward Titchener
Pioneered Memory Research
Floy Washburn
Functionalism; adaptive thinking and stream of consciousness; Principles of Psychology (1890)
William James
Synthesized animal behavior
Wilhem Wundt
Structuralism, technique of introspection
Whiton Calkins
Sought to measure "atoms of the mind"
Sigmund Freud
Controversial theories, emphasized the study of the unconscious mind and how that impacts behavior
Define the Theoretical Branches of Psychology
Humanistic
How we perceive process and remember information and how thinking and emotion interact in anxiety, depression, and other disorders
Psychoanalytical
Nature-Nurture issue whether our human traits are present at birth or do they develop through experience
Evolutionary
The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to the mental processes
Behaviorism
Focus on our potential growth, our need for love and acceptance, and the environment the nurture limits personal growth
Cognitive
Emphasized the ways that the unconscious mind and childhood experiences affect our behavior
What are psychologies main subfields?
Basic Research
Applied Research
Professional
Like Functionalism
What is the Scientific Method?
A six step process Theory, Hypothesis, Operational Definition, Replication, Pre-Registration, Meta-analysis
Explain behaviors or events by offering ideas that organize observations
Mply predictions that anyone can use to check the theory or to derive practical applications
Hindsight Bias is the "I knew it all along" phenomenon.
True
False
Correlation is a measure of the extent to which two factors vary together (how well the factors predict each other)
True
False
Match the Variable and Groups to their descriptions.
Experimental Group
The part that does not receive treatment
Control Group
The part of the experiment that is being changed
Independent Variable
The part that does receive treatment
Dependent Variable
The part of the experiment that is being measured
Choose the correct types of research designs (select all that apply)
Descriptive, Experimental, Correlational, Twin study, Longitudinal, Cross-sectional
Skepticism, Curiosity, Humanity
Independent and Dependent Variables
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