Psych 1010 Principles of Psychology Review Questions and Answers

Functionalism Studies how consciousness changes according to the environment. - William James Gestalt psychology the study of how people preceive information (hear,see,etc) Behaviorism (theory) study that all behavior is received through conditioning. Cognitive approach deals with mental processes like memory and problem solving Positive psychology the scientific study of what makes life most worth living, or the scientific study of postive human fuctioning on many levels. Psychoanalsis aims to treat mental disorders by looking at the interaction of conscious and unconscious elements in the mind Basic vs applied research Applied- seeks to answer a question in the real world and to solve a problem. Basic research- it tries to learn things that arent always dirrectly accplicable. Naturalistic observation observing subjects in their natural environment. Case study an in depth investigation of a single person,group,etc Random selection refers to how participants are assigned to treatment or a control group (randomly) Correlation vs causation Correlation- is the relationship between two sets of variables used to descibe the info. Causation-is when an observed event or action appears to have caused a second event or action Dependent variable the variable that is being measured. Independent variable the variable that is manipulated or changed. Placebo effect a fake treatment that in some cases can produce a very real response.S