Chapter 1 Psychology Terms

the scientific study of the mind, brain and behavior

• Pychology

• Cognitive Psychology

• Functionalism

• Introspection

• Psychoanalysis

belief that we see the world precisely as it is

• Behaviorism

• Introspection

• Belief Perseverance

• Naive Realism

• Structuralism

testable prediction derived from a scientific theory

• Basic Research

• Hypothesis

• Applied Research

• Scientific Theory

• Correlation-Causation Fallacy

explanation for a large number of findings in the natural world

• Hypothesis

• Scientific Theory

• Applied Reserach

• Replicability

• Variable

tendency to stick to our initial beliefs even when evidence contradicts them

• Naive Realism

• Correlation-Causation Fallacy

• Introspection

• Belief Perseverance

• Confirmation Bias

tendency to seek out evidence that supports our hypotheses and deny, dismiss, or distort evidence that contradicts them

• Scientific Theory

• Hypothesis

• Confirmation Bias

• Falsifiable

• Pseudoscience

anything that can vary

• Variable

• Hyptothesis

• Scientific Theory

• Falsifiability

• Correlation-Causation Fallacy

set of claims that seems scientific but isn't

• Scientific Theory

• Naive Realism

• Belief Perseverance

• Scientific Skepticism

• Pseudoscience

approach of evaluating all claims with an open mind but insisting on persuasive evidence before accepting them

• Native Realism

• Belief Perseverance

• Scientific Skepticism

• Applied Research

• Psychoanalysis

capable of being disproved

• Hypothesis

• Scientifc Theory

• Variable

• Evolutionary Psychology

• Falsifiable