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| The study of how the brain works |
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| Studies behavior and mental processes in social settings |
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| Studies thinking processes |
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| Scientific study of changes over time |
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| K-12 school system. Related to student success |
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| Specialist in measurements. Professor |
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| Hybrid. Studies business efficiency problems. Employee evaluations |
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| 1879. W. Wundt. German, became interested in the mind and wanted to study the perception of the mind. Was interested in the structure of mental experience. |
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| Looking within one's self. |
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| 1890's. W. James, went to Harvard. His cousin was Charles Darwin, and he studied his cousin's book and he wondered if the ideas in the book could be applied to humans. He wanted to know about the function of the mind. Love, dreams, fear? |
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| B.F. Skinner and J. Watson. 1920's. |
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| S. Freud, his biggest influence was Europe. Theory of human behavior and emotion, thought it was driven by biological drive. Felt early years were crucial. |
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| 1960's-1970's. Introduced methods of exploring the cognitive processes. (Evidence based, needed proof. It's more recent) |
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| Good theories must have four things: |
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| 1.) Fit all known facts as they exist in this moment in time. 2.) Predict discoveries. 3.) Be falsifiable. 4.) Be most parsimonious. Start simple and then build complexity. |
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| Scientific Method of Psychology |
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| 1.) ID the problem, set up cause and effect relationship among variables. 2.) Design and carry out a true experiment (manipulate one variable and measure another)3.) Determine the truth of the findings (statistical data analyses) 4.) Disseminate results. |
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| It is being observed. A change in independent is hoping to alter dependent. |
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| Common Concerns with psychological testing |
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| Operational definitions. Making sure everything is specific. Random sampling and assignments to groups. Demand characteristics: blind vs. double blind. (not telling the person what they are getting or doing) |
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| Think 50 first dates. That was his condition. |
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| First person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's |
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| thorough descriptions of a single person with a rare condition |
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| Careful documentation of a behavior in its natural setting. |
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| questionnaires of beliefs, attitudes, behavior, etc. |
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| examine the relationship between two or more variables. |
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| quantifying relationships between two variables. Stats the measure of strength and direction of that relationship. |
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| Goes up, goes down. Golf. |
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| Goes up, goes up. Studying. |
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| The study of the brain and behavior and their relationships. |
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| Function to receive, store, and transmit information. They make up about half of the stuff in your brain. |
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| Make up the other half of your brain in volume. Insulation of the cells. Control the environment in which neurons work. 10 neurons to every 1 glia |
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