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| the view that knowledge originates from experience |
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| psychology that uses introspection to explore the human mind |
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| how our mental and behavioral processes function |
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| the study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method |
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| the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. most psychologists today believe in (1) but not (2) |
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| the perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the person potential for personal growth |
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| the study of the brain linked with cognition |
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| the science of behavior and mental processes |
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| controversy of the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors |
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| the principal that among the range of inherited trait variations, those used for survival will be passed along to future generations |
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| the differing complementary views from biological to psychological to social- cultural for analyzing any given phenomenon |
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| an integrated level of approach that uses biological, psychological and social-cultural to analyze info |
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| studies links between biological and psychological studies |
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| the study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using natural selection |
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| studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses that information to treat psychological disorders |
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| study of observable behavior |
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| study of all mental activities associated with learning, thinking, remembering, and communicating |
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| social-cultural psychology |
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| study of how situations and cultures affect our behaviors and thinking |
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| study of he measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits |
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| science that aims to increase the knowledge base |
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| study od physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the lifespan |
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| study of how psychological processes affect teaching and learning |
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| study of a persons characteristic pattern of thinking, feeing, and acting |
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| the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another |
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| study that aims to solve practical problems |
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| industrial-organizational psychology |
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| the application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces |
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| study of how people and machines interact and the design of safe and easily used machines and environments |
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| assist with people with problems living and achieving greater well being |
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| studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders |
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| branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorder |
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| the tendency to believe , after learning the outcome (I knew it all along) |
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| thinking that doesn't blindly accept arguments and conclusions |
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| organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events |
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| a statement of procedures used to define research variables. ex: human intelligence may be operationally defined as what an intelligence test measures |
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| repeating the essence of a research study , usually with different participants in different situations to see if the basic finding extends to other participants in different circumstances |
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| one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principal |
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| a technique for ascertaining the self reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group. usually by questioning a random sample of the group. |
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| all of the cases in the group being studied, from which samples may be drawn |
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| a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion |
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| observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to control and manipulate the situation |
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| a measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other |
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| a statistical index of the relationship between two things ( from -1 to +1). |
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| a graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables. the slope of the points suggest the relationship between the two variables. |
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| the perception of a relationship where none exists |
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| a research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process. |
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| assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to different groups |
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| an experimental procedure in which both the participants and the staff are (blind) about whether the research participants have received the treatment or a placebo. commonly used in drug evaluation studies |
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| experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition, which the recipient assumes is an active agent |
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| in an experiment, the group that exposed to the treatment (independent variable) |
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| the group not exposed to treatment in the experiment (dependent variable) |
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| the experimental factor that is manipulated ; the variable whose effect is being studied |
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| a factor other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in the experiment |
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| the outcome factor ; the variable may change in response to the independent factor |
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| the difference between the highest and lowest number |
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| a computed measure of how many scores vary around the mean score |
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| a symmetrical, bell shaped curve; describes the distribution of data |
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| how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance |
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| the enduring behaviors, ideas, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next |
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| an ethical principal that research participants are told to enable them to decide if they want to participate or not |
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| the postexperimental explanation of a study, including its purpose and any deceptions |
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