AP Psychology

Scientific study of the mind; from the Greek, psyche, which means "soul" and "ology" (logical scientific study), studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes, also a profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems

• Psychology

• Variables

• Ethics

• Participants

Subjects/participants

• Larger group that the sample is supposed to represent

• People or animals on whom a study is conducted

• the factor in a study that changes or varies as a result of changes in the independent variable

• acquiring knowledge through observation

Scientific method is a process of systematic observation, measurement, and experiment to formulate and test hypotheses

• True

• False

Used to restate the research as a question

(a)  

3 Major Types of Research in psychology (methodology)

• Experimental, Independent, Clinical

• Correlational, Surveys, Empirical

• Theory, Placebo, Population

• Experimental, Correlational ,Clinical

An experiment is/are

• the extent to which one can generalize the research results from a sample to the behavior and thoughts of the larger population

• an investigation seeking to understand relations of cause and effect

• principles and standards of fairness and safety that the American Psychological Association publishes and requires of all psychological research

• research that collects lengthy, detailed information about a person’s background, usually for psychological treatment.

Variable that is manipulated

• Independent

• Dependent

• Control

• Confounding

Variable that is measured

• Confounding

• Independent

• Dependent

• Control

Variable that remains the same

• Control

• Dependent

• Independent

• Confounding

Variable with extraneous factors that might interfere with a study

• Dependent

• Independent

• Control

• Confounding