PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Institutional Review Board, Speech Perception, Central Tendency
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Scientific study of all behavior and mental processes. Has ethical guidelines for what can be conducted in a psychological study. Studies animal behaviors as shaped by the environment. Seven contemporary approaches to studying psychology: biological/ neuroscience, behavioral, psychodynamic/ psychoanalytical, humanistic, cognitive, evolutionary, sociocultural. Uses unconscious forces and childhood experiences to explain psychological behavior. Observes strengths, growth and freedom of choice is affected psychological behavior. Mental processes, memory and intelligence affect psychological behavior. Individuals adapt to environment to meet basic needs, affects psychological behavior. Influence of social environment on the development of psychological behavior. Experimental research that shows cause and effect of certain variables on whatever is being studied. Descriptive give data context and explanations (hypotheses) Control group- participants who are not given experimental variable. Used to compare experimental individuals to: independent - variable that is directly manipulated, dependent - changes after manipulation of independent variable. Choose variables (conditions or characteristics that can change)
