PSY301 Test One Matching
a theory can be proven and still called a theory, theory is simply an explanation |
people can make honest mistakes in interpreting data, treats psychology as a natural sciences |
consider only objective facts, no subjectivity |
sensation, perception, learning, memory |
Evolutionary Research Perspectives |
dominant research perspective, certain behavioral and personality traits are selected through evolution |
Behavioral Research Perspectives |
learned behavior becomes automatic, ex. marriage counselors make couples hold hands and go on dates and eventually they fall in love again |
twins derived from the simultaneous fertilization of two eggs, fraternal twins, different genotypes |
logical explanation constructed from a theory |
Psychoanalytic Research Perspectives |
comes from Freud’s studies of the unconscious mind, people are basically evil but have learned to be good in childhood |
actions determined by past events |
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