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the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
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psychology
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the process of objectively examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities
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objective introspection
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early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchner, in which the focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind.
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structuralism
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early perspective in psychology associated with William James, in which the focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play
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functionalism
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modern version of psychoanalysis that is more focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of other motivations behind a person's behavior than sexual motivations
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psychodynamic perspective
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the "third force" in psychology that focuses on those aspects of personality that make people uniquely human, such as subjectie feelings and freedom of choice
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humanistic perspective
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the science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only
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behaviorism
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modern perspective that focuses on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning
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cognitive perspective
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variable in an experiment that represents the measurable response or behavior of the subjects in the experiment
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dependent variable
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variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter
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independent variable
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subjects in an experiment who are not subjected to the independent variable and who may receive a placebo treatment
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control group
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subjects in an experiment who are subjected to the independent variable
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experimental group
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observing something in its natural environment
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naturalistic observation
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study of one individual in great detail
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case study
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a measure of the relationship between two variables
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correlation
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the phenonomenon in which the expectations of the participants in a study can influence their behavior
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placebo effect
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making resoned judgements about claims
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critical thinking
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study in which neither the experimenter nor the subjects knows if the subjects are in the experimental or the control group
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double blind study
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study in which the subjects do not know if they are in the control group or the experimental group
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single blind study
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perspective that attributes human and animal behavior to biological events occuring in the body
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biopsychological perspective
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