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Psychology
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The science of behavior and cognitive processes.
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Evolutionary Psychology
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A new branch of psychology, suggesting that as a result of evolution, Human beings possess a number of evolved psychological mechanisms that help (or once helped) us deal with important problems relating to survival.
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Multicultural Perspective
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A perspective that clearly recognizes the potential importance of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, religious orientation, and many other social and cultural dimensions.
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Confirmation Bias
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The tendency to notice and remember primarily information that lends support to our views.
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Availability Heuristic
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A mental shortcut suggestion that the easier it is to bring something to mind the more frequent or important it is.
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Critical Thinking
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Thinking that avoids blindly accepting conclusions or arguments and, instead, closely examines all assumptions, evidence, and conclusions.
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Systematic Observation
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A basic method of science in which the natural world, or various events or processes in it, are observed and measured in a very careful manner.
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Case Method
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A method or research in which detailed information about individuals is used to develop general principles about behavior.
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Survey Method
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A research method in which large numbers of people answer questions about aspects of their views or their behavior.
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Sampling
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With respect to the survey method, sampling refers to the methods used to select persons who respond to the survey.
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Correlational Method (of research)
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A research method in which researchers attempt to determine whether and to what extent different variables are related to each other.
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Experimentation (the experimental method of research)
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A research method in which researchers systematically alter one of more variables in order to determine whether such changes influence some aspect of behavior.
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Independent Variable
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The variable that is systematically changed in the experiment.
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Dependant Variable
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THe variable that is measured in the experiment
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Random Assignment of Participants to Experimental Conditions
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Assuring that all research participants have an equal chance of being exposed to each level of the independent variable(i.e., of being assigned to each experimental condition).
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