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18 Cards in this Set
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Operational definition
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how we are going to measure that variable “# of times person hits wall with fist=operational definition of anger”
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Evolutionary psychology
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much of our behavior can be explained by evolutionary psychology
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Genetic predispositions
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DO HAVE: bipolar, scitzophrenia, alcoholism, depression
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Behaviorism
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behaviors can be described scientifically
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Ergonomics
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making things more user friendly
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IO psychology
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psych in the workplace
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Big Five-personality traits
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openness to experience, introversion, extroversion, agreeableness, consciousness
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Humanistic psychology
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help people reach full potential as human beings
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Effectiveness of anti-depressive drugs
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effective in the short term for 75% of people; psychotherapy has best long-term outcomes
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Cognitive dissonance
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when attitudes don’t match behavior; the anxiety we experience when we realize this
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Nature vs. nurture
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Nature-born to be the person you’re going to be
Nurture-environment molded who you are MOST BEHAIVORS ARE CAUSED BY A MIX OF BOTH NATURE AND NURTURE |
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Random assignment
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each participant has the chance to be a dependant or independent (which condition stick participants in)
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random sampling
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random participants In psych studies. (who will be in study)
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**Indentify classical/operant conditioning
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Operant-rewards and punishments (control over consequences)
Classical-stimulus response (ring bell and dog salivates) |
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Types of therapies
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TEXTBOOK; humanistic, cognitive, psychoanalysis-freud, behavior-changing behavior , eric Ericson=trust vs mistrust (social development)
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Id ego
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sigmand freud; instant gratification
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Superego
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sense of right and wrong
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Internal/external attributions
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someone cuts you off on highway;
internal attribution- “I don’t believe that jerk cut me off” (blame it on him, his personality, his character) External attribution-“that guy just cut me off, he must be in a hurry” (blame it on external things... setting, environment, situation) |
