Chapter 1

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BEHAVIORISM

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the view that psycology (1) should be an objective sciene that (2) studies behavior wthout reference to mental processes. Most research psycologist agree with (1).

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PSYCHOLOGY

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the science of behavior and mental processes.

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NATURE-NURTURE ISSUE

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the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nuture.

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BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH

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an intergrated approach that incorpaorates biological, pschological, and social-levels of analyses.

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HINDSIGHT BIAS

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the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that we would have foreseen it.

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THEORY

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an explanation using an intergrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events.

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HYPOTHESIS

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a testable prediction, often impied by a theory.

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REPLICATION

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repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different particles in diferent situations, to see whether the basic finding extends to otherparticipants and circumstances.

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CASE STUDY

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an observation technique in which one person is studied in depththe hope of revealing universal principles.

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RANDOM SAMPLE

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a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclussion.

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CORRELATION

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the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other. the correlation coefficient is the mathematical expression of the relationship, ranging form -1 to +1.