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| types of research approaches |
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| behavioral, cognitive, sociocultural, biological |
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| sociocultural, behavioral |
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| actions/thoughts are functions of our biology |
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| mental processes like perception/memory cause behaviors |
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| emphasizes conditioning based on impacts of other people/culture (Kitty Genovese murder example) |
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| emphasizes conditioning based on environmental events (classical/pavlovian conditioning and operant conditioning) |
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| founder of structuralism, believed mind was structured/static and certain parts were there for certain reasons |
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| founder of functionalism, disagreed with Wundt and disproved him through memorization |
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| ex. of psychodynamic psychologist |
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| ex. of humanistic psychologist |
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| ex. of evolutionary psychology |
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| descriptive methods of research |
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| observation, case studies, surveys |
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| correlational methods of research |
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| take two variables and see the correlation coefficient |
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| outside factors in correlational/descriptive research |
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| experimental methods of research |
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| experiment w/ control group, random assignment, independent/dependent variables, |
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| steps of scientific method |
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o 1. Observing a phenomenon
o 2. Formulating hypotheses & predictions
o 3. Testing through empirical research
o 4. Drawing conclusions
o 5. Evaluating conclusions |
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