AP Psychology KEY TERMS Unit 1 – Psychology’s History and Approaches • • • What is Psychology? o Psychology o Psyche/Logos o Behavior/Mental processes o Experimental psychology o Cognitive neuroscience Goals of Psychology o Describe/Explain/Predict/Control History/Roots/People o Socrates/Plato/Aristotle/Descartes/Locke o Empiricism o Wilhelm Wundt o o o o o o o o o o o o o Introspection Gestalt Edward Bradford Titchener Structuralism William James Functionalism Sigmund Freud Psychoanalysis B.F. Skinner Behaviorism James Watson Ivan Pavlov Humanism o o Abraham Maslow Carl Rogers o G. Stanley Hall o Mary Calkins o Margaret Floy Washburn • Contemporary Psychology & Perspectives (Approaches) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Nature vs. Nurture issue Natural selection Levels of analysis Biopsychosocial approach Biological psychology Humanistic psychology Evolutionary psychology Psychodynamic psychology Behavioral psychology Cognitive psychology Social-cultural psychology Psychometrics Basic research Applied research Unit 1 QUIZ on 8/31 Unit 1 & 2 EXAM on 9/15 (45 M/C; 1 FRQ) AP Psychology KEY TERMS Unit 1 – Psychology’s History and Approaches • Types of Psychologists o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Experimental Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Developmental Counseling Social Sports School Educational Personality Forensic Human-Factors Clinical Counseling Psychologist vs. Psychiatrist SQ3R UNIT 2 – Research Methods The Need for Psychological Science AND How do Psychologists Ask & Answer Questions? o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Hindsight bias Critical thinking Theory Empirical Evidence Operational Definition Replication Case Study Surveys Population Random Sample Naturalistic Observation Correlation Correlation Coefficient Scatterplot Illusionary correlation Experiment Random assignment Double-Blind procedure Placebo effect Experimental group Control group Independent variable Dependent Variable Unit 1 QUIZ on 8/31 Unit 1 & 2 EXAM on 9/15 (45 M/C; 1 FRQ) AP Psychology KEY TERMS Unit 1 – Psychology’s History and Approaches o o o o o Confounding variable Reliability and Validity Longitudinal Cross Sectional Scientific Method (steps) Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life & FAQ about Psychology o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Descriptive Statistics Mean Median Mode Range Standard Deviation Normal Curve Histogram Positive/Negative correlations Positive/Negative Skewed distributions Statistical significance Culture Informed consent Debriefing Animals in Research Ethics in Research Unit 1 QUIZ on 8/31 Unit 1 & 2 EXAM on 9/15 (45 M/C; 1 FRQ)