AP Pscyhology

Psychodynamic Perspective

Unconscious forces (childhood experiences) shape behavior.

Behavioral Perspective

Behaviors that that's been learned through interactions with the environment.

Humanistic Perspective

Emphasizes free will, growth and realizing your full potential.

Cognitive Perspective

Mental processes (thinking, memory, problem solving).

Biological Perspective

Based off behavior in animals and humans.

Evolutionary Perspective

Mental processes serve as adaptations for survival and reproduction.

Sociocultural Perspective

Culture and social norms influence behavior.

Biopsychosocial Perspective

Combines many factors to create an understanding of behavior.

Psychology

The study of mental processes and behavior.

Confirmation Bias

People look for into that confirms what they already think.

Hindsight Bias

People think that they knew something was going to happen after it already occurred, even if they didn’t predict it before.

Overconfidence

When people have too much faith in themselves.

Empirical Evidence

Into that is obtained through observation, experimentation, and measuring.

The Scientific Method

An approach in psychology to study human behavior and mental processes.

Hypothesis

An educated guess based on exiting theories, observations, an previous research findings.

Falsifiable

A statement that can be proven wrong with experiments and observations.

Peer Review

Someone else looking over your work.

Replication

Repeating a research study to determine if its findings can be consistently observed.

Reliability

A measure/test is reliable if it produces consistent results when used repeatedly under similar conditions.

Validity

Sees how accurately a research study or measurement tool measures what it intends to measure.

The American Psychological Association

An organization that is very important to the field of psychology.