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| humans rarely do anything for one reason alone |
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| the relative contribution of biology versus our experiences to our behavior |
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| the scientific study of behavior and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism's physical state, mental state, and external environment |
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| describe, understand, predict, and control behavior |
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| through research or investigations, new knowledge is acquired about numerous topics and behaviors |
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| done simply for the pursuit of knowledge |
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| n this case there s a specific problem somewhere for which and intervention of some sort would be helpful |
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| Adams, Wright, & Lohr (1996) |
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| reported that University of Georgia male students who expressed strong "homophobic" attitudes were found to be sexually aroused when watching a 4 minute video depicting gay men having sex |
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| Adams, Wright, & Lohr (1996) |
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| reported that University of Georgia male students who expressed strong "homophobic" attitudes were found to be sexually aroused when watching a 4 minute video depicting gay men having sex |
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| program-evaluation research |
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| research conducted to test if a program is effective |
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| how many different types of psychologists? |
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| something we think exists, have difficulty proving that it exists, and the only evidence we have for its existence is based on the information provided to us by some instrument that measures its existence |
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