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3. 100 200 400 300 400 Goals of Psychology/Careers Approaches of Psychology Methods of Research Terms 300 200 400 200 100 500 100

4. Row 1, Col 1 RETURN What is description? What is the first goal of psychology is to gather information about the behavior being studied and to present what is known.

5. 1,2 What is Psychoanalytic Psychology? RETURN In this approach, psychologists study how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior and feelings.

6. 1,3 What is naturalistic observation? RETURN In this research method, psychologists observe the subject in a natural setting without interfering.

7. 1,4 What is Psychology? RETURN The scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research.

8. 2,1 What is Prediction? RETURN In this goal psychologists predict, as a result accumulated knowledge.

9. 2,2 What is Humanistic Psychology? RETURN In this type of approach, a psychologist believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future.

10. 2,3 What is case study? RETURN This research method involves an intensive investigation of one or more participants.

11. 2,4 What is a Sample? RETURN The small group of participants, out of the total number available, that a researcher studies.

12. 3,1 What is a psychiatrist? RETURN This type of psychologist is able to prescribe medicine to its patients.

13. 3,2 What is Biological Psychology? RETURN In this approach, psychologists study how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior.

14. 3,3 What are Surveys? RETURN In this research method, information is obtained by asking many individuals a fixed set of questions.

15. 3,4 What is functionalist? RETURN This is a psychologist who studied the function of consciousness.

16. 4,1 What is an educational psychologist? RETURN This type of psychologist is concerned with helping students learn.

17. 4,2 What is Sociocultural Psychology? RETURN This is the newest approach. It involves studying the influence of cultural and ethnic similarities and differences on behavior and social functioning.

18. 4,3 What is Longitudinal Study? RETURN In this method of research, data is collected about a group of people over a number of years to assess how certain characteristics change or remain the same during development.

19. 4,4 What is single-blind experiment? RETURN This is an experiment in which the participants are unaware of which participants received the treatment.

20. 5,1 What is Explanation? RETURN In this goal, psychologists propose a hypothesis or a theory.

21. 5,2 What is Behavioral Psychology? RETURN In this approach, psychologists study how people learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment.

22. 5,3 What is cross-sectional study? RETURN In this research method, data is collected from groups of people of different ages and compared so that a conclusion can be drawn about differences due to age.

23. 5,4 What is placebo effect? RETURN A change in a person’s illness or behavior that results from a belief that the treatment will have an effect rather than from the actual treatment.