History & Approaches

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Flashcards on History & Approaches, created by Alexis Longaberger on 27/04/2018.
Alexis Longaberger
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Behaviorial Perspective Founders: Pavlov, Watson, Skinner Focus: observable behavior that can be measured
Humanistic Perspective Founders: Rogers & Maslow Focus: self-esteem, free will
Psychoanalytic/Psychodyamic Perspective Founders: Freud Focus: effect unconscious has on determining behavior & personality
Cognitive Perspective Encodes, processes, and stores information (computer-like)
Biological Perspective Genetics, Roles of the brain & Functions of nerve cells
Evolutionary Perspective Founder: Darwin Focus: Natural Selection, Adaptions in behavior & mental processes
Experimental Method Scientific procedure involving manipulation of variables to determine cause and effect
Independent Variable Factor being manipulated
Dependent Variable Factor that is affected by the independent
Experimental Group Group exposed to independent
Control Group Group exposed to all factors except independent
Confounding Variable Extraneous variables that have an affect on experiment that are
Double Blind Study Experiment where neither the researcher nor the the participants know who got and didnt get the experimental treatment
Case Study In-depth researcher/observation of a single resserarch participant
Correlation Research Researchers observe 2 or more variables to find the relationship between them (No Interference from researcher)
Correlation Coefficient Scale from -1 to 1 that indicates the strength and direction of a correlation... the closer to -1 or +1 the stronger the correlation...- numbers mean the two variables correlate in different directions while + numbers correlate in the same direction
Mean Average Score
Median Middle Score
Mode Score that reoccurs the most
Standard Deviation Indicates the avg. difference between scores and the mean
Normal Distribution bell-shaped curve that describes the spread of a characteristic throughout a population
Positively Skewed Distribution Higher mean, more scores on low end
Negatively Skewed Distribution Low Median, more scorres on high end
P-Value a statistically significant difference that shows up less than 5% of the time
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