TERM 1
What are the different perspectives of
psychology?
DEFINITION 1
-Biological -Psychoanalytic (freud-unconcious determines
what you do; you dont know why you do the things that you
do) -Behavioral (it's our enviornment that influences us) -
Humanistic (almost doesnt exist anymore; you have free will,
you decide what you do) -Social (other people/groups cause
your behavior) -Evolutionary
TERM 2
Three
Paradigms
DEFINITION 2
-Introspection -Behaviorism -Stimulus/Response
TERM 3
What does a good theory
do?
DEFINITION 3
Expains, organizes, predicts and should be testable. Has to
have the possibility that it's wrong.
TERM 4
Placebo
DEFINITION 4
-Your BELIEF that something is going to happen -If you believe
you're going to experience pain, you probably will experience
pain. -Not researched much becaus e there's no money in it if
people can "heal" themselves. -Example: Kn ee surgery expiriment-
people who thought they were gett ing the surgery reported the
same amount of recovery of those w ho actually got it.
TERM 5
Independent Variable
DEFINITION 5
-The experimental factor that is being manipulated -The
variable whose effect is being studied What's maniuplated or
the CAUSE
