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| A science that studies human behavior(not exact since humans are unpredictable) *individual behavior. Behavior must be measureable. |
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| Studies behavior based on age group (infant psych, child psych) Jobs are found at schools and rest homes |
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| Diagnose and treat behavioral disorders (forced confrontation = flooding). 50% of all psychologists are clinical psychs. |
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| Studies the nature of humans at work. Companies hire one to improve and increase productivity or to produce optimal production (however you want to say it) |
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| Studies the nature of various psychological processes through experimentation (mostly done at colleges) Ex.how we learn, if we follow authority, emotions, etc. |
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| Studies how people learn (boys and girl seperated?) |
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| studies the impact of the environment on your behavior |
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| Studies the nature of the human consumer (why we buy things) |
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| Nature vs. Nurture in regards to intelligence. Hypothesis-If environment is significant, then it will dominate over heredity in regards to IQ Procedure-Three rat cages, one low stimuli, normal, and high stimuli. same amount of dumb rats as smart rats.((rat IQ = time in a maze)) ***Experiment done over several generations to make sure that they were pure bred dumb and smart*** |
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| Pros of Animals as Subjects |
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we can kill/harm them
cheap and easy to maintain
authentic behavior (honest)
not aware-easy to fool
good reproducers
short life-span (so they can be tested over generations like the rats)
easy to manipulate their environment
**these are human...CONS** |
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| Cons of Animals as Subjects |
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results do not directly apply to humans
poor communicators
can't do complicated experiments
**these are human...PROS** |
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| Give human traits to animals that they don't have |
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| errors in the experiment, problems that may affect the results |
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| a possible explanation of events that is to be tested |
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| factor creates what you want to study (alway an 'if') (the if statement) |
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| the changed condition due to the independent variable (the then statement) |
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| the steps of the experiment |
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| people or animals in the experiment |
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| Subjects--Experimental group |
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| they have the condition described in the independent variable |
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| they don't have the condition in the independent variable (use this to compare) |
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| attitudes or opinions of the person running the experiment affecting the results |
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| attitudes or opinions of the subject affecting the results |
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| the influence of the environment on the results |
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| Observation-natural and direct; Interview; Questionaire; Case Study |
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| American Psychological Assosciation--*consent-subjects must be willing; *inform-subjects must be told the nature of the experiment at some point; *privacy-info is confidential unless subject signs a release; *no lasting harm-may induce discomfort w/ permission |
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| 1960s; Learned Helplessness; shocking dogs in the cages with the button experiment |
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