Psych Test

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a detailed description of a particular person being studied or treated

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case study

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researchers carefully study and systematically record behavior without interfering with the study

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observational study

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purpose how long people or animals behave in their natural enviroments

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naturalistic observational study

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observe people and animals behaving in more controlled settings

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lab observational study

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3 characteristics of a good test

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standardization, reliability, and validity

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test is contructed to include uniform procedures for giving and scoring the test
(characteristc of a good test)

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standardization

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scores achieved on the test at one time and place should be consistent with the scores achieved at another time and place
(characteristic of a good test)

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reliability

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ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure
(characteristic of a good test)

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validity

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the variable you control in an experiment

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independent variable

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the result that depends on the other variable

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dependent variable

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distinctive and relatively stable pattern of behaviors, thoughts, motives, and emotions that characterizes and indvidual

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Personality

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a characteristic of an individual, describing, a habitual way of behaving, thinking, and feeling

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Traits

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operaytes according to the PLEASURE PRINCIPLE

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ID

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operates according to the REALITY PRINCIPLE

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EGO

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more idea, conscience

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SUPEREGO

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theories that explain behavior and personality in terms of unconscious dynamics within the individual

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Psychodynamic theories

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two-way interaction between aspets of the enviroemnt and aspects of the individual in the shaping of personality triats

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Reciprocal Determinism

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aspects of individual in RD

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temperment, learned habits, perceptions

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aspects of situation in RD

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oppertunites, rewards, punishments

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program of shared rules that govern the behavior of members of a society

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culture

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culture in which the self is regarded as autonomous nad indivdual goals in wishes

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individualistic culture

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cultures in which the self is regarded as embedded in relationshps
harmony in group is prized

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collectivest culuture

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time is sequential and important in culture

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monochronic culture

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schedules are less valued then people

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plychronic cultures

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a discredited theory that different brain areas account for specific character and personality traits, which can be"ready" from bumbs on the skull

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phrenology

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perspective that focuses on how bodily events affect behavior, feelings ,and thoughts

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biological perspective

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perspective that is concerned with how the enviroment and experience affect a persons actions

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learning perspective

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perspective that emphasizes on what goies on in people's heads, (how they reason, remember everything)

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cognitive perspective

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perspective that focuses on social and cultural forces outside the individual

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sociocultural perspective

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perspective that deals with unconcious dynamics within the individual

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psychodynamic perspective

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range of coefficiant correlation

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-1 to 1

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a descriptive study that looks for a relationship btween two phenomena

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correlation study

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tells how clustered or spread out the individual scores are around the mean

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standard deviation

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the concept of a kid wanting to get rid of the same sex parent to marry the other

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oedipus complex

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the central problem in life is to find a blance between the need ofr independence and need for others

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obeject relations theories

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standardized questionnaires that require qriting responses

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objective tests

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process which children learn the attitudes and behaviors expected of them by society

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socialization

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when you cannot take another person point of view becuase their thinking is diff than yours

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egocentric

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then notion that pysical properties do not change when their forms or appearnces change, balls of clay squished

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conservation

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a theory when parents appeal fo the childs own abilityes, empathy (not spanking)

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inductions

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a common network of belifs and expectations about what it means to be male or gemale and about what heach is sex is uppsed to do wear, feel, and think

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gneder schema

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the capacity for deductive reasoning and the ability to use new info to solve problems

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fluid intelligence

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consists of the knowledge and skills that are built up over a lifetime, arithmitic, defintions

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crystallized intelligence