Psych 1 -- Introduction to Psychology 1 Introduction and Research Methods– Chapter 1  What is psychology?  Scientific Method  Research  Sampling  Key Terms  History of Psychology  More Trends in Psychology

Psych 1 -- Introduction to Psychology 2 What is Psychology? The study of behavior and mental processes Psyche = mind logo = study  Goals of psychology: –Describe –Explain –Predict –Control

Psych 1 -- Introduction to Psychology 3 Scientific Method 1. State the Problem 2. Gather background information 3. Create a Hypothesis 4. Test the Hypothesis 5. Make and Record Your Observations 6. Analyze the Data 7. Conclusion

Psych 1 -- Introduction to Psychology 4 Research Descriptive Methods –Naturalistic, Laboratory, Case study, Survey Experimental Method –Independent/dependent variables –Cause and effect –Experimental and control groups

Psych 1 -- Introduction to Psychology 5 Research Correlational method

Psych 1 -- Introduction to Psychology 6 Sampling population sample Random sample Dirty sample sample population sample Biased sample

Psych 1 -- Introduction to Psychology 7 Key Terms 1. Logical positivism 2. Social constructionism (Experimental bias) 3. Alpha bias 4. Beta bias 5. Meta-analysis 6. Placebo effect

Psych 1 -- Introduction to Psychology 8 History and Schools of Psychology Wilhelm Wundt = father of psychology Edward Titchner = structuralism William James = functionalism John Watson = behaviorism Sigmund Freud = psychoanalysis Maslow and Rogers = humanistic psychology Wertheimer = Cognitive (gestalt)

Psych 1 -- Introduction to Psychology 9 More Trends in Psychology Evolutionary Biological or physiological Sociocultural Most use an eclectic approach