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58 Cards in this Set
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behaviorism
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a field of psychology that concentrates on observable, measurable behaviors and not on mental processes
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Biopsychologist
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tries to explain behavior in terms of biological factors. chemical elecctrical on nervous system.
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clinical psychologist
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helps people with psychological problems
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behaviorism
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a field of psychology that concentrates on observable, measurable behaviors and not on mental processes
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cognition
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thinking and acquiring knowledge
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behaviorism
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a field of psychology that concentrates on observable, measurable behaviors and not on mental processes
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Biopsychologist
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tries to explain behavior in terms of biological factors. chemical elecctrical on nervous system.
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cognitive psychologist
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someone who studies thought processes and the acquisition of knowledge
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comparative psychologist
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a specialist who compares different animal species
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counseling psychologist
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helps people with educational, vocational, marriage, health-related, and other decisions
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determinism
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the assumption that all behavior has a cause, or determinant, in the observable world
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clinical psychologist
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helps people with psychological problems
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Biopsychologist
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tries to explain behavior in terms of biological factors. chemical elecctrical on nervous system.
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developmental psychologist
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studies the the behavioral capacities of different ages and how behavior changes with age
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cognition
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thinking and acquiring knowledge
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clinical psychologist
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helps people with psychological problems
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cognitive psychologist
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someone who studies thought processes and the acquisition of knowledge
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dualism
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the view that the mind is separate from the brain
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cognition
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thinking and acquiring knowledge
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cognitive psychologist
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someone who studies thought processes and the acquisition of knowledge
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comparative psychologist
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a specialist who compares different animal species
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ergonomist
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psychologist with engineering skills works to facilitate
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comparative psychologist
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a specialist who compares different animal species
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counseling psychologist
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helps people with educational, vocational, marriage, health-related, and other decisions
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evolutionary psychologist
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one who tries to explain behavior in terms of the evolutionary history of the species
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counseling psychologist
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helps people with educational, vocational, marriage, health-related, and other decisions
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determinism
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the assumption that all behavior has a cause, or determinant, in the observable world
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forensic psychologist
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ne who provies advice and consultation to police, lawayers, courts, etc
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determinism
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the assumption that all behavior has a cause, or determinant, in the observable world
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developmental psychologist
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studies the the behavioral capacities of different ages and how behavior changes with age
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free will
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behavior is caused by a person's independent decisions
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deman characteristics
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cues that tell a subject what is expected of him or her and what the experimenter hopes to find
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dependent variable
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the item that an experimenter measures to determine how changes in the independent varibale affect it
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developmental psychologist
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studies the the behavioral capacities of different ages and how behavior changes with age
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descriptive statistics
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mathematical summaries of results such as measures of the average and the amount of variation
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functionalism
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an attempt to understand how mental processes produce useful behaviors
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dualism
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the view that the mind is separate from the brain
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falsifiable
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making sufficently precise predictions that we can at least imagine evidence that would contradict the theory
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independent variable
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in an experiment the item that an experimenter manipulates to determine how it affects the dependent variable
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induction
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the process of inferring a general principle from observations
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dualism
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the view that the mind is separate from the brain
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inferential statistics
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statements about large populations based on inferences from small samples
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meta-analysis
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a procedure that combines the results of many studies and analyzzes them as though they were all one very large study
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ergonomist
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psychologist with engineering skills works to facilitate
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ergonomist
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psychologist with engineering skills works to facilitate
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evolutionary psychologist
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one who tries to explain behavior in terms of the evolutionary history of the species
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evolutionary psychologist
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one who tries to explain behavior in terms of the evolutionary history of the species
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forensic psychologist
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ne who provies advice and consultation to police, lawayers, courts, etc
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forensic psychologist
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ne who provies advice and consultation to police, lawayers, courts, etc
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free will
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behavior is caused by a person's independent decisions
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free will
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behavior is caused by a person's independent decisions
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functionalism
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an attempt to understand how mental processes produce useful behaviors
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functionalism
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an attempt to understand how mental processes produce useful behaviors
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industrial psychology
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the psychological study of poeple at work
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introspection
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looking within oneself
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learning and motivation
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the study of how behavior depends on the outcomes of past behaviors and on current motivations
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monism
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the view that consciousness is inseparable from the physical brain
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psychiatry
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a branch of medicine that deals with emotional disturbances
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