Psychology 201 Vocabulary Words
Psychology Vocab. Words chapter 1
Psychology p.3: science of behavior and mental processes
Bias p.5: beliefs that interfere with objectivity
Law of Parsimony p.6: principle that simple explanations of phenomena are preferred to complex explanations
Placebo Effect p.8: in drug research, positive effects associated with a person’s beliefs and attitudes about the drug, even when it contains no active ingredients.
Scientific Method p.10: system of investigation in which a person makes a careful observation of a phenomenon, proposes theories to explain the phenomenon, makes hypotheses about future behaviors, and then tests these hypotheses through more research.
Theory p.11: explanation for a phenomenon based on careful and precise observation.
Hypothesis p.11: prediction about future behaviors that is derived from observation and theories.
Case Study p.11: in-depth study of a single person that can often provide suggestions for further research.
Naturalistic Observation p.11: study of behavior in its typical setting, with no attempt to alter it.
Scatter plot p.12: graph that depicts the relation between two variables.
Correlation Coefficient p.12: number ranging between -1.00 and +1.00 that represents the degree and direction of relation between two variables.
Survey Method p.14: research method that involves collecting information from a selected group of people who are representative of a larger group.
Representative Sample p.14: sample selected so that it reflects the characteristics of a population of interest to the researcher.
Qualitative Research p.15: a holistic research method that seeks to provide a complete narrative description of an entire phenomenon or culture.
Experimental Method p.16: research method that involves manipulating independent variables to determine how they affect dependant variables
Independent Variable p.16: variable manipulated by a researcher to determine its effects on a dependent variable.
Dependent Variable p.16:
Psychology p.3: science of behavior and mental processes
Bias p.5: beliefs that interfere with objectivity
Law of Parsimony p.6: principle that simple explanations of phenomena are preferred to complex explanations
Placebo Effect p.8: in drug research, positive effects associated with a person’s beliefs and attitudes about the drug, even when it contains no active ingredients.
Scientific Method p.10: system of investigation in which a person makes a careful observation of a phenomenon, proposes theories to explain the phenomenon, makes hypotheses about future behaviors, and then tests these hypotheses through more research.
Theory p.11: explanation for a phenomenon based on careful and precise observation.
Hypothesis p.11: prediction about future behaviors that is derived from observation and theories.
Case Study p.11: in-depth study of a single person that can often provide suggestions for further research.
Naturalistic Observation p.11: study of behavior in its typical setting, with no attempt to alter it.
Scatter plot p.12: graph that depicts the relation between two variables.
Correlation Coefficient p.12: number ranging between -1.00 and +1.00 that represents the degree and direction of relation between two variables.
Survey Method p.14: research method that involves collecting information from a selected group of people who are representative of a larger group.
Representative Sample p.14: sample selected so that it reflects the characteristics of a population of interest to the researcher.
Qualitative Research p.15: a holistic research method that seeks to provide a complete narrative description of an entire phenomenon or culture.
Experimental Method p.16: research method that involves manipulating independent variables to determine how they affect dependant variables
Independent Variable p.16: variable manipulated by a researcher to determine its effects on a dependent variable.
Dependent Variable p.16: