Psychology Midterm 1 PBSC

These flashcards are for our first test in college psych.  They describe the schools of psychology and the most important people involved. Also explained are drug issues and disorders. 

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What is the definition of psychology?
The science of behavior and mental processes; study of human and animal behavior.
Who was the German Father of modern Psychology?
William Wvunt
What was Gestalt associated with?
Cognitive psychology
What is structuralism?
A historical school of psychology devoted to uncovering the basic structures that make up mind and thought who found the elements of conscious experience.
What is physical stimuli?
Anything that will make a human/animal response.
What is cognitive psychology?
Distinguished by an emphasis on mental processes, such as learning, memory, perception, and thinking as forms of information processing.
What is psychoanalytic theory?
Theory of personality and mental disorders
Who invented the cognitive theory?
Gestalt
Who invented the psychoanalytic theory?
Freud
Who said everything is broken into basic elements?
Tichiner
What is the correlation?
The relationship between 2 variables.
Does correlation determine cause & effect?
NO!
HIghest number in correlation is ___. Zero in correlation means_____________.
1 or -1 / no correlation.
What is an extraneous variable?
the other variables that effect the outcome of the experiment (ex: drugs, church)
What are randomized samples?
Samples for an experiment.