PSYC101 Final Review

questions from quizzes

functionalism

Concerned with how mental activities helped an organism fit into its environment

Psychoanalytic theory

focuses on the role of a person’s unconscious, as well as early childhood experiences

Gestalt Theory

Deals with the fact that although a sensory experience can be broken down into individual parts, how those parts relate to each other as a whole is often what the individual responds to in perception

Behaviorism

Focuses on observing and controlling behavior

Humanism

Emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans

Cognitive Psychology

Focuses on the mind

Multicultural Psychology

focuses on how culture impacts individuals, groups, and society

Because other variables may explain the relationship

 Why can’t correlation alone prove causation?

The factor that the researcher manipulates

 In an experiment, the independent variable (IV) is:

The outcome that is measured

The dependent variable (DV) is best define

A group that receives no treatment or a placebo

Which of the following is the best example of a control group?

Experimental group

Which group receives the manipulation of the independent variable?

The type of beverage (caffeine vs. decaf)

A researcher gives one group caffeine and another group decaf to test memory. The IV is: