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Wilhelm Wundt |
The ball experiment |
Observation |
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Structuralism |
Used observation to review the structure of the human mind |
Observation |
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Functionalism |
Explored how mental and behavioral processes function how they enable the organisms to adapt survive and flourish |
behavior |
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Behaviorist psychologist |
You can observe and record people's behavior as they respond to different situations |
Behavior |
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Humanistic psychologist |
Drew attention to how our environment affects our mood for love and affection |
Environment |
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Cognitive psychologist |
Explore how one perceives processes and remembers information and why we get anxious or stressed |
Information |
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psychology |
The science of behavior and mental |
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Nature vs nurture |
Nature created by Charles Darwin is traits become part of you of your natural thoughts biology and genetics Plato Nature created by John Locke we adapt the mind is a blank state Aristotle |
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Three main levels of analysis |
Biology psychology and social |
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Hindsight bias |
You believe it to be what you were expecting knew it all along |
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Overconfidence error |
Your ego gets in the way I am sure I am correct |
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Scientific attitude |
Curiosity skeptical humility |
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Critical thinking |
Be careful style of forming and evaluating knowledge more simply than just intuition |
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Scientific method |
Turning theories and testable prediction gathering information and then analyze whether the data fits |
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Theory |
The big picture |
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Hypothesis |
A testable prediction |
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Replicating |
Replicate the study get the same results it becomes more valid |
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Descriptive method |
Observation of certain people and observe them |
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Random sampling |
It is make sure all population has an equal chance |
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Correlation |
A measure of how closely two factors vary together |
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Correlation coefficient |
Example height vs shoe size |
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Experimentation |
Manipulating one factor to determine is situations affect |
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Control group |
Same as experimental but they don't get the treatment |
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A blind procedure |
The patient doesn't know he or she has the placebo |
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Double-blind procedure |
The patient nor the researchers know |
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