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15 Cards in this Set
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formal definition of psychology
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"science of behavior and mental processes"
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ABC's of psychology
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A- affects
B- behaviors C- cognitions |
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4 goals of psychology
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1. description
2. explanation 3. prediction 4. control |
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2 late 19th century schools of thought
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structuralism- focus on structures/elements of mind (wundt)
functionalism- focus on functions of mind (james) |
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what qualifies something as a science?
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an organized body of knowledge, gained from scientific methods
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hypothesis
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testable idea
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theory
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testable explanation for a set of facts or observations
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operational
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specifying all aspects of the experiment in concrete
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behaviorism
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science of behavior
pavlov, skinner, watson |
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gestalt psych
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by studying only certain parts you lose content (wertheimer)
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psychoanalytic
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influence of unconscious and past experiences (freud)
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5-step process
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1. developing hypothesis
2. performing controlled tests 3. gathering data 4. analyzing results 5. publishing, refining, replicating |
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correlation coefficient
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index of relatedness b/n 2 variables
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experimental research
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investigating relationships b/n manipulated and measured events
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3 critical elements in an experiment
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1. independent variables
2. dependent variables 3. random assignment |
