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12 Cards in this Set
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law of parsimony
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simple explanations are preferred to complex explanations. adopt the simplest explanation, that requires fewest assumptions.
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things to consider when someone makes a claim
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are they biased?
evaluate the authority of the person. Credibility doesn't always transfer from one field of expertise to another. |
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detective questions
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what is the claim and who is making it?
is the statement based on scientific observations? what do statistics reveal? |
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placebo effect
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possotive effects associated with a persons beliefs and attitude toward a drug they are given even when it contains no active ingredients
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case study
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Sigmund Freud
in depth analysis of one person |
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naturalistic observation
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study of behavior in its typical setting with no attempt to alter it
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structuralism
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earliest approach in modern psychology associated with titchener. it's goal was to analyze basic elements of conscious behavior.
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functionalism
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focus on the purpose of the consciousness
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introspection
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Structural psychogists major method, in which participants reported the contents of their conscious experience
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who founded psychology?
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Wilhelm Winston 1832-1920 first psychology lab
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Getstalt psychology
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our perception of a whole is different from our perception of the individual stimuli
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Ivan Pavlov
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Behavioral psychology
studies of digestion in dogs led to important observations about how animals associate events in their environment |
