Experimental Psychology

Cards (134)

  • Random assignment helps to minimize the influence of confounding variables and ensures that participants have an equal chance of being assigned to each group.
  • he established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in the year _____.
    Wilhelm Wundt, 1879
  • he established the first American experimental psychology laboratory in the year _________, and also he is the student of _________.
    G. Stanley Hall, 1883, Wilhelm Wundt
  • Where did G. Stanley Hall established the first American Psychology Laboratory?
    John Hopskin University
  • he published the “on the memory” which is the experimental study on memory in the year _______.
    Herman Ebbinghaus, 1885
  • the german term of “on the memory”
    Über das Gedächtnis
  • what do Herman Ebbinghaus describes in his experiment “on the memory”
    learning and memory
  • when does the classical conditioning started or proposed? And who is the proponent of this approach?
    1906, Ivan Pavlov
  • In the year _____ Max Wertheimer established the _________ which leads to the development of Gestalt Psychology.
    1912, Experimental Studies on the Perception of Movement
  • the proponent of the gestalt psychology
    Max Wertheimer
  • In the year 1920 __________ was established by _______ whom they conducted a research on the classical conditioning of ________
    The Little Albert Experiment, John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner, fear
  • B.F Skinner develops the theory of ________ in the year _____ which is also called as the Radical Behaviorism
    Operant Conditioning, 1935
  • the operant conditioning involves varying schedules of the _____ and ______ of behaviors
    acquisition, extinction
  • Albert Bandura conducted the _______ experiment in the year ______.
    BOBO DOLL EXPERIMENT, 1961
  • The bobo doll experiment proposed that the child behavior is described as a construct of ____, ______, and ________.
    observation, imitation, modeling
  • In the year _______, the obedience experiment was established by ______.
    1974, Stanley Milgram
  • The title of Stanley Milgram’s research is _______ which describes the findings of his famous experiment
    Obedience to Authority
  • In the year ________, _______ began to do Research and Genetics in which ______ and _____ contribute to a person’s psychological well-being in the 21st century
    2000+, psychologists, physiology, genetics
  • what are the two elements by which psychologists found that it contribute to the person’s psychological well-being
    physiology and genetics
  • what are the three ways by which people arrive at a sense of knowledge of the real world and respective fields
    use of reasons
    auhtority
    experience
  • it is the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the natural world
    Science
  • These are the ways by Which Science study the structure and behavior of the natural world
    observation
    experimentation
    testing of theories
  • what are the three features of science
    systematic empiricism
    empirical questions
    public knowledge
  • characteristics of modern science
    empiricism
    reliability
    accuracy
    verifiability
    scientific method
  • T or F
    The way of knowing that constitutes science in general and psychological science, in particular, involves a number of not related assumptions and characteristics.
    False. Interrelated
  • What are the two ways that researchers first assume in the way of knowing science
    determinism and discoverability
  • It refers to activities and beliefs that are claimed to be scientific - and may appear scientific at first glance - BUT ARE NOT
    Pseudoscience
  • the two basis by which the activities and beliefs can be said to be scientific
    1 its adherents claim or imply that it is scientific
    2 it lacks one or more of the features of science
  • Our intuitive beliefs about people’s behavior, thoughts, and feelings are collectively referred to as ______
    folk psychology
  • T or F
    Much of our folk psychology is probably reasonably accurate, it is clear that much of it is not.
    T
  • T or F
    Scientist and Psychologist understand that they are just as susceptible as anyone else to intuitive and correct beliefs.
    F
    but incorrect beliefs
  • the act of suspending judgment (the opposite of jumping to conclusions) when evaluating an explanation or claims.
    septicism
  • ________ is to judge the validity of a claim based on objective empirical evidence.
    skepticism
  • True or False
    Skepticism helps scientists to remain objective when performing scientific inquiry and research
    True
  • the doubt about the truth of something
    skepticism
  • It connotes content and process
    science
  • the scientific techniques we use of collecting and evaluating data
    methodologies
  • the facts we gather using scientific methods
    data
  • He called nonscientific data gathering as _______

    commonsense psychologyy
  • our everyday reasoning about the actions, thoughts, and emotions of others and ourselves. It plays a central role in human social life, allowing us to make sense of how others and we behave, to communicate with and learn from others, and to plan our actions in the social world.

    commonsense psychology