1642277 Psych Unit 1

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Behavioral Psych.

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The study of how we learn to respond in certain ways to events, things, or other stimuli in our environment.

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Cognitive Psych

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Study of brain activities associated w/ thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

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Psychology

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The scientific study of the human mind and its functions

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Psycho-dynamic Psych

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Unconscious- Pool of mostly unacceptable thoughts thoughts, feelings, wishes, and memories.

Conscious- Pool of thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories that you are currently aware of.

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Science

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The systematic study of the natural world through observation and experiment.

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Philosophy

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The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.

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Developmental Psychology

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Study of how our behavior and thinking develop and change over time.

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Socio-cultural psych

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Study of how behavior and thinking can differ among cultures and situations.

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Mode

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Most frequent data point

(1,1,1,1,2,3,4)

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Median

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Middle data point

(1,1,1,(1),2,3,4)

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Mean

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Average of all data

Add them all up and divide by how many #'s

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Statistical Significance

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A result that's unlikely to have occurred by chance

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Descriptive Statistics

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Something that summarizes the data resulting from an experiment

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Probability

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How to say how likely it is for something to occur

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Hypothesis

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A testable prediction of what will happen in a particular situation

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Pseudo-science

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Belief about natural world that seems/appears to be based on observation/experimentation but isn't

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Conscious

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A pool of thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories that you are currently aware of

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Unconscious

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A pool of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories.

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Preconscious

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A pool of thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories that are not apart of your immediate awareness but can be recalled by conscious effort

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Basic Research Psych

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Experiments/ observations that aren't related to a particular individual, but are intended to build Psychology's knowledge base

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Applied Research Psychology

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Using psychological research to deal with practical problems of individuals or within an organization

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Normal Distribution

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Most probable spread data in statistics

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Bell Curve

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Picture/ drawing of a normal distribution of data that tells where all data falls

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Standard Deviation(SD)

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Measures most likely arrangement of data in statistics. Most data pools around the middle. 68% of all data is in one SD

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Correlation

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A way to show the relationship between two groups of data. Two pieces of data seem to have a relevant, consistent relationship(doesn't necessarily mean one caused the other)

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Population

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All of the members in a group being studied

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Sample

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Relatively small group(random or representative) chosen out of the population being studied

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Study by Observation

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Learning how people/animals interact by watching what they do normally w/o any interference

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Study by Experimentation

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Learning how people/animals interact by manipulating the situation in a specific way

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Independent Variable(I.V)

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Part of the situation/experiment that experimenters deliberately control to observe the effects

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Dependent Variable (D.V)

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Part of the situation/experiment that experimenters believe will be somehow affected by changes in the I.V

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Control Group

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Test group in experiment where no manipulation of the I.V takes place

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Experimental Group

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Test group involved in an experiment done w/ changes in the I.V

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Ethical Acts

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System of rules voluntarily accepted by a specific group or culture

Determined by groups

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Legal Acts

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System of rules of conduct REQUIRED by a particular culture

Determined by Congress

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Moral Acts

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Individual system of conduct based on an individual's personal standard of right and wrong

Determined by you

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Social - cultural psychology

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The study of how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures

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Counseling Psychology

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Help people cope with challenges and crises and to improve their personal and social functioning

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Clinical Psyhology

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Assess and treat mental, emotional, and behavior disorders

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Psychiatrists

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Often provide psychotherapy and are medical doctors license to prescribe drugs and otherwise treat physical causes of psychological disorders