| A | B |
|---|
| psychology | scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
| scientific method | approach to knowledge |
| naturalistic observation | research method |
| case study | instensive analysis of a single individual |
| survey | questionnaire |
| correlation | relationship between two or more variables |
| independent variable | is manipulated during experiment |
| dependent variable | not manipulated during experiment |
| experimental group | group subjected to change in an experiment |
| control group | not subjected to change in an experiment |
| conditioning | acquiring of fairly specific patterns of behavior in presence of well defined stimuli |
| gestalt | german word for whole |
| behaviorism | study only observable and measurable behavior |
| reinforcement | anything that makes a response occur again |
| psychoanalysis | Freud's personality theory |
| cognitive | thought process |
