AP Psych_Unit 1_Review Sheet

Review: Unit 1 – Scientific Foundations

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Review: Unit 1 – Scientific Foundations

Historical Figures and Key Terms
Wilhelm Wundt
Structuralism
introspection
Functionalism
William James
Mary Whiton Calkins
Margaret Floy Washburn
Sigmund Freud
unconscious
psychoanalytic theory (psychoanalysis)
Behaviorism
John B. Watson
behavior
B.F. Skinner
Ivan Pavlov
humanism
Carl Rogers
Abraham Maslow
cognitive psychology
biological perspective
evolutionary psychology
Charles Darwin
positive psychology
socio-cultural perspective
Dorothea Dix
G. Stanley Hall
William James
Jean Piaget
psychometrics
Scientific Methods
hypothesis
operational definitions
data collection techniques/research methods
population
sample
independent variable
dependent variable
confounding/extraneous variables
random sampling
random assignment
experimental group
control group
sampling bias
placebo effect
social desirability bias
halo effect
experimenter bias
double-blind procedure
correlational studies
naturalistic observation
case study
survey
longitudinal study
cross-sectional study
replication
IRB
informed consent
right to withdraw
debrief
Statistics
example of a normal curve
example of histogram/bar graph
3 measures of central tendency
mean
median
mode
range
standard deviation
percentage in 1st, 2nd, 3rd standard deviations
statistical significance
p-value (and how to interpret it)
positive skew
negative skew
correlation coefficient
meta-analysis