A school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.
In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the treatment; contrasts with the experimental group and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment.
A relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole.
In an experiment, the group that is exposed to the treatment, that is, to one version of the independent variable.
A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other.
A parenting style characterized by the placement of few limits on the child's behavior.
Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.
the most widely researched and clinically used of all personality tests. Originally developed to identify emotional disorders (still considered its most appropriate use), this test is now used for many other screening purposes.
Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis.
theorist that developed a series of stages in which an individual passes during cognitive development.
Attachment theory. Identified the characteristics of a child's attachment to his/her caregiver and the phases that a child experiences when separated from the caregiver.
Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s. She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard College in New York City and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University.