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Chap. 1 (definition then term)
Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
09/16/2007

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Term
Psychology
Definition
Study of behavior and mental processes
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Behavior
Definition
Overt- can be observed
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Mental processes
Definition
Covert- Can't be observed
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The barnum effect
Definition
a generalized answer e.g. horoscopes
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William Wundt
Definition
Father of Psychology
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Introspection
Definition
Looking inward, examining and reporting thoughts and feelings: it was inefficient
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William James
Definition
Wrote 1st psychology textbook, made psych legit.
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Functionalism
Definition
How mind helps us to adapt and survive
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Watson
Definition
Said psychologist must study behavior objectively, studied stimuli and little albert
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Bandura
Definition
the idea that our thought influence our behaviors
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Gestalt psychology
Definition
type of pyschology that studies thinking, learning and perceptionin whole units.
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Freud
Definition
First to say nature and nurture interact (biology and environment)
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Humanism
Definition
Focus's on the individual
(Rogers and maslew)
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biopsychology
Definition
all our behavior can be explained through psychological processes
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The scientific method
Definition
observation
def. of problem
proposing a hypothesis
gathering evidence
publishing results
building a theory
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Theories (must be falsifiable)
Definition
System of idead that interrelates facts and concepts
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Naturalistic observer
Definition
observe something in its environment
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coorelation study
Definition
non-experimental study to measure the relationship between 2 or more events
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Coorelation coefficient
Definition
stats ranging from -1.00 to +1.00. sign indicates direction of relationship
Term
a: positive coorelation
Definition
increases in one variable matched by the increase in the other

a: Positive corelation
b: negative corelation
c: No corelaition
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b: negative coorelation
Definition
increses in one variable matched by the decrease in the other

a: Positive corelation
b: negative corelation
c: No corelaition
Term
representative sampling
Definition
a small group that accurately reflects a larger population
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experimental group
Definition
group of subjects who get the independant variable
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control group
Definition
group of subjects who gets all conditions except the independant variable
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placebo
Definition
fake pill or drug
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courtesy bias
Definition
a tendancy to give positive answers, so not to hurt the observors feelings
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testimonials
Definition
Jared at subway. this is an example of a
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