Psych Chapter 1

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Across
  1. 2. Behavior determined by a person’s unique pattern of perceptions, interpretations, expectations, beliefs, & memories
  2. 3. pieces of information gathered by a researcher to be used to test a hypothesis
  3. 4. amount of questions to ask for critical thinking skills
  4. 6. erroneous assertions or practices set forth as being scientific psychology
  5. 7. Behavior determined by the stimuli in our environment, and the previous consequences of our behaviors
  6. 9. testable explanation for a set of facts or observations
  7. 11. The researcher controls all conditions & directly manipulates the conditions
  8. 13. amount of types of psychological research
  9. 15. holds a Ph.D & can’t prescribe medicine
  10. 18. amount of modern perspectives of psychology
  11. 19. Researcher allows his or her expectations to affect the outcome of a study
  12. 20. Technique used in descriptive research; typically involves seeking people’s response to a prepared set of verbal or written letters
  13. 22. 4 step process for empirical investigation of a hypothesis under conditions designed to control biases & subjunctive judgements
  14. 24. redoing an experiment to see if you get the same results
  15. 25. form of descriptive research involving behavior assessment of people or animals in their natural surroundings
Down
  1. 1. broad field with many specialties that is the science of behavior & mental processes
  2. 2. research involving a single individual
  3. 5. When the relationship between variables is studied but without experimental manipulation of an independent variable
  4. 8. Statement predicting the outcome of a scientific study; relationship among variables
  5. 10. Behavior determined by the interaction of heredity & environment which unfolds in predictable patterns throughout the lifespan
  6. 12. approach to research that relies on sensory experience and observation as research data
  7. 14. Behavior determined by the power of the situation: social & cultural influences can overpower the influence of all other determining factors
  8. 16. holds an MD & is licensed to prescribe medicine
  9. 17. Greek for mind
  10. 21. Behavior determined by the brain, the nervous system, the endocrine system, and genes
  11. 23. type of psychologist that use knowledge developed by experimental psychologists to tackle human problems