AP Psychology Unit.1

Biological

• • understanding how the brain and body create thoughts, emotions, memories, etc.

• • how the natural selection process has caused behavior (genes) to develop/adapt 

• • how much our genes and environment influence individual differences

• • Emphasis on the unconscious mind as the director of all behavior

Evolutionary

• • Emphasis on the unconscious mind as the director of all behavior

• • how much our genes and environment influence individual differences

• • how the natural selection process has caused behavior (genes) to develop/adapt 

• • understanding how the brain and body create thoughts, emotions, memories, etc.

Psychoanalytic

• • emphasis on human growth and potential as well as self-concept

• • Emphasis on the unconscious mind as the director of all behavior

• • how our behavior is shaped by the learning processes

• • human behavior must be interpreted in proper social and cultural context

Cognitive

• • human behavior must be interpreted in proper social and cultural context

• • emphasis on human growth and potential as well as self-concept

• • how our behavior is shaped by the learning processes

• • how we take in, store, and retrieve information, and how our perceptions influence our actions

Humanistic

• • how we take in, store, and retrieve information, and how our perceptions influence our actions

• • understanding how the brain and body create thoughts, emotions, memories, etc.

• • emphasis on human growth and potential as well as self-concept

• • Emphasis on the unconscious mind as the director of all behavior

Social-Cultural

• • emphasis on human growth and potential as well as self-concept

• • how we take in, store, and retrieve information, and how our perceptions influence our actions

• • how our behavior is shaped by the learning processes

• • human behavior must be interpreted in proper social and cultural context

Naturalistic Observation

• A technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes, opinions or behaviors of people usually by questioning a representative, random sample of people.

• Observation of human or animal behavior in the environment in which it typically occurs

• Intensive examination of the behavior and mental processes associated with a specific person or situation

• Studies that have the same “control” as experiments yet do not include the random assignment of participants

Case Study

• Intensive examination of the behavior and mental processes associated with a specific person or situation

• Observation of human or animal behavior in the environment in which it typically occurs

• A technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes, opinions or behaviors of people usually by questioning a representative, random sample of people.

• Studies that have the same “control” as experiments yet do not include the random assignment of participants

Quasi-Experiment

• Observation of human or animal behavior in the environment in which it typically occurs

• A technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes, opinions or behaviors of people usually by questioning a representative, random sample of people.

• Studies that have the same “control” as experiments yet do not include the random assignment of participants

• Intensive examination of the behavior and mental processes associated with a specific person or situation

Survey

• Studies that have the same “control” as experiments yet do not include the random assignment of participants

• Intensive examination of the behavior and mental processes associated with a specific person or situation

• A technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes, opinions or behaviors of people usually by questioning a representative, random sample of people.

• Observation of human or animal behavior in the environment in which it typically occurs