Psychology C1P1

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Across
  1. 4. changes along with independent variable, could be cause of effect
  2. 6. deep-dive on one participant to identify underlying principles applicable to others
  3. 8. __ psychologist using their knowledge to improve products/procedures
  4. 9. correlational __ is a no. between +1 and -1 showing relationship between 2 variables
  5. 11. cheap way to collect lots of data, affected by unconscious beliefs and dishonesty
  6. 15. reasons why a relationship between variables exists, produces predictions
  7. 17. a good theory is __; it makes predictions it can't squirm out of
  8. 20. __ bias is when participants are not truly random
  9. 21. medical doctor specialised in mental disorders
  10. 23. mental __ is knowledge, beliefs, desires, feelings
  11. 24. school that believes "the whole is more than the sum of its parts"
  12. 25. first organised school, studying building blocks of consciousness
  13. 27. outwardly observable acts
  14. 28. __ psychology considers how we gained goals and strategies via natural selection
  15. 30. school studying how our minds help us adapt - why we think/feel/behave
  16. 31. __ psychology studies human information processing like computers
Down
  1. 1. __ theory is freud's school of thought about the push-pull of unconscious influences
  2. 2. mental __ is operations that carry out functions (eg. attention, perception)
  3. 3. __ observation is collecting data in real-world settings, observing as events occur
  4. 5. school studying directly observable acts headed by watson, skinner, thorndike
  5. 7. controlled situations where variables are altered; strongest test of hypothesis
  6. 10. educated guess to answer a research question, claims relationship between variables
  7. 12. __ psychology believes people have positive values, free will + deep inner creativity
  8. 13. __ bias sees participants responding a certain way regardless of real knowledge/beliefs
  9. 14. difference in value of dependent variable by changing independent variable
  10. 16. __ psychologist trained to help people manage everyday life stressors
  11. 18. __ definition is refined, measurable version of variables in an experiment
  12. 19. __ neuroscience studies the nature, organisation + operation of mental events via brain scans
  13. 22. careful, objective descriptions or numerical measurements
  14. 23. __ psychologist trained to administer + interpret psych tests and provide psychotherapy
  15. 26. consistency of test; is it the same each time it's repeated?
  16. 29. whether a test really measures what it intends to