to Psychology
Psychoanalysis - ✔️✔️Developed by Sigmund Freud, this type of therapy is known for
long term treatment, typically several times per week, where the unresolved issues from
the individual's childhood are analyzed and resolved. These issues are considered to be
primarily unconscious in nature and are kept from consciousness through a complex
defense system.
Blind study - ✔️✔️As a way to avoid the placebo effect in research, this type of study is
designed without the subject's knowledge of the anticipated results and sometimes even
the nature of the study. The subjects are said to be "blind" to the expected results.
Motivation - ✔️✔️The process that energizes and/or maintains a behavior.
Cognition - ✔️✔️The process of receiving, processing, storing, and using information.
Behaviorism - ✔️✔️The school of psychology founded on the premise that behavior is
measurable and can be changed through the application of various behavioral
principles.
Gestalt - ✔️✔️German word typically translated as meaning "whole" or "form".
Humanistic Psychology - ✔️✔️A theoretical view of human nature which stresses a
positive view of human nature and the strong belief in psychological homeostasis.
Psychology - ✔️✔️The study of emotion, cognition, and behavior, and their and
interaction.
Naturalistic Observation - ✔️✔️A research method where the subject(s) is (are)
observed without interruption under normal or natural circumstances.
Independent Variable - ✔️✔️The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or
compared.
Dependent Variable - ✔️✔️The variable in an experiment that is measured; the
outcome of an experiment.
Experimental group - ✔️✔️In research, the group of subjects who receive the
independent variable.