Chapter 1

Pyschology-is the scientific study of the behavior and mental process

Objective introspection-process of objectivly examing and measuring one's own thought and mental activities.
functionalism-how people wor! play! and adapt to there surrounding's.
"estalt psychology-werthiemer studyied sensation and perception is the new perspective
psychoanalysis-fruedian theory and therapy based on ideas has been basis of much modern pyschotherapy
pyschotherapy-a process trained pyscholigical professional helps gain insight into and change his or her behavior
behavorism-science of behavior
psychdynamic perspective-focus on!unconsciouse mind and influences on conscious behavior! early childhood expierence.
cognitive perspective-focus on memory intelgence! perception! thought process! problem solving language and learning has become a major force in psych.
cognitive nueroscience-study of pyschical woring! nervous system when engaged in memory! thining! other cignitive process.
sociocultural perspective-sudy of!#social psychology$rules of social action and relationships! %nd#cultural p.ology$study of cultural norms!values and expectation.
biopsychology perspective-human and animal behavior!direct events in the body!lie hormones!brain chemicals! heredity!tumors
evolutionary perspective-biological bases for universal mental char. that all humans hve
psychologist-has no medical training but has a doctorate. #not all do counseling$
psychiatrist-had a medical degree!speciali&e in treatment#can prescribe meds$
psychiatric social worer-trained social wor!ussaly posses m.s degree in discipline.
'asic research-research for the sae of gaining scientific nowledge lie how many things can a person can hold in memory at one time.
applied research-research aimed at ansewering real world practical problems#basic research(apllied research)new study method$
replicate-if other's can do exactly the samething!givies more support to your findings
observer effect-animal*people now they are being watched! wont behave normal.
participant behavior-researcher might watch*particpate the group.
observer bias-observer has opinion what he*she expects to see
case study-one individual is studied in great detail!#trying to learn everthing about them
representive sample-randomly pic people in the group from diff colleges it reps#population$
correlation-is a measure of the relation between two or more vaiables#a vaiable is anything that can change or vary$
correlation coefficent-represent the direction of the relationships and its strengths.
expierment-method that allows researches to determine cause of behavior
operational def.-specifacally names operations to control or measure vaiables in expierment.