Intro to Psych

2. A perspective with survival of the fittest in mind—think cavemen and adaptation.
3. The kind of psychology that’s all about curiosity, not solving problems.
6. Great for gathering a lot of opinions quickly.
9. An approach that integrates biological, psychological, and social factors in understanding health and behavior.
10. The variable that can mess up your experiment if you’re not careful.
13. A fake treatment that makes people think they’re getting the real thing.
14. Study that tracks people’s lives over time.
16. Your deepest desires and conflicts are driving this perspective.
18. The "glass-half-full" perspective that focuses on what makes life worth living.
19. The group that gets the treatment or new experience in the experiment.
23. Bias where you only hear what you want to hear.
27. An in-depth interview with a person or group.
28. Perspective focused on mental processes like thinking, memory, and problem-solving.
29. The group that doesn’t get the special treatment—they’re just there for comparison.
30. Thinking beyond the obvious and questioning everything.
32. Perspective that’s all about growth, potential, and being your best self.
33. This perspective believes actions speak louder than thoughts.
34. The branch of psychology that helps with everyday issues.
35. Correlation where variables avoid each other

1. Study that takes a snapshot of people at different ages, at the same time.
4. When nobody knows who’s getting what—not even the researchers!
5. Definition that outlines a clear recipe for measuring a psychological variable.
7. The science of what’s going on in your head—and how you act on it.
8. The "whole pie" you are trying to gather data about
11. Stalker method of observation
12. The mess around, manipulate, or cause variable.
15. Genetics Nature vs. nurture? This perspective says it's a little bit of both.
17. Ever wonder how your brain chemistry and genetics are pulling the strings? This perspective does.
20. The mess around and find out research method.
21. Bias where people act unnaturally because they know someone's watching.
22. Your friends, your culture, your habits—this perspective says they’re all shaping you.
24. Psych's daddy
25. Correlation where variables stick together
26. The find out, measure, or effect variable.
31. The "slice of pie" you taste to learn about the whole thing.