Biological/Medical Perspective

Medical approach, biological body

Cognitive Perspective

Perception, beliefs

Behavioral Perspective

Rewards & training and developing new behaviors (conditioning)

Social Cultural Perspective

Social roels and norms treatments involve family or group therapy

Evolutionary Perspective

survival adaptions

Humanistic Perspective

highlights free will & growth

Psychodynamic

shaped by childhood experiences (unconscious behaviors)

Confirmation Bias

Gather evidence to support a conclusion while ignoring everything the opssed the conclusion

Hindsight BIas

Believing that we know something only after the event occurs “I knew it all along”

Overconfidence

believing that we know more than we do

Participant

a person who takes part in a research study

Theory

Related hypotheses supported by evidence and may predict many other associated phenomena

Falsifiable Hypothesis

A hypothesis that can be proven incorrect by an experiment

Operational Definitions

Specify how a concept will be measured, observed, or applied in the study