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| This early "school" of thought in psychology attempted to examine the basic elements of consciousness and how these elements are related |
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| A _____ occurs when the sample of a study is not representative of the population under study |
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| In the nervous system, which cells receive, integrate, and transmit information? |
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| This Austrian physician established the concept of the unconscious and psychoanalytic theory |
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| Method for examining the structure of consciousness involved systematically observing one's own conscious experiences |
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| When two genes pair are the same, it is called a ________ gene pair. When they are different, it is called a _____ gene pair |
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| type of statistics uses the laws of probability to interpret and draw conclusions from data |
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| Statistically significant |
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| In experimental research, when the probability that an observed effect is due to chance factors is very low (usually 5 out of 100), researchers call the effect ____ |
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a. .1 b -.79 c .53 d -.01
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| The ____ effect is observed when participant expectations, rather than the actual treatment, influence the results of the study |
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| Considered by most to be the "father of American Psychology" |
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| A tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables |
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| Peripheral nervous system |
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| Branch of the nervous system involves all the nerves that lie outside of the brain and spinal cord |
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| Norepinephrine, Serotonin, Dopamine |
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| Part of the monoamine family |
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| A system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations |
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| Measurement, description, understanding, prediction, application, and control |
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| A ___ is how a researcher clarifies precisely and specifically what is meant by any variable in his/her study |
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| Internal chemicals that resemble opiates in structure and effect and serve pain management functions are called... |
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| Branch of the peripheral nervous system connects to organ systems and controls involuntary functions |
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| Area of psychology emphasizes the unique qualities of people, especially free will and potential for growth |
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| Condition or event that an experimenter manipulates in order to see its impact on another variable is called the... |
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| Variable that is thought to be affected by another variable is called the... |
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| Theory attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on the unconscious determinants of behavior |
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| Design with same grp of students for control and variable grp |
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| Type of design allows the examination of interactions among independent variables |
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| naturalistic observation, survey/interview procedures, case studies |
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| Type of descriptive/correlation research |
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| Researchers use ____ to organize, summarize, and interpret numerical data |
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| Measure of Central Tendency |
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| In a typical neuron, ___ receive information from other neurons, while the ___ transmits information to other neurons |
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| This early "school" of thought, led by William James, focused on the purpose of consciousness |
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| Type of descriptive statistic indicates whether two variables are associated |
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| Area of psychology examines behavior in terms of its adaptive value for members of a species |
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| Lobe of the brain houses the primary visual cortex |
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| A person's ___ is their genetic makeup, whereas their ____ is how a person's genetic makeup manifests in observable characteristics and behavior |
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| Adoption studies, family studies, twin studies |
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| Method behavioral genetics uses to assess the heritability of a particular trait |
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| The first person to propose that psychology became an independent discipline and established the first psychology research lab in Germany |
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| Describes a shift in the electrical charge in the interior of a neuron that travels along the axon |
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Developmental
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cognitive
personality
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| major research areas within psychology |
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| A chemical that mimics the action of a neurotransmitter |
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| A chemical that opposes the action of a neurotransmitter |
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| Term refers to how much scores in a data set vary from each other and the mean |
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| the collection of subjects selected for observation in a study |
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| the much larger group that researchers want to generalize about |
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| Area where two neurons (neuronal junction) |
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| In the nervous system, cells provide various types of support, including structural support and myelination of axons |
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