Psychology 1
**Notecards are due at the beginning of the chapter test.
Chapter 1: Psychological Perspectives, History & Methods
Vocabulary
This is to help you learn each vocabulary word so use it as a tool. Write the vocabulary term on the
front and the rest of the information on the back. All words can be found in your textbook and notes.
Requirements for each notecard:
*Handwritten, anything printed will not be accepted
*Define the word in YOUR OWN WORDS, copying the book will not be accepted
*Include a mnemonic device; anything that helps you remember the definition (acronym, rhyme, picture
etc.)
1. 7 Perspectives
2. Independent Variable/Dependent Variable
3. Confounding Variable
4. Positive/Negative Correlation
5. Clinical Psychologists
6. Psychiatrists
7. Placebo
8. Applied/Basic Research
9. Naturalistic Observation
10. Correlation Study
11. Random Sampling
12. Representative Sample
13. Random Assignment
14. Case Study
15. Industrial Organizational Psychologists
16. Cognitive Psychologist
17. Control Group
18. Experimental Group
Psychology 1
**Notecards are due at the beginning of the chapter test.
Chapter 1: Psychological Perspectives, History & Methods
Vocabulary
This is to help you learn each vocabulary word so use it as a tool. Write the vocabulary term on the
front and the rest of the information on the back. All words can be found in your textbook and notes.
Requirements for each notecard:
*Handwritten, anything printed will not be accepted
*Define the word in YOUR OWN WORDS, copying the book will not be accepted
*Include a mnemonic device; anything that helps you remember the definition (acronym, rhyme, picture
etc.)
1. 7 Perspectives
2. Independent Variable/Dependent Variable
3. Confounding Variable
4. Positive/Negative Correlation
5. Clinical Psychologists
6. Psychiatrists
7. Placebo
8. Applied/Basic Research
9. Naturalistic Observation
10. Correlation Study
11. Random Sampling
12. Representative Sample
13. Random Assignment
14. Case Study
15. Industrial Organizational Psychologists
16. Cognitive Psychologist
17. Control Group
18. Experimental Group