WKU Summer 20261 Psychology Lecture Notes

Vocabulary flashcards covering the history of psychology, major theoretical schools, the scientific method, and research variables as presented in the lecture notes.

psycology in the 1800's

Came from philosophy and Biology behavior; the study of the mind, body, and Soul.

Wilhelm wulogy/Science

Established the first experimental Lab for psyc and wanted to make a Perodic table of our mind.

Structuralism

Focuses on the most basic elements of minds and the complicated Structure of why they grow.

Willam James

The first american Psycologist.

Functionalism

Identving the perpous of mental activies, States, and proceses, and why they evolved.

Sigman Freud

Found psycoanalytic theory looking at the roll of unconsias minds, linking current relationship isues to trama.

Behaviorism

Early 1900's study of behavior and how we interact with the enviornment; only studing what's directly observed, not the mental relam.

Corative Revolution

Began after WWII and canceled out behaviorlism by marking a return to the Study of the mind, memory, and mental reprsention.

Hummanism

A perspective looking at what we are capable of and the best we can possibly be.

Abraham Maslow

Associated with Hummanism and the High Arcy of Needs.

Scientific Method

The foundation for reaserch consisting of: I. Research a topic and find a question, II. Make hypothis is, III. Design study, IV. Conclude research + collect data, V. Analyza data, VI. Determine if hypothosis is supported.

Systematic observation

Getting data while waching subjects in a setting and seeing behaviors.

Natural Teal-Life setting

Observation in settings like a Classroom, Play-ground, or orgnazation.

Structured setting

A fake setting made by reaserchers, such as a Sleep Study.

Reproduce

If the study fails, trying something diffrent to try and get the exact outcome you want.

Replecation

Repeating a study if it was suggsesfull to try for the same out come.

Positive corilation

Variables move in the SAME direction; for example, as study hours increase, test scores tend to increase.

Neqitive Corilation

Variables move in opposite directions; for example, as absentes increase, a students grade tents to decrease.

No Corilation

No relationships between variables, such as a person's favorite Pizza topping and their math grade.

Independent variable (IV)

What the experiment manipulates; considered the cause.

depentent Variable (dv)

What's measured to determin if the Independent variable has produced an effect.

Experimental group

The group that gets the experimental manipulation.

Clinical Case studies

Observational research done on just one individual.

Self reports

Measuring psychology through people answering questions or interviews about themselves, such as a personality test.

Measuring the Brain & body activity

Physical measures like an EEG scan of someone's brain while seeing a scary picture.