Intro to Psych Asssessment

Scientific study of behavior and mental processes

(a)  

Acts or controls oneself

• Bossy

• Independent

• Behavior

• Mental processes

Match the following personality traits with birth position

• Middle born

• mature

• Last born

• motivated

• 1st Born

• people pleaser

• Only

• manipulative

Match the following four main goals that psychologists aim to achieve

• Predict

• Why do beings behave as they do?

• Influence

• Know information?

• Describe

• What will happen in a situation?

• Explain

• How can we use this data to understand?

(a)   = People are born with their traits

• Nature
• Nurture
• Intrinsic

When people develop based upon their upbringing or surroundings =

(a)  

Match the following scientific steps that Psychologists use to guide research

• Measurements & Results

• Participants randomly assigned to groups

• Hypothesis

• Watching violence leads to more violent acts

• Experimental vs Control

• Changing something vs. Affected by change

• Independent and Dependent variables

• Compare & Analyze

• Question

• Does watching violence lead to violence?

Standards for proper and responsible behavior = ​ (a)  

• Ethics
• Respect
• Integrity

Respect, Beneficence, and Justice are the 3 major areas outlined by the:

(a)  

Pressuring participants, abusing power, and instilling trauma were examples of Ethical (a)   by researchers during the Landis, Stanford and Milgram experiments

• violations
• compliances
• results