Module 1 Review -- Psychology

Psychological perspective focused on how the environment affects behavior

• Behaviorism

• Cognitive

• Psychoanalysis

• Humanism

Psychological perspective focused on how social norms and culture affect human behavior

• structuralism

• cognitive

• sociocultural

• behaviorism

Theorist who developed the psychoanalytic theory

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

• Carl Rogers

Which perspective would argue that humans crave social interaction because they are more likely to survive in groups.

• Functionalism

• Psychoanalysis

• Behaviorism

• Humanism

Statistically significant

• p-value less than .05

• p-value more than .05

• p-value less than .50

• p-value is unknown

Positive correlation

• As study time decreases, students get lower grades

• People who exercise regularly are less obese.

• As gas prices rise, people drive less.

• The more you brush your teeth the less cavities you have

Research method showing a cause and effect between two variables

• Experiment

• Naturalistic observation

• Correlational observation

• Survey

Main disadvantage of a case study

• Difficult to generalize findings

• Involves bias

• Must be conducted anonymously

• Can only involve one person

The idea that viewing a situation could change it

• Observer effect

• Courtesy bias

• Observer bias

• Placebo effect

Founder of functionalism

• William James

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

• Carl Rogers