Unit 1 Vocab Review

Having the patient be self-reflective (looking inward), and training them to report elements of their experience.  

• structuralism
• introspection
• functionalism
• psychometrics

Method for assessing aspects of character and personality from the physical appearances of certain areas of the cranium.  

• trepanations
• hyptology
• phrenology
•  ka

Which approach views the individual as a product of the unconscious mind, desires and aggressions?

• Biophysiological
• Psychoanalytic
• Humanistic
• Cognitive

Which theory believes that personalities and behaviors are a result of our consequences, punishments and rewards.

• Sociocultural
• Behaviorism
• Humanistic
• Biophysiological

Theory that behavior is influenced by the rules and expectations of social groups

• sociocultural
• humanistic
• cognitive
• Biophysiological

This approach emphasizes how humans use  mental processes to handle problems or develop personality

• Cognitive
• Behaviorism
• Psychoanalytic
• Biophysiological

The standard deviation

• indicates the average difference between each score in a group and the mean for that group of scores
• reveals the degree of skew for a a group of scores 
• is sensitive to scores at the extremes of a distribution of scores
• is used to determine whether a data set is positively or negatively skewed

In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the treatment; contrasts with the experimental group and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment.

• Placebo Effect

• Critical Thinking

• Experimental Group

• Control Group

In an experiment, the group that is exposed to the treatment, that is, to one version of the independent variable

• Control Group

• Experimental Group

• Experiment

• Dependant Variable

a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion

• Dependant Variable

• Hindsight Bias

• Random Sample

• Case Study