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| what are the 5 perspectives in psychology? |
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- behavioural
- biological
- cogntive
- psychoanalytic
- humanistic
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| define behavioural perspective |
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studies observable responses of individuals in differing environments |
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| define biological perspective |
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| focuses on how the body and brain work together |
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| define cognitive perspective |
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| reflects upon how the mind processes, stores, and retrieves information. |
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define psychoanalytic perspective
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| believes that behaviour comes from unconscious disires. |
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| people have the power to choose thier life patterns and can grow and make their own meaning of life. |
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| what is eclectic-based treatment? |
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| treatment that uses the best techniques, ideas, and styles from a range of sources. |
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| what is scientific method? |
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| specific process used in scientific inquiry that includes hypothesizing, designing, observing, and analyzing |
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| the study of causes or origins of disease |
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| what is standard deviation? |
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| a variation from an arithmetic average. |
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| what is distribution curve? |
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| a graph of the possible outcomes of an experiment or survey |
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what is intelligence quotient?
also known as IQ |
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| number used to express the apparent intelligence of a person |
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| what are the different views of abnormality? |
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- social norm
- maladaptive behaviour
- personal distress
- deviation from an ideal
- medical disorder
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| what is conversion hysteria? |
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| mental disturbance manifested as physical disorder or disease |
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| what is a muultiple personality disorder? |
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| dissociative disorder characterized by the development of two or more relatively independent personality systems in the same individual. |
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