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WorksheetsUnit 1 Vocabulary Review - PSY
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research.
Psychology
Sociology
Humanism
Scientific Method
The numbers, or the number of times that people do something.
Quantitative Data
Qualitative Data
External Validity
Internal Validity
The specific content of what people think or feel.
Quantitative Data
Qualitative Data
External Validity
Internal Validity
How confidently a study can say there are no alternate explanations of the results.
Internal Validity
External Validity
Scientific Reliability
Statistical Significance
How confidently the conclusions from your research study can be generalized to the people not in your study.
Internal Validity
External Validity
Scientific Reliability
Statistical Significance
Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
Ethics
Belmont Report
Internal Validity
Effect Size
This document promotes the ethical principles of beneficence, justice, and informed consent.
The Belmont Report
The Wogaman Report
The Louise-Troy Report
The Dunbar Report
With this method, you are restating EXACTLY what the data says.
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
Correlation Coefficient
Effect Size
Using this method, you can come to new conclusions by asking questions and making predictions.
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
Correlation Coefficient
Effect Size
A number between −1 and +1 calculated so as to represent the linear dependence of two variables or sets of data.
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
Correlation Coefficient
Effect Size
The ability of a test to give the same results under similar conditions
Scientific Reliability
Scientific Reproduceability
Scientific Dependability
Scientific Resourcefulness
The amount that a result is different from what is expected without being random or due to errors.
Statistical Significance
Effect Size
Measures the size of the difference between two groups.
Statistical Significance
Effect Size
A psychologist who studies the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness.
Functionalist
Psychoanalyst
Humanist
Cognitivist
A psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior, feelings, and thoughts.
Functionalist
Psychoanalyst
Humanist
Cognitivist
A psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment.
Behaviorist
Psychiatrist
Humanist
Cognitivist
A psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth.
Behaviorist
Psychiatrist
Humanist
Cognitivist
A psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve, and use information and how thought processes influence our behavior.
Cognitivist
Psychiatrist
Functionalist
Psychoanalyst
A psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior.
Psychobiologist
Psychiatrist
Functionalist
Psychoanalyst
A psychologist who deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
Psychobiologist
Psychiatrist
Functionalist
Psychoanalyst
