AP PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW that appear on previous published AP exams & RESEARCH longitudinal study—same group over time behaviorism (learning) (2) meaning of percentile score behaviorism (observable behavior) median (compute) Biomedical psychology Milgram obedience linked to ethics guidelines cognitive psychology (study problem solving) (2) mode (compute) cognitive psychology-how we store and process info normal distribution (68% one standard deviation) community psychologists normal distribution, 50 % at or below mean control group (identify) (2) operational definitions required for experiment cross sectional research design organizational psychologists debriefing required if deception is used in research positive correlation (example) dependent variable (identify) (3) positively skewed distribution (mean higher than median) dependent variable—measured by experimenter primary prevention-keep disorders from developing difference between cause and correlation random drawing for sample—each has equal probability of being double blind study chosen ethical guidelines for animal research reliability (two halves of a test) ethics guidelines deception allowed if necessary representative sample ethics guidelines in research scattergram—match to data evolutionary psychology: human mating preferences based on gender scatterplot (correlation) experimental method—establish and effect scatterplot showing positive correlation experimental research (example) score distribution positively skewed, low variability—test too hard experimental research (set up) significant difference—not due to chance factor analysis—cluster traits with skinner psychology—objections—doesn’t consider internal “extroversion” Gestalt psychology-concerned with perception thoughts/feelings Gestalt: whole is different from sum of parts social desirability bias (questionnaires give inflated responses) humanist psychology—free will standard deviation… figure based on set of scores (2) humanistic psychology: self-actualized statistical inference (from sample to general population) independent (variable) statistical significance (meaning) industrial organizational psychologists (3) variation in frequency distributions informed consent (ethics) verification of research (repeated study) longitudinal research Watson-behaviorism longitudinal study (disadvantage) BRAIN AND BIOLOGY
AP PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW that appear on previous published AP exams & RESEARCH behaviorism (learning) (2) behaviorism (observable behavior) Biomedical psychology cognitive psychology (study problem solving) (2) cognitive psychology-how we store and process info community psychologists control group (identify) (2) cross sectional research design debriefing required if deception is used in research dependent variable (identify) (3) dependent variable—measured by experimenter difference between cause and correlation double blind study ethical guidelines for animal research ethics guidelines deception allowed if necessary ethics guidelines in research evolutionary psychology: human mating preferences based on gender experimental method—establish and effect experimental research (example) experimental research (set up) factor analysis—cluster traits with “extroversion” Gestalt psychology-concerned with perception Gestalt: whole is different from sum of parts humanist psychology—free will humanistic psychology: self-actualized independent (variable) industrial organizational psychologists (3) informed consent (ethics) longitudinal research longitudinal study (disadvantage) longitudinal study—same group over time meaning of percentile score median (compute) Milgram obedience linked to ethics guidelines mode (compute) normal distribution (68% one standard deviation) normal distribution, 50 % at or below mean operational definitions required for experiment organizational psychologists positive correlation (example) positively skewed distribution (mean higher than median) primary prevention-keep disorders from developing random drawing for sample—each has equal probability of being chosen reliability (two halves of a test) representative sample scattergram—match to data scatterplot (correlation) scatterplot showing positive correlation score distribution positively skewed, low variability—test too hard significant difference—not due to chance skinner psychology—objections—doesn’t consider internal thoughts/feelings social desirability bias (questionnaires give inflated responses) standard deviation… figure based on set of scores (2) statistical inference (from sample to general population) statistical significance (meaning) variation in frequency distributions verification of research (repeated study) Watson-behaviorism BRAIN AND BIOLOGY
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