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General Psychology. Set 1
Ohlone. Psychology 101
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
07/27/2009

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psychology
Definition
scientific study of behavior and mental process
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behavior
Definition
anything an organism does
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mental process
Definition
internal experiences we infer from behavior
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hind sight bias
Definition
when people think they can predict the outcome of a situation after they have found out the outcome
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Wilhem Wundt
Definition
opened first psychology lab in 1879, University of Leipzig, Germany
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neuroscientific perspective
Definition
how body and brain create emotions, memories, and sensory experiences
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evaluation perspective
Definition
natural selection favors traits that lead to the perpetuation of one's genes
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cognitive perspective
Definition
studies processing, storing, and retrieval of information
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behavioral perspective
Definition
studies how we learn and unlern observable responses
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psychoanalytic perspective
Definition
focuses on how behavior springs from unconcious/concious drives
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socio-cultural perspective
Definition
focuses on how behavior and thinking vary across different cultures and situations
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clinical psychologist
Definition
provides assesment treatment of psychological and emotional problems
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psychiatrist
Definition
medical doctor who deals in a branch of medicine devoted to studying psychological problem (power to diagnose and prescribe medication)
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theory
Definition
broad set of assumptions about two or more phenomena
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hypothesis
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a specific, testable question that gives direction to research
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experimental/scientific method
Definition

1. derive hypothesis from theory

2. select sample from population

3. randomly assign sample into groups

4. collect data and record results

5. draw conclusions

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