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21 Cards in this Set
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What are the five reasons this class is required for all concentrations? |
1. Assisting you in other psychology classes 2.Conducting an original Research Project 3.Conducting a Research Project after Graduation 4.Getting into graduate school. 5. Becoming a Knowledgeable consumer of research. |
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Definition of Psychology |
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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why is research methods and statistics essential to the study of psychology |
psychology is based on research |
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what are the ten steps of the research process |
1.Finding a Problem 2.Literature Review 3.Theoretical considerations 4.Hypothesis 5.Research plan 6.Conducting Project 7.Analyzing Findings 8.Decisions about Findings 9.Preparing the Report 10.Sharing Results |
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What is a Theory? |
a theory is a formal statement of relation among the relevant variables in a particular research area. |
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What are the two uses of a theory? |
Organization & Direction of Research |
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What is a hypothesis? |
Attempts to state a specific relations within a selected portion of a larger more comprehensive research area or theory. |
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How are theories and hypotheses related to one another? |
Hypothesis supports theories |
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What are four goals of psychology? |
Description(Problem Identification) , Explanation(Theory) , Prediction(Prediction),Control(Control) |
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Tenacity |
Continued Presentation of a particular bit of info. |
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Intuition |
Info accepted as true because "it feels right" hunch and instinct |
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Authority |
accepting knowledge from authority figures (parents teachers, spiritual leaders) |
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Observation-Empericism |
Learning through direct observation and experience |
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Rationalism/Deduction |
seek answers by logical reasoning |
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Science |
systematic study through observation and experiment |
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Availability Heuristic |
A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given persons mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method,or decision. Experiencing a memorable event and then overestimating the probability of its future occurrence |
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Belief Bias |
Occurs when we make illogical conclusions in order to confirm our preexisting beliefs |
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Confirmation Bias |
refers to a type of selective thinking whereby one tends to notice and to look for what confirms ones beliefs. Also ignores contrary info. |
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What are the four characteristics of scientific knowledge? |
1. Science is Objective 2.Science is Data Driven 3.Science is replicable and verifiable 4.Science is Public |
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What is pseudoscience? |
Term applied to field of inquiry that appears to use scientific methods and tries hard to give that impression. |
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How do we recognize pseudoscience? |
We recognize it when its based on inadequate, unscientific methods and makes claims that are false and/or simplistic they don't meet the 4 characteristics of scientific knowledge. |
