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18 Cards in this Set
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Edward Bradford Titchener |
Used introspection and structuralism |
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Wilhelm Wundt |
established first psychology laboratory, created reaction time experiment. |
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Sigmund Freud |
Developed an influential theory of personality |
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B.F Skinner and Watson |
Rejected introspection, studied how consequences shape behavior |
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William James |
Functionalist |
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Structuralism |
Used introspection to explore the structure of the human mind |
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Functionalism |
How our mental and behavioral processes function |
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Dependent variable |
The variable that may change in response to manipulations in the independent variable |
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Standard deviation |
A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score |
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Statistical significance |
A statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance |
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Mode |
The most frequently occurring scores |
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Range |
The difference between the highest and lowest scores |
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Double blind procedure |
The research staff and participants are blind about whether the participants have received the treatment or a placebo |
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Placebo effect |
If it costs more to us, it will seem more "real" |
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Illusory correlation |
The perception of a relationship where none exists, people tie events together like that getting wet and cold causes us to get sick, they see patterns that aren't there |
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Replication |
Repeating studies with different participants in different situations to see if the finding extends to others |
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Operational definition |
Defining the same prospect in different ways to hinder peoples view on it |
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Mean |
Adding all of the scores and dividing by the number of scores |
