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Psychological Development
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/25/2009
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Psychology
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The science of behavior and mental processes.
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Pseudopsychology
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Erroneous assertions or practices set forth as being scientific psychology.
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Confirmation bias
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The tendency to attend to evidence that complements and confirms our beliefs or expectations, while ignoring evidence that does not.
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Expermental psychologists
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Psychologists who do research on basic psychological processes-as contrasted with applied psychologists; also called research psychologists.
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