Psych 100 PSU (2025)
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focus on observable behavior only,
behaviorism
Pavlov, Watson, Jones
study of one individual in great
detail, information gained cannot be
case study
applied to others, used by Freud,
takes a lot of time, vulnerable to bias
, group that is not exposed to the
control group change that the independent
variable represents
a measure of the relationship
correlation between two variable (anything that
could change or vary)
variable in an experiment that
dependent represents the measurable response
variable or behavior of the subjects in the
experiment
the deliberate manipulation of a
variable to see if corresponding
experiment changes in behavior result, allowing
the determination of cause-and-
effect relationships
subjects in an experiment who are
experimental
subjected to the independent
group
variable
early perspective in psychology
associated with William James, in
functionalism which the focus of study is how the
mind allows people to adapt, live,
work and play
, a German word meaning patters
rather than small pieces of them,
Gestalt study of cognitive psychology,
psychology focuses on perception, learning,
memory, thought process and
problem solving
goals of description, explanation, prediction,
psychology control
tentative explanation of a
hypothesis phenomenon based on
observations
independent variable in an experiment that is
variable manipulated by the experimenter
Ivan Pavlov conditioning, "Pavlov's Dog"
all behavior is learned by
experience (compared to Freud),
fear is learned when a neutral
John B. Watson stimulus is paired with an aversive
stimulus like a loud noise, "Little
Albert" (fear of rat by pairing it with
a loud noise)
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Terms in this set (257)
focus on observable behavior only,
behaviorism
Pavlov, Watson, Jones
study of one individual in great
detail, information gained cannot be
case study
applied to others, used by Freud,
takes a lot of time, vulnerable to bias
, group that is not exposed to the
control group change that the independent
variable represents
a measure of the relationship
correlation between two variable (anything that
could change or vary)
variable in an experiment that
dependent represents the measurable response
variable or behavior of the subjects in the
experiment
the deliberate manipulation of a
variable to see if corresponding
experiment changes in behavior result, allowing
the determination of cause-and-
effect relationships
subjects in an experiment who are
experimental
subjected to the independent
group
variable
early perspective in psychology
associated with William James, in
functionalism which the focus of study is how the
mind allows people to adapt, live,
work and play
, a German word meaning patters
rather than small pieces of them,
Gestalt study of cognitive psychology,
psychology focuses on perception, learning,
memory, thought process and
problem solving
goals of description, explanation, prediction,
psychology control
tentative explanation of a
hypothesis phenomenon based on
observations
independent variable in an experiment that is
variable manipulated by the experimenter
Ivan Pavlov conditioning, "Pavlov's Dog"
all behavior is learned by
experience (compared to Freud),
fear is learned when a neutral
John B. Watson stimulus is paired with an aversive
stimulus like a loud noise, "Little
Albert" (fear of rat by pairing it with
a loud noise)
