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18 Cards in this Set
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What did Wundt do? |
The birth of psychology in Dec 1879. |
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Define psychology. |
The science of behavior & mental processes. |
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Psychology's current perspectives = |
Neuroscience; Evolutionary; Behavior genetics; Psychodynamic; Behavioral; Cognitive; Social-cultural. |
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Define psychologist. |
Study, assess & treat people, & basic research. |
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Define psychiatrist. |
MDs who provide medical treatments & psychological therapy. |
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Define hindsight bias. |
The I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon; both sides seem right. |
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Define case study. |
An observation technique in which one person/animal is studied in depth in hopes of revealing univeral principles. |
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Define naturalistic observation. |
Watching unobstrusively. |
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Define survey method. |
Looks at many surveys in less depth; a survey asks questions. |
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Define experiment. |
The manipulation of a factor to determine its effect. |
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Define correlation coefficient. |
Measures the extent to which changes in one factor/variable are accompanied by changes in the other. |
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Define independent variable. |
The factor change/manipulate, dependent variable is the one you watch for possible change. |
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Define random sample. |
Means everyone has an equal chance of being chosen for the experiment. |
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Define blind. |
Experimental procedure includes people that do not know who receives the experimental substance. |
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Define double blind. |
Experimental procedure includes people receiving a drug/placebo, those who administrators and data collectors do not know who gets what. |
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Selective attention is... |
Paying attention to what you want to pay attention to. |
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An experimental group is... |
...the group receiving the drug. |
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A control group is... |
...the group that receives the placebo (empty pill). |
