Intro To Psych and Research Methods

What was the conformity study done by Solomon Asch

Gathering 8 to 10 students to sit in a room to test if they’d conform to social pressure

When you think of structionalism

Wilhelm Wundt (set up first psychology laboratory)

What is structionalism

Understanding the structure of consciousness by getting patients to look inward (how they felt completing/doing actions)

When you think of functionalism who do you think of?

William James

What is functionalism

why we feel, think, smell. Focuses on the function of approaches

Who inspired, Sigmund feud, and overall psychoanalysis

Josef breur had patients talk about symptoms, the more they addressed their ptsd, symptoms reduced

Hindsight bias

“I knew it all along”

What are the 5 pillars of psychology

Biological, cognitive, developmental, personality and social, health psychology , clinical psychology

Examines the biology of our thoughts and behaviors. “what region of the brain controls our actions”

Biological

Mechanisms in our minds “what memory, how do we process language” study mental processes in thoughts in actions

Cognitive

Psychologist investigate the plasticity in our brain, how our brain changed as we grow from babies to adults

developmental psychology

how do people respond to misinformation on the internet, what defines a personality, how we act in group situations

Personality and Social Psychology

minor disruptions to lifelong conditions like schizophrenia and BP

Health Psychology

If you’re interested in treating people

clinical psychology

Descriptive Research

Observe human behavior without interfering with it

Case Study

Focus on individual or group diagnosed with anxiety and attempt to observe what triggers that anxiety

Naturalistic Observation

Observe many people in a real world setting

Survey

Have Participants Answer Questions

Correlation Research

How stress relates to anxiety

Correlation does not equal

causation

Hawthorne effect

When participants change their behavior when aware of being observed

Random Sample

All members of the target group, have an equal chance of being selected to answer the question

Experimental group

group being messed with

Control group

group not being messed with

Placebo

physical health/mental improves after “dummy” treatment( not actually there)

Researches themselves don’t know which group is experimental and which is control

double blind procedure