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| view that (a) knowledge comes from experience via the senses, and (b) science flourishes through observation and experiment |
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| established first psychology laboratory at the University of Leipzig,Germany |
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| an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind |
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| a school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable the organism to adapt,survive and flourish |
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| the science of behavior and mental processes |
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| the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors |
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| pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base |
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| scientific study that aim to solve practical problems |
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| branch of psychology that studies,assesses & treats people with psychological disorders |
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| brach of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who can give medical or therapy treatment |
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| hindsight bias (I-knew-it-all-along) |
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| tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have forseen it |
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| thinking that doesn't blindly accept arguments & conclusions, rather examine them |
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| an explanation using a set priciples that organizes & predicts observations |
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| a testable prediction, often implied by a theory |
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| statement of the the procedures used to define research varibles |
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| repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants & situations |
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| observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in hope of revealing universal principles |
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| technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of people |
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| all cases in a grouo, from which samples may be drawn for a study |
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| sample that fairly represents a pop. because each member has an equal chance of inclusion |
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| observing and recording info in nature without any control |
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| statistical measure of the extent to which two factors vary together and thus how well either factor predicts the other |
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| perception of a relationship where none exists |
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