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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
08/24/2016

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Term
Psychology
Definition

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

 

Behavior: ouitward or overt actions and reactions.

Mental processes: internal, covert activity of our minds.

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Four Goals of Psychology
Definition

Description

  • What is happening?

Explanation

  • Why is it happening?
  • Theory: General explantion of a set of observations or facts.

Perdiction

  • Will it happen again?

Control

  • How can it be changed?
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Objective Introspection
Definition

Process of objectively examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities.

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Sturcturalism
Definition

Focused on the structure or basic elements of the mind.

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Functionalism
Definition

How the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play.

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History of Psychology
Definition

It began as science in Germany in 1879.

 

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Gestalt Psychology
Definition

The whole is greater than the sum of it parts.

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Freud's Theory of Psychoanalysis
Definition

The unconscious mind controls much of our conscious behavior.

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Dawn of Behavorism
Definition

Watson proposed a science of behavior which focused only on the study of observable stimuli and responses and or how a specific stimulus provokes a certain response.

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Psychodynamic Perspective
Definition
Modern form of psychoanalysis
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Behavioral Perspective
Definition
Where learning and behavior is described and explained in terms of stimulus-response relationships.
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Humanistic Perspective
Definition
Free will and the human potential for growth (self-actualization) are emphasized.
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Cognitive Perspective
Definition
Study of the mental processes.
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Psychological Professional and Areas of Specialization
Definition
Academic degrees, can do counseling, teaching, and research. Can specialize in any one of a large number of areas dealing with psychology. Medical doctors that provides diagnosis and therapy. Social workers that have special training inthe influences of the environment on mental illness.
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Scientific Method
Definition

Five Steps

  • Perceiving the question (describe)
  • Form a hypothesis
  • Testing the hypothesis (predicting)
  • Drawing conclusions
  • Reporting the results or data
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Scientific Research
Definition
Scientific method- a method for reducing bias and error in the measurement of data.
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Correlations
Definition
Finding relationships and measure how strongly variables are related.
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Control Group (Placebo)
Definition

Expectation of change is sufficient to produce a change. 

 

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Experimental Group
Definition

 Unintentional influence over the outcomes of a study.

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Guidelines for Conducting Research with People

Definition
  1. Protection of rights and well-being of participants
  2. Informed consent
  3. Justification whrn deception is used
  4. The right of the participants to withdraw at any time
  5. Protection of participants from physcial or psychological harm
  6. Debriefing of participants at the conclusion of the study
  7. Confidentiality
  8. Detecting, removing, correcting unwanted consequences
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