PSYCH 100 EXAM 1 PSU QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS

PSYCH 100 EXAM 1 PSU QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS structuralists - answerlooked at the brain in smaller pieces like they all had specific functions without looking at the big picture. Tried to have people use introspection to have them describe what they're feeling but it didn't really work out that well. functionalists - answeranalyzed the function and purpose of behavior; looking at the function of the mind; why does our mind evolve to the way it is experimental psychologists - answerfocus on lab studies of various topics; their main focus is to do research to help other psychologists study certain topics education psychologists - answerresearch ways to improve the educational system or work within it as administrators developmental psychologists - answerhow we grow and change within a lifespan industrial/ organizational psychologists - answerbehavior in the workplace/ effective business strategies and employees psychometric psychologists - answerdesign and evaluate tests/ usually standardized school psychologists - answerworks with parents, teachers and students to solve problems; main goal is to diagnose and treat learning disabilities different from a counsellor clinical psychologists - answerfocusing on understanding and treating emotional problems, abnormal or dysfunctional behavior can become a therapist with PHD counseling - answerfocus on helping people with adjustment problems and career choices trained in diagnosing and treating mental health disorders but its more with healthy people and not severe cases difference between clinical and psychiatrists - answerPsychiatrist went to medical school and can prescribe medicine to treat mental disorders clinical get's PhD and it's more competitive, you have to do research and a dissertation, can diagnose and treat mental disorders but can not prescribe medicine Operationally defining a variable - answerdefining a term from the hypothesis in a measurable way How what in question will be measured How to make sure the people reading your research understand what exactly you're trying to find Have to use a test or instrument that has already been published Case Study - answerDetailed account of an individual being studied and its rare because it's usually only 1-2 people with a very unique situation EX: Jeanne Observational Study - answerNaturalistic observation: going to where things naturally occur and observe what happens (Jane Goodall) Laboratory Study - answerobserving someone or some type of behavior where you have set things up to be a certain way Tests - answerStandardized: uniform procedures for giving and scoring the test Norms: established standards of high/low scores Reliability: same or similar results each time Validity: is the test measuring what it intends to measure? Surveys/self report - answerAsking people to report on their behavior/attitude Widely used in psychology to gather lots of information quickly