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| the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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| the process of examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities |
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| early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind |
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| early perspective in psychology associated with William James, in which the focus of the study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play |
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| early perspective in psychology focusing on perception and sensation, particularly the perception of patterns and whole figures |
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| the theory and therapy based on the work of Sigmund Frued |
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| the study of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only |
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Psychodynamic
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| modern version of psychoananlysis that is more focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of motivations behind a person's behavior other than sexual motivations |
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| modern perspective that focuses on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning |
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| study of the physical changes in the brain and nervous system during thinking |
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Sociocultural
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| perspective that focuses on the relationship between social behavior and culure |
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Biopsychological
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| perspective that attributes human and animal behavior to biological events occuring in the body, such as genetic influences, hormones, and the activity of the nervous system |
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| perspective that focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share |
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| a professional with an academic degree and specialized training in one or more areas of psychology |
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| a medical doctor who has specialized in diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders |
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Psychiatric
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| a social worker with some training in the therapy methods who focuses on the enviromental conditions that can have an impact on mental disorders; such as poverty, over-crowding, stress, and drug abuse |
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| system of gathering data so that bias and error in measurement are reduced |
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| tentative explanation of a phenomenon based on observations |
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| in research, repeating a study or experiment to see if the same results will be obtained in an effort to demonstrate reliability of results |
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| tendency of people or animals to behave differently from normal when they know they are being observed |
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| a naturalistic observation in which the observer becomes a participant in the group being observed |
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| tendency of observers to see what they expect to see |
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| study of one individual in great detail |
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| randomly selected sample of subjects from a larger population of subjects |
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| the entire group of people or animals in which the researcher is interested |
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| a measure of the relationship between two variables |
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| a number derived from the formula for measuring a correlation and indicating the strength and direction of a correlation |
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| a deliberate manipulation of a variable to see if corresponding changes in behavior result, allowing the determination of cause and effect relationships |
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| definition of a variable of interest that allows it to be directly measured |
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variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the experiment
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| variable in an experiment that represents the measurable response or behavior of the subjects in the experiment |
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| subjects in an experiment who are subjected to the independent variable |
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| subjects in an experiment who are not subjected to the independent variable and who may recieve a placebo treatment |
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| process of assigning subjects to the experimental or control groups randomly, so that each subject has an equal chance of being in either group |
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| the phenomenon in which the expectations of the participants in a study can influence their behavior |
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| tendency of the experimenters expectations for a study to unintentionally influence the results of the study |
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| study in which the subjects do not know if they are in the experimental group or the control group |
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| Study in which neither the experimenter nor the subjects know if the subjects are in the experimental group or the control group |
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| making reasoned judgements about claims |
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