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19 Cards in this Set
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5 enduring issues in psychology
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Person/Situation
Nature vs Nurture Stability vs Change Diversity vs Universiality Mind - Body |
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3 Stages of Psychology History
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Science of the mind - just starting to apply the scientific method
Behavorism - behavoir is most important Cognitive revolution - mental processes |
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Structuralism believed that thought could be broken down into these three components
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Physical sensation
feelings images |
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The cognitive revolution replaced the "tabula rosa" idea of a childs mind with...
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the perspective that children are aware, competent and social
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Cognitive Psychology uses this machine as a model...
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the computer
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Positive Psychology focuses on...
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what makes people flourish...families, work, environment, communities...
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Name 3 research methods...
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Correlational Research
Experimental Research Surveys |
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Theory is...
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a set of principles that explain and predict a set of facts.
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Facts are...
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things that are observed to be true.
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Hypothesis is...
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An educated guess (based on theory) that tries to predict an outcome.
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Good Theory has these qualities...
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Summarizes a wide range of facts
Makes very close predictions Can be confirmed or denied can be modified Generates new research suggests practical applications |
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Correlational Research allows us to...
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predict relationships or associations between variables.
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Reasons that we can't imply causality in a correlation...
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Directionality problems
Third variable problems |
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Experimental Research has these two types of variables
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Independent and Dependent
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In research you must do a series of studies to show causality... True or False?
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True
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Surveys use the following method to obtain information
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A questionnaire
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A representative sample must include..
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people that represent every person in the group that you want to apply results to.
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A convience sample is...
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a sample that is easily available.
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Problems with surveys include...
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Order of questions
Response options Wording of questions |
