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18 Cards in this Set
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Psychology
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the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
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Darwin
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nature selects traits that best enable the organism ti survive and reproduce in a particular environment
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Nature
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personalities are influenced by genetic factors and remain consistent across the life span
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Nuture
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we are all essentially the same ant birth and we are all products of our experiences
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clinical psychologist
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study, assess, and treat people with disorders using psychotherapy
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psychiatrist
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medical professionals who use treatments like drugs and sometimes psychotherapy to treat psychologically diseased patients
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medical psychologist
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clinical psychologists who have earned their master’s degree in psychopharmacology and can prescribe psychotropic medications
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Hindsight Bias
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a tendecy to believe, after learning about an outcome that we would have foreseen
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overconfidence
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as individuals we tend to think we know more than we actually do
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judgment confidence
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illustrate the limits of everyday intuition and our need for scientific inquiry and critical thinking
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illusory correlation
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seeing a relationship where none exists
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The Scientific Method
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theory
hypothesis testable disporvable research |
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theory
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predicts behavior or events through an integrated set of principles
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random sampling
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if each member has an equal chance of inclusion into a sample from a population
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scatterplots
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a graph comprised of points that are generated by values of two variables. The slope of the points depicts the direction, while the amount of scatter depicts the strength of the relationship
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Experimental
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Manipulate the independent variable and observe its effect on the dependent variable
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Independent Variable
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manipulated by the experimenter, and whose effect is being studied
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Dependent Variable
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may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.
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