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Psychodynamic

how our feelings and past experiences, especially from childhood, affect how we act today.

Behavioral Perspective

This looks at how we learn behaviors from what we see and experience around us.

Cognitive Perspective

This focuses on how we think, remember, and solve problems.

Biological Perspective

This studies how our body, like our brain and genes, affects our behavior.

Humanistic Perspective

This is about how we can grow and be the best version of ourselves.

Evolutionary Perspective

This looks at how our behaviors might have helped our ancestors survive and adapt.

Sociocultural Perspective

This examines how our culture and social environment shape how we think and act.

Hindsight Bias

This is when we think we knew something would happen after it already happened.

Overconfidence

This is when we believe we are better at something than we really are.

Peer Reviewed

This means that many experts check a study to make sure it’s good before it gets published.

Theory

A theory is an idea that explains something based on evidence.

Falsifiability

a theory can be proven wrong if new evidence comes up.

Scientific Method

This is a step-by-step way scientists investigate things and find answers.

Operational

This is a clear way to explain what a term means so it can be measured.

Replication

This is when a study is repeated to see if the same results happen again.

Non-experimental Method

This is a way to study things without changing anything, like just watching or asking questions.

Case Study

This is a detailed look at one person or group to learn more about them.

Naturalistic Observation

This is watching people in their everyday lives without them knowing.

Survey

asking people questions to gather information.

Longitudinal Study

This is studying the same group of people over a long time to see how they change.

Cross-sectional Study

This looks at different groups of people at one time to compare them.

Social Desirability Bias

This is when people answer questions in a way they think will make them look good.

Self-report Bias

This happens when researchers don’t tell the truth about the research.

Sampling Bias

This is when the group studied doesn’t represent the whole population.

Random Sample

This is when everyone in a group has an equal chance of being chosen for a study.

Population

This is the whole group of people that a study is about.

Correlation

This shows how two things are related to each other.

Correlation Coefficient

This is a number that tells us how strong the relationship is between two things.

Variable

This is something that can change or vary in a study.

Scatterplot

This is a graph that shows how two things relate to each other.

Illusory Correlation

This is when we think two things are related when they really aren’t.

Regression Towards the Mean

This means that extreme results tend to get closer to the average over time.