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2 disciplines from which psychology emerged
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philosophy and physiology
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systematic observation is to physiology as pure reasoning is to
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philosophy
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the main contribution of physiology to the eventual emergence of psychology as a discipline was its:
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emphasis on the scientific method as the primary means of collecting info about behavior
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which early approach to psychology concentrated on breaking down conscious experience?
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structuralism
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what was the term used by william james to describe a continuous flow of thought?
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stream of consciousness
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who proposed that the study of consciousness be replaced with the study of behavior?
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watson
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"organisms tend to repeat responses htat have favorable outcomes" would likely be said by who?
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skinner
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if you were having problems with depresion, which type of pschologist would be most helpful for you?
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clincal
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"why do we like some people more than others?" is a question that what type of psychologit would most likely ask?
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social
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nature is to nurture as heredity is to:
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environment
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with regard to subjectivity, the scientific method is designed to:
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counteract it
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the SQ3R method is effective because:
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it breaks a reading assingment down into manageable segments and requires understanding before moving on
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measurable conditions, events, characteristics, or behaviors controlled or observed in a study are called:
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variables
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researchers use statistics to:
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analyze the emperical data collected in a study
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the prupose of the control group is to:
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isolate the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable
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what technique would allow a researcher to draw a cause-and-effect conclusion?
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an experiment
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what are the advantages of descriptive/correlational research?
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it can often be used in circumstances in which an experiment would be unethical
it permits researchers to examin subjects' behavior in natural circumstances it can demonstrate that 2 variables are related |
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what measure the variability of a data set?
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standard deviation
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the correlation coefficient is a measure of:
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the degree of relationship btwn 2 variables
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meta-analysis:
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combines the statistical resulta of many studies of the same question
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population:
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is that group of people to whome the conclusion of the study will apply
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a sample is representative if:
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its composition is similar to that of the population
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the abstract of a journal article provides:
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a concise summary of the sntire article
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the basic communication links of the nervous system are the:
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neurons
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which neurons carry messages from the brain to the muscles of the body?
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motor
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