PYSC WEEK 2/3

These flashcards cover essential vocabulary and concepts from the General Psychology lecture notes, highlighting definitions and key terms.

First-person perspective

Study of subjective experience from the inside.

Third-person perspective

Study of behavior and biology from the outside using measurement.

Empirical

Based on data that can be observed and measured.

Structuralism

Approach that tried to break consciousness into basic components.

Functionalism

Approach that asked what mental processes do and why they exist.

Psychology's grand challenge

Integrating first-person meaning with third-person measurement.

Validity

Whether a study measures what it claims and whether conclusions are trustworthy.

Independent variable (IV)

The factor that the researcher manipulates.

Dependent variable (DV)

The outcome the researcher measures.

Random assignment

Participants have equal chance of entering any condition.

Confound

Uncontrolled factor that differs between groups and affects the dependent variable.

Agonist

Drug that increases neurotransmitter activity.

Antagonist

Drug that blocks neurotransmitter activity.

Cerebral cortex

Outer layer of brain involved in complex processing.

Neurotransmitter

Chemical messenger released at synapses.

Replication

Repeat a study to see if findings hold.

Meta-analysis

Combine results from many studies to estimate overall effect.