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Psychology
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Psychology
12th Grade
08/29/2011

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Term

Introspectionist

Controlled conditions

Empirical research

Definition

Introspectionist: look through inside.

Controlled conditions:under experiment.

Empirical research: looking through more widely than science research.

Term

Wundt(Wilhelm Maximillian Wundt)

Structuralism

Definition

Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt was born on 16 August 1832 - 31 August 1920 in Germany. He was a German psychologist,known today as one of the founding figures of modern psychology. He is widely regarded as the "father of stucturalism.

Structuralism:

Term
Qualitative and Quantitative
Definition

Quanlitative: How you feel(temperature...)

Qualitative: Number(how many time blinking...)

Term

Mean

Standard deviation

Mode

Median

 

Definition

Mean: average

Standard deviation: variation from the mean on expected value

Mode: most common result

Median: central result

Term

Extraneous(variable)

Participant(variable)

Situation(variable)

Context stripping(variable)

Definition

Extraneuos: a variable other than the independent and dependent variable that may effect the result.

Participant: people to study(ages, gender, languages...)

Situation:

Context stripping: to study something in its pure form.

Term

Value free

Manipulate

Independent variable(IV)

Dependent variable(DV)

 

Definition

Value free: No bios from experiments

Manipulate: to change something

Independent variable: in our study lying or truth telling, the one manipulate

Dependent variable: the behaviour, the one effect

Term

Cognitive

Behaviour

Emotion

Sample

Participant

 

Definition

Cognitive: thinking

Behaviour: react

Emotion: feeling

Sample:

Participant: person in study

Term

Population

Target population

Correlation(persons)

Bios

Hypothesis

Representation

Definition

Population: A group of some sort(large)

Target population: a subsection of a population

Correlation(person): how result relate

Bios: the feeling toward something

Hypothesis: A purpose/a explaintion for a phenomina(event)

 Representation:the chosen sample should represent the target population, this allows finding to be generalised->use to describe the target population

Term

Polygraph

Deception

Gaze aversion

Coder

Negligible consequence

Spontaneously

Definition

Polygraph: lie detector

Deception: lying

Gaze aversion: Intense dislike, a feeling of extreme repugnance by the look or gaze

Coder: code

Negligible consequence: Nothing gonna happen

Spontaneously: right now

Term

Cognitive load

Behavioural control

Illutrators

Self manipulations

Definition

Cognitive load: how much thinking
Behavioural control: ability to control the behaviour

Illutrators: hand moverments to add information into speaking.

Self manipulations

Term

Speech disturbances

Speech pauses

Eyeblink suppression

Motivational impairment effect

Definition

Speech disturbances: ohm..., ahhh...

Speech pauses: stop in the phares

Eyeblink suppression: Blinking less

Motivation impairment effect: the greater the motivation(to lie well) the greater the effort to perform well(to control their nervous behaviour)

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