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09/26/2013

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What is psychology?
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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
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The scientific method starts with...
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Observations.
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A theory is proposed to explain how
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a number of certain facts are related
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"If children watch violent cartoons, they will become more aggressive" ...according to the scientific method, this statement is a...
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Hypothesis
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Rory wants to be a scientist. In order for his work to be considered a science, he must...
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Employ the scientific method
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The goals of psychology are to:
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describe, explain, predict, and influence behavior.
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Using research results to solve practical problems, is an example of
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The goal of influence.
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Psychology was recognized as a formal academic discipline when
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the scientific method was used.
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Who is the father of psychology?
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Wilhelm Wundt
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Structualism was an early school of thought that studied
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The basic elements of concious mental experience
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William James is part of an early school of psychology called
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functualism
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Psychologists Mamie and Kenneth Clarks research helped to
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end racial segregation in schools
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Sigmund Freud believed __________________ that could be a detriment to psychological health and development.
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unconcious forces may contain conflict
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The school of thought that sees humans as active seekers of experiences who use mental processes to shape those experiences is
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Cognitive psychology
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Dr. Rodriguez is a educational psychologist who looks at student environment interaction to determine how to improve student preformance.
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Behavioral perspective.
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Diana wants to find a psychologist who will help her explore unconcious motivationsand how her early childhood experiences are affecting her now. She should look for a therapist with a
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Psychoanalytical perspective.
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The psychological perspective that is concerned with how the enviroment-person interation affects us is the
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Behavioral perspective
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The psychological perspective that emphasises the role of mental processes such as perception, thinking, and memory is the
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cognitive perspective
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The perspective covered in your text which emphasises the role of physical process and structures is the
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biological perspective.
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Theories help psychologists achieve the predicted goal by generating a
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testable hypothesis
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Descriptive research methods include surveys, naturalistic observations, and laboratory observations. What does it not include?
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EXPERIMENTS
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The following is an advantage of using naturalistic observation
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We can study behavior in naturally occuring environments.
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A correlation is measured by
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How two variables are related to one another
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The only research method that can identify cause and affect relationship between variables is the
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experimental method
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A prediction about a cause and affect relationship between two variables is a
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causal hypothesis
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