Unit 1: Learning Targets by Leslie Viray https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20 History and Research en-us 2016-08-30 15:32:09 UTC 2025-05-11 17:46:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Learning Targets leslievir5963 https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/120620064 8/30: I can understand the perspectives and types of research in psychology.

8/31: I can identify the types of research and how to write an AP Essay

9/1: I can understand how to create an experiment and identify variables

9/6: I can understand statistics in psychology

9/7: I can follow ethical guidelines

9/8: I can understand the reson we follow ethical codes

9/9: I can understand correlational research in AP Psych

9/12: I can review for Unit 1 FRQ and MC Wed and Thurs.
-Review Schools of Psych and its description
-Review Key Contributors]]> 2016-08-30 16:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/120620064 leslievir5963 https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/120621669 2016-08-30 16:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/120621669 AP Psych Essay-SUNSET leslievir5963 https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/120858831  The sunset takes place every evening, you might not always be able to see it, but its always there. Sometimes you even just wait for it to take place. The sunset may give you peace, ease, etc. It also gives you the idea of night coming. ]]> 2016-08-31 15:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/120858831 AP Pysch Essays leslievir5963 https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/120861722 -Define and apply
-Mistakes: Scribble out but continue writing on the line
-Anything not on the line isn't scored.
-Don't skip lines
-On the AP Test, 2 Essays in 50 min.]]> 2016-08-31 15:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/120861722 Longitudinal Studies: leslievir5963 https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/121126304 Data gathered for the same subjects repeatedly over a period of time. (Ex: 15 year span)
Disadvantage of this study: Attrition (Drop out rate). Because of how long this study takes, people drop out of the experiment.]]> 2016-09-01 15:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/121126304 Experimental Research Terms Key leslievir5963 https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/121227460 Hypothesis: testable prediction often implied by a theory
Independent Variable: Stands alone
Dependent Variable: Depends on Independent
Confounding Variable: Extra variable you may not have accounted for, this may effect the results.
Experimental Group: Group that receives the variable being tested
Control Group: Group that does not receive the variable being tested
Population: All those in the group being studied, from which samples are being drawn.
Method of Reducing Expermenter Bias: (Single or Double Blind Procedure
Evaluation: Indication that statistics will be used to evaluate difference between groups (Mean, median, mode).]]> 2016-09-01 22:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/121227460 Ethical Guidelines Notes leslievir5963 https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/122144962
  • A subjects participation in research should be voluntary and based on informed consent.
  • Subjects should not be exposed to harmful or dangerous research procedures.
  • If an investigation requires some deception of subjects, the researcher is required to explain and correct and misunderstanding as soon as possible
  • Subject's rights to privacy should NEVER be violated. (Confidentiality)
  • Harmful or painful procedures imposed upon animals must be thoroughly justified in terms of the knowledge to be gained from the study. Furthermore, laboratory animals are entitled to decent living conditions
    • ]]>     2016-09-07 15:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/122144962     Correlation leslievir5963 https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/122773645 -Correlation shows relationship and does not show cause.
    -Correlation Relationship: Like indirect and direct slopes]]>     2016-09-09 15:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/122773645     leslievir5963 https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/123179454 https://quizlet.com/150065683/ap-psych-u1-vocab-flash-cards/]]> 2016-09-12 15:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/123179454 Psychology Perspectives leslievir5963 https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/123208524 Structuralism: Used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
    Gestalt: Content shapes a person's perspective of information. (Rejects structuralist perspective)
    Functionalism: Explored how mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish
    Psychoanalytical/Psycho-dynamic: Studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior
    Behaviorism: Study of observable behavior and its explanation by its principals of learning. View that Psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
    Humanistic: Emphasized growth potential of healthy people
    Biological: Study of likes between biological and psychological processes
    Biological: Mental processes are made by nervous system, person's abilities and mental difficulties are result of neurological functions.
    Cognitive: Study of all mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
    Social-cultural: Study how situations and cultures affect behavior and thinking
    Evolutionary: Study of evolution of behavior and mind using natural selection
    Eclectic: All perspectives are important and each contribute to a person's mental abilities, personalities, psychological problems, and uniqueness.
    ]]>     2016-09-12 16:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/123208524     Key Contributors leslievir5963 https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/123304435 Wilhelm Wundt: Structuralist
    Edward Titchener: Structuralist
    G. Stanley Hall:
    Mary Whiton Calkins:
    Margaret Floy Washburn:
    Sigmund Freud: Founder of Psychodynamic perspective
    John B. Watson: Behaviorist
    B.F. Skinner: Behaviorist
    Carl Rodgers: Along with Abraham Maslow, these 2 are humanists
    Ivan Pavlov: Behaviorist
    Charles Darwin: He argued that natural selection shapes behaviors as well as bodies
    Dorothea Dix:
    Stanley Milgram: Social Psychologist
    Harry Harlow: Behaviorist?
    Philip ZImbardo:     Behaviorist?
    ]]>     2016-09-12 22:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/123304435     7 Major Psych Perspectives leslievir5963 https://padlet.com/leslievir5963/a6q8yy5oon20/wish/123633938
  • Biological
  • Evolutionary
  • Psychodynamic
  • Behavioral
  • Cognitive
  • Humanistic
  • Social-Cultural
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