Unit 1: History, Approaches, And Research Methods

The definition has evolved, but psychology today integrates both the mind and the body and how they interact to create human and animal behavior.

A lopsided set of scores that includes a number of extreme or unusual values is said to be skewed. This means that the distribution of the scores is not balanced or symmetrical, but rather it is leaning towards one side. Skewed data can occur when there are outliers or when the data is not evenly distributed around the mean.

Standard deviation is a measure which indicates how far scores are from the mean.

The given correct answer refers to the debate in psychology known as "Nature v. Nurture." This debate revolves around the question of whether a person's behavior and attributes are primarily influenced by their genetic makeup (nature) or by their environment and upbringing (nurture). It explores the relative importance of genetic factors and environmental factors in shaping human behavior and characteristics.

The independent variable is what is being manipulated by the researchers.

Psychiatrists are medical doctors and can prescribe medications to their patients as well as other therapies.

John Locke believed that the mind was a blank slate and was shaped by experience. He argued that at birth, the mind is like a blank sheet of paper, and all knowledge and ideas are derived from sensory experience. According to Locke, there are no innate ideas or knowledge, and the mind is completely shaped by the environment and the experiences it encounters. This perspective, known as empiricism, contrasts with Rene Descartes' view of innate knowledge and Socrates' emphasis on introspection and self-reflection.

Replication refers to a researchers ability to conduct the same study with a different sample population in a different place and get similar results.

The closer the correlation is to +1.00 or -1.00 the stronger the correlation.

A controlled experiment can establish a cause and effect relationship because it involves manipulating an independent variable and observing the effect on a dependent variable while keeping other variables constant. This allows researchers to determine if changes in the independent variable directly cause changes in the dependent variable. Quasi-experiments and correlational research cannot establish cause and effect relationships as they do not involve manipulating variables or controlling for other factors.

Yeah, I made bioscientific up.

During naturalistic observation, the researcher merely observes behaviors in their natural environments, but is not directly manipulating any variables.

In a double-blind procedure, neither the researcher or subject knows which group is receiving the treatment.

An illusory correlation is when one wrongly finds a relationship between two variables...An ILLUSION!

The question is asking for a measure of central tendency that is not included in the given options. The mean, mode, and median are all measures of central tendency as they represent the average, most frequent, and middle values in a dataset, respectively. Therefore, the correct answer is that there is no measure of central tendency that is excluded from the options provided.

Identical twins develop from the same fertilized egg and therefor share the same genetic information. However, their upbringing can shed light on differences as they develop.