Unit 1 Padlet by Greer https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl Intro en-us 2016-08-26 14:53:29 UTC 2025-11-25 08:06:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Steps Scientific Method: greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/120045669 Theory: Behaviors or events by offering ideas that organize what we observe.
Hypotheses: Testable predictions.
Operational Definitions: Psychologist use these to reports their studies so others can replicate
their studies with different variables.
The Case Study examines one group or individual to reveal truths about us.
Naturalistic Observations is observing nature such as a mother and child. ]]> 2016-08-26 14:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/120045669 Testing Hypotheses: greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/120446632
  • Descriptive methods describes behaviors by case studies and surveys.
  • Correlation methods associate different factors or variables. 
  • Experimental methods manipulate variables to discover their effects.
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    ]]>     2016-08-30 00:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/120446632     (8/29) A good theory: greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/120452986
  • Effectively organizes a range of self -reports and observations.
  • Leads to a clear hypotheses.
  • Stimulates research that leads to a revised theory
    • ]]>     2016-08-30 01:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/120452986     (8/29) Testing Hypotheses: greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/120453695
  • Descriptive method describes behaviors using case studies, surveys, or naturalistic observations.
  • Correlation methods associate different factors or variables.
  • Experimental methods variables to discover their effects.
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    ]]>     2016-08-30 01:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/120453695     (9/1) Goals greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/121094263 Understand how to create an experiment and identify variables.]]> 2016-09-01 14:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/121094263 (9/1) Longitudinal study greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/121098227 The length of a study.
    Negative: Attrition~Drop outs.]]>     2016-09-01 14:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/121098227     Confounding Variable greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/121101305 Changes an independent or dependent variable unknowingly.
    (allergies, if they like what you're testing, hunger, ect.)]]>     2016-09-01 14:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/121101305     (9/6) Learning Target greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/121797690 Understand statistics in psychology.

    Statistical Significant if P Value is lower than 5%.


    ]]>     2016-09-06 14:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/121797690     (9/7) Ethical guidelines greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/122116284
  • Subjects participation in research should be voluntary and based on informed consent 
  • Subjects should not be exposed to harmful procedures
  • If an investigation requires some deception of subjects, researcher is required to explain and correct any misunderstanding.
  • Subjects privacy should never be violated.
  • Harmful experiments on animals should be justified and animals are entitled to decent living conditions.
    • ]]>     2016-09-07 14:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/122116284     (9/8) Learning Target- Why we follow ethical guidelines greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/122450500 Without following ethical guidelines, experiments can be way out of control. Participants can take advantage of their positions, or have mental and physical pain inflicted upon them. ]]> 2016-09-08 14:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/122450500 (9/9) Correlation greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/122749607
  • Correlation never shows cause and effect.
  • Positive, negative, and zero correlation
  • Correlation = Relationship
  • Correlation is best determined by strength or number value.
    • ]]>     2016-09-09 14:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/122749607     Correlation Examples greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/122758671 !. The more you practice serving a volleyball, the better you get at it.
    2. As the weather decreases, plant life decreases. 
    3. As homework increases, the hours students sleep a night decreases. ]]>     2016-09-09 14:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/122758671     (9/12) Learning target greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123138410 Unit 1 FRQ + Multiple Choice]]> 2016-09-12 14:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123138410 What I don't Understand greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123140306 I don't completely understand the Statistical Significance such as the P Value.  ]]> 2016-09-12 14:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123140306 Fields of Psych greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123152137
  • Studies the difference among people and their traits: Personality Psychologist 
  • Clinical Psychologist: Looks at mental disorders and how to treat them.
  • Problems in the workplace= Industrial Organizational Psychologist (IO)
  • How people and social forces shape behavior= Social Psychologist
  • Neuropsychologist: investigate the relationship between neurological relationships and behavior. They asses, diagnose, and treat diseases in the central nervous system.
  • Developmental Psychologst: age related behavioral changes.
  • Educational psychologist: psychological processes involved with learning. 
  • Psychometric/Quantitative Psychologist: study the methods and techniques used to acquire psychological knowledge. Updates personality tests or other research methods.
  • Rehabilitation Psychologist: Work with people who lost optimal function due to illness or accidents. 
  • School Psychologist: the assessment/intervention for children in educational settings.
  • Sports psychologist: Study the psychological factors that influence and are influenced by physical activity.
  • Community psychologist: deal with broad mental problems of a community. 
  • Counseling psychologist: Help people adjust to life transitions or make lifestyle changes. 
    • ]]>     2016-09-12 14:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123152137     Scientific method greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123152203
  • Research methods that show  relationship, not cause and effect=correlation
  • Shows cause and effect: Experiment
  • Average score= mean


    • ]]>     2016-09-12 14:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123152203     Schools of thought greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123152312
  • Self Esteem=Humanism
  • Basis of Sensation?perception= Gestalt

    • ]]>     2016-09-12 14:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123152312     Famous Psychologist greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123152371 The founder of functionalism: Who is William James
    Three behaviort: Ivan Pavlov(lever with dog), John Watson(little albert), BF Skinnger(rats)

    ]]>     2016-09-12 14:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123152371     Vocab greergri1465 https://padlet.com/greergri1465/65jnsocjt7kl/wish/123154276
  • An ethical standard that says a subject can decline to participate in a study at any time: Consent
  • Double blind = when neither the experiment or the subject knows who getting the IV
  • Everyone in the population has an equal chance of being chosen for the experiment = Random Sampling (random assigning comes after the population is randomly sampled)
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