Across
- 9. repeating the essence of a research study
- 13. enhanced memory after retrieving, rather than simply rereading, information
- 14. a testable prediction, often implied by a theory
- 15. psychological study of mental processes involved in perceiving, learning, & solving problems
- 16. the most frequently occurring score in a distribution
- 19. the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
- 20. descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth
- 22. tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
- 23. technique for obtaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group
- 24. psychological study of evolution of behavior & the mind, using principles of natural selection
Down
- 1. approach that incorporates biological, psychological, & socio-cultural levels of analysis
- 2. psychological perspective that emphasized human growth potential
- 3. examines assumptions, appraises the source, and assesses conclusions
- 4. anything that can vary and is practical & ethical to measure
- 5. computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score
- 6. shared ideas & behaviors that one generation passes on to the next
- 7. pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base
- 8. early school of thought that explored how mental & behavioral processes function
- 10. research method used to identify cause and effect
- 11. view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior w/o reference to mental processes
- 12. principle that inherited traits are passed down for survival and reproduction
- 17. established the first psychology lab at the University of Leipzig, Germany
- 18. the middle score in a distribution
- 21. early school of thought used to reveal the structure of the human mind