Psychology

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Formally, ______ is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental process.

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Psychology

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The orderly, systematic procedures that researers follow as they identify a research problem, design a study to investigatethe problem, collect and analyze date, draw conclusions and communicate findings.

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Scientific method

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A ___ is a general principal or set of principals proposed to explain how a numberof seperate facts are related

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Theory

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The process of repeating a study to verify research findings

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Replication

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A testable prediction about the conditions under which a paticular behavior or mental process may occur

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Hypothesis

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Research conducted to seek new knowledge and to explore and advance general scientific understanding

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Basic research

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research conducted specifically to solve practical problems and improve the quality of life.

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Applied research

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The first formal school of thought in psychology, aimed at analyzing the basic elements, or structure, of conscious mental experience

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Structuralism

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An early school of psychology that was concerned with how humans and animals use mental processes in adapting to there enviroment

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Functionalism

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The school of psychology that view observable, measurable behavior as the appropriate subject matter of psychology and emphysizes the key role of enviromentas a determinat behavior

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Behaviorism