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Psychology

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Is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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Behavior: actions reactions talking

Mental: thinking feeling remember

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Four primary goals

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1. Description: what is happening: what where to whom

2. Explanation: why is this happening

3. Prediction: when will it happen again- determine what will happen in future

4. Control: how can it be changed- modification of behavior

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Theory

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General explanation of a set of observations or facts

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Explanation

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Wilhelm wundt

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Apply scientific study to mind taught this in his lab to students beleived mind was made of thought experiences emotions

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What did he believe about the mind

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Objective introspection

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Process of measuring and examining your own thoughts and mental activities

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Wundt process

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Edward titchener

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Expanded on Wundt viewpoint calling his structuralism

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Wundt was his teacher

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Structuralism

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Focus of study structure of the mind

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What's focus is this to the mind

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William James

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Focused on how the mind functioned in the real world

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Focused on what about the mind

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Functionalism

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How people work play and adapt to their surroundings

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James viewpoint

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Gestalt psychology

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Studying whole patterns rather than prices of them the

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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

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Psychoanalysis

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Freudian the theory and therapy based on frued

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Psychotherapy

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Trained psychological professional help gain insight into a change in your behavior

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Skinner

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Came up with conditioning dog salivating with metronome

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Conditioning

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Reflexive response

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Dog salivating because of metranome

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Behaviorism

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Science of behavior that focuses on observation and behavior

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Psychodynamic perspective

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Focused on development of a sense of self and discovery of other motivation other than sexual

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Humanist

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Free will to choose destiney and strive for self actialization the achievement of full potential

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Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers

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Earliest and famous founders of humanists

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Cognitive psychology

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Focuses on how people think remember store and use info

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Cognitive perspective

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Focus on memory intelligence perception thought process problem solving language and learnong

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Cognitive neuroscience

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Study of physical workings of the brain & nervous system when engaged in memory thinking and other cognitive processes

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Sociocultural perspective

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Two areas of study social and cultural psychology

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Social psychology

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Study of groups social roles rules of social actions and relationships

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Cultural psychology

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Study of cultural norms values and expectations

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Biopsychology

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Study of the biological bases of behavior and mental processes

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Biopsychology perspective

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Human and animal behavior is seen as a direct result of events in the body

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Evolutionary perspective

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Focuses on biological bases for universal mental characteristics that all human share

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Psychologists

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Person no medical training but had a doctorate degree

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Psychiatrists

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Medical degree and is medical doctor specialized in psychological disorders

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Psychiatric social worker

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Trained in social work and has masters in that discipline

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Observer effect

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Animals or people won't behave normally

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Participant observation

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Observer participates with observed

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Observer bias

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Person observing already has their opinion about what they're going to see

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Blind observer

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Avoid bias observer doesn't know the research question

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Case study

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One individual is studied in great detail

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Representatives sample

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Randomly selected sample of subjects from a larger population of subjects

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Population

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Entire group in which researchers are interested in

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Courtesy bias

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Socially correct not true opinion don't want to offend anyone

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Correlation

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Measures of the relationship between two or more variables

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Variable

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Anything that can change or vary

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Correlation coefficient

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A # derived from formula for measuring a correlation and indicating strength and dorection

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Experiment

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Only way researchers can determine cause of behavior

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Operational definition

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Specifically names operation steps that experimenter use to control or measure variables

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Independent variable

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Variable manipulated by experimenter

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Dependent variable

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Variable that is the measurable response of subjects in experiment

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Confounding variables

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Variables that interfere

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Experimental group

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Group exposed to independent variable

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Control grpup

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Group with no treatment or little treatment but have no effect

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Random assignment

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Assign subjects to control or experiment randomly

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Placebo effect

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Expectations of participants in a study can influence behavior

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Experimenter effect

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Experimenter unintentionally influences results

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Single blind study

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Participants are blind in the study

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Double blind study

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Participant and experimenter are blind

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Critical thinking

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Making reasonable judgement