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| the science of behavior and mental processes |
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| the long-standing controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. |
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| scientific study that aims to solve practical problems. |
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| a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders. |
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| the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have forseent it. |
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| thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. |
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| a statement of the procedures used to define research variables. |
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| repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations, to see whether the basic finding generalizes to other participants and circumstances. |
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| an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth |
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| the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs andbehaviors. |
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| the perception of a relationship where none exists |
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| an experimental procedure in which both the research participants and the research staff are ignorant about whether the research participants have received the treatment or a placebo. |
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| Reseacrch Method-- Descriptive |
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| To observe and record behavior; case studies, surveys and naturalistic observation; nothing is manipulated |
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| Research Method-- Correlational |
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| To detect naturally occurring relationships; to assess hw well one variable predicts another; Computing statistical association, sometimes among survey responses; nothing is manipulated |
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| Research Method-- Experimental |
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| To explore cause and effect; manipulating one or more factors and using random assignment to eliminate preexisting differences among subjects; the independednt variables are manipulated |
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| a statistical criterion for rejecting the assumption of no differences in a particular study. |
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