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| Description, Explanation, Control, Application |
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| Psychodynamic Perspective |
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Searches for causes of behavior within the innerworkings of our personality (i.e., traits, emotions, motives)
Emphasizes role of unconscious processes. |
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| Role of external environment in governing our actions |
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| Free will, Personal growth, find meaning in one's existence |
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| Nature of mind. Mental Processes influence behavior. Actions governed by thought. |
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| Sociocultural Perspective |
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social environment's influence on our behavior
Cultural influence on our behaviors |
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| How bodily functions regulate behavior |
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1. ID question.
2. Gather info. Form hypothesis.
3. Test Hypothesis by conducting research.
4. Analyze Data, conclusions, findings
5. Build a body of knowledge |
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Theories are broader.
Theories are sets of formal statements
Hypotheses are specific predictions |
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| Defition of a varibale in terms of the specific procedures used to measure it. |
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| Techniques to measure varibales and behavior |
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1. Self Reports/Reports by others
2. Directly Observable Behavior
3. Psychological Tests
4. Physiological Measures. |
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1. Correlational
2. Experimental
3. Surveys
4. Case Studies
5. Naturalistic Observation |
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| Requirements of experimental research |
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1. Looking for cause and effect
2. can you manipulate and control variables
3. is it ethical to manipulate the varibales?
THEN IT IS AN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH |
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| Components of Correlational research |
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1. measure X
2. measure Y
3. statistically determine whether X and Y are related |
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| Essential characteristics of an experiment |
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1. manipulate one or more varibale
2. meaure whether this manipulation influences other varibles
3. Try to control extra factors that might influence outcome of experimental outcome |
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| How subjects are assigned to groups |
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1. Random Assignment
2. Counterbalancing |
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1. Confounding of variables
2. Placebo
3. experimenter expectancy
4. social desirability bias
5. sampling bias |
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| degree to which study can be generalized to other contexts. |
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| on a sclae of -1 to 1. closer to 1 or -1, indicates very strong relationship between 2 variables. Sign indicates positive or negative relationship. |
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unlikley that a finding happened by chance alone.
p<.05 |
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| degree to which an experiment supports clear causal conclusions |
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