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| Lots of behaviors can't be obsserved and animals are not the same as humans |
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| Psychosynamic/Psyanalyical |
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- Behavior happens but we don't know why
- dream interpertation
- free association
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| father of Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytical psychology |
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| indentify manifest(shows) andlateut(interpertaton) content |
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| first thing that comes to your mind when you hear a word |
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- similar to postive psych.
- dream interpertain and free association
- unconditional positive regard and personal growth
- warm fuzzy people
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| Unconscious Schools of Thought |
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- Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytical
- Humanism
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| Delevopmental Psychologists |
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- study changes across the lifespan
- child,adolescent,and geriactric
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- Clinical
- Developmental
- Biopsycholgist
- Experimental/Research
- Cognitve
- Social
- Industrial/Organizational
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- study and treat psychologicaly troubled humans and animals
- use therapy
- can't prescribe meds
- only group that has a license
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| Biopsychologist/ Physiological/Neuropsychologist |
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- link between biology and behavior
- CHI-closed head injury
- Alzheimers
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| Experimental/Research Psychologists |
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| use computers and look at MRI's and Cat Scans |
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- Study group behavior
- inner personal
- gangs
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| Industrial/Organizational Psychologists |
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- have social and clinical skills
- big business
- complete interviews for companies
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- focus on personal strength and self esteem
- philosophical perspective
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- Father of Adolecense
- Fuctionalism
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| thinking about your own thoughts |
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- breaking down and putting back together.
- Consious thoughts
- introspection
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- scientific knowledge
- systematic and objective (without bias)
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- purpose: Charles Darwin
- if they don't serve a purpose they will drop out
- introspection
- helps us adapt to enviroment
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| experiences based on our past;subjective;not scientific |
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| science of human and animal behavior both normal and abnormal |
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| the persistance of a superstition |
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- Describe
- Predict
- Explain
- Control
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| caregivers tell you things to keep you safe |
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| Conscious Types ofPsychology |
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- Stucturalism
- Functionalism
- Behaviorism
- Cognitiv
- Evolutionary
- Positive Psychology
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| physiology and philosophy |
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- Computer nerds
- computer model human behavior
- process info.
- how we think and behave by computers
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- Father of Psychology
- German
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- natural selection
- success rate= number of children you have
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- We have to be systematic and objective
- started with animal research
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| founders of cognitive Psychology |
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| any measurable event, condition, characteristic or behavior that has more thanone level and can be controlled or observed |
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| Selection/Subject Variable |
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- naturally occuring
- CAN NOT be changed
- EX: race, gender, right hand or left hand
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- CAN be changed
- at least two levels
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| measures the outcome of the behavior |
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educated guess;tentative statement
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| If there is no independent variable use a_________ technique. |
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- systematic observation of one rare case
- weakest of Research
- least scientific
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- Distinguished or undisguished
- you particpate and observe
- become part of the group
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- unethical
- join the group and observe without telling them
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participate in the group while telling them what you are doing
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| Naturalistic observations |
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- aka nonstructured field observations
- unobtrusive
- observe systematicallyin a naturalsetting
- not lying
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- set up the situation but don't participate
- just observe
- more than one observer
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- watching through two way mirrors
- used a lot with children
- child abuse cases
- marketing
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| look at information already out there |
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| AKA self-report techniques |
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