Psy 210-52 Notes Ch 1

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Behaviorism

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The science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only.

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Psychodynamic Perspective

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Modern version of psychoanalysis thst is more focused on the development of sense of self and the discovery of motivation behind a person's behavior other than sexual motivations.

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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Study of the physical changes in the brain and nervous system during thinking.

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Objective Introspection

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The process of examing and measuring one's thoughts and mental activities.

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Psychology

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Scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

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Critical Thinking

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Making reasoned judgements about claims.

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Double-blind Study

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Study n which neither the experimenter nor the subjects kow if the subjects are in the experimental/ control group.

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Single-blind Study

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Study in which the sujects do not know if they are in the experimental or control group.

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Experimental Effect

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Tendency of the experimenter's expectations for a study to inintentionally influence the results of the study.

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Psychoanalyisis

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An insight therapy based on the theory of Freud, emphrasizing the revealing of unconscious conflicts; Freud's term for both the theory of personality and therapy based on it.

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Biopsychological Perspective

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Perspective that attributes human andd animal behavior the biological event occuring in the body, such as genetic influence, horomone, and the activity of the nervous system.

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Evolutionary Perspective

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Perspective that focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristic that all human share.

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Gestalt Psychology

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Early perspective in psychology focusing on perception and sensation of patterns and whole figures.

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Fucntionalism

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Early perspective in psychology associated w/ William James in which the focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play.

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Psychologist

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A professional w/ academic degree and specialized training in one or more areas of psychology.

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Psychiatrist

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A physician who specialized the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders.

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Psychiatric Social Worker

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A social worker w/ some training in therapy methods who focuses on on the environment condition that can have an impact on mental disorders, such as poverty, overcrowding stress, and drug abuse.

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Structuralism

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Early perspective in pschology associated w/ Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titcher, in which the focus of study iis the structure or basic elements of the mind.

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Scientific Approach

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System of gathering data so that bias and error in measurement are reduced.

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Hypothesis

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Tentative explanation of a phenomenon based observations.

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Replicate

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In research, repeating a study of experiment to see if the same results will be obtained in a n effort to demonstrate reliability of a result

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Observer Effect

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Tendency of people or animals to behave differently from normal when they know they are being observed.

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Participant Observation

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A natural observation in which the observer becomes a participant in the group being observed.

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Observer Bias

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Tendency of observers to see what they expect to see.

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Case Study

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Study of one individual in great detail.

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Representative Sample

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Randomly selected sample of subject from a larger population of subjects.

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Population

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The entire group of people or animals in which the research is interested.

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Correlation

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A measure of the relationship between 2 variables.

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Correlation Coefficient

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A number that represents the strength and direction of a relationship existing between two variables; number derived from the formula for measuring a correlation.

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Experiment

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A deliberate manipulation ofa varaiable to see if coresponding changes in behavior reult allowing the determination of cause-and-effect relationship.

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Operationalization

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Specific description of a variable of interest that allow it to be measured.

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Independent Variable

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Variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter.

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Dependent Variable

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Variable in an experiment that represent the measureable or behavior of the subjects in the experiment.

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Experimental Group

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Subjects in a experiment are subjected to the independent variable.

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What is Psychology?

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