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Psychology

Psychology – study of behavior and the mind
Dualism - the mind is spiritual and the body is physical and they are connected the mind can't be studied
Introspection – Wundt Observers report their reactions TO light, colors, and time perception
Psychoanalysis – Freud's theory of personality and method of psychotherapy, both of which assume the importance of the unconscious process.
Behaviorism – scientific study of observable behavior
Cognition – the mental process thinking, knowing, and remembering.
Basic research – research that tests theories.
Applied research – research to solve practical human problems
Theory – describes predicts and explains a phenomenon.
Hypothesis – testable prediction, usually derived from theory
Laboratory research – in regulated environment and everything can be observed
Field research – in the real world
Self-report – asking people about their own thoughts and feelings
Behavioral observation – a form of research based on firsthand observation of a subject's behavior.
Archival research – research that relies on preexisting records
Statistics – math used to analyze research data
Case studies – research that involves in depth personal observations
Surveys – research method that interviews or questions large groups of people
Epidemiology – study of distribution of an illness in a population
Random sample – a method of selection in which everyone has an equal chance of being chosen
Naturalistic observation – observation of behavior as it occurs naturally in real-world settings.
Correlation – a statistical measure of the extent to which two variables are associated
Scatterplot – a graph which has dots for X and Y and reveals direction and strength of their correlation.
Experiment – research in which an investigator changes and keeps constant the variables on randomly assigned subjects.
Independent variable – any variable that the researcher manipulates in an experiment
Dependant variable – a variable that is being...