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Psych 1000
General Psych 1000 WMU exam 1
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/12/2012

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Armchair Psychology
Definition
trying to understand behavior and mental processes without background knowledge on it
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High School vs. College
Definition
The source
Grade bases
Outside requirement
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Recognition
Definition
ruling out possibilities
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Recall
Definition
Question does not contain answer
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Mnemonics
Definition
rhythm/lyrical techniques used to help remember something.
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Serial Learning
Definition
Recalling facts in the order they were learned
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Learning styles
Definition
the different styles of learning, e.g. visual, hands on
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Metacognition
Definition
Self-awareness and reflection on one’s strengths and weaknesses in thinking, problem solving, and other skills.
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Fluency
Definition
once a skill is mastered, the speed and Rate at which you can perform the skill even after periods of non-use is the fluency.
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SAFMEDS
Definition
Say All Fast a Minute Each Day, Shuffled
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Planning fallancy
Definition
the tendency for people to underestimate the time it will take for a goal to get done.
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SQ3R
Definition
Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
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Psychology
Definition
Discipline that scientifically studies behaviors seen in everyday life.
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Empirical evidence
Definition
Info gathered by systematic observation and careful measurement
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Nature Vs. Nurture
Definition
A debate that nature influences a person more than their environment (nurture) and vice versa.
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The Scientific Method Step 1
Definition
Create Questions about things in the world and how they work
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The Scientific Method Step 2
Definition
Design ways to answer these questions
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The Scientific Method Step 3
Definition
Carry out the observations and record them
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The scientific Method Step 4
Definition
Analyze the observations and recordings
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The Scientific Method Step 5
Definition
Communicate your findings
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Replications
Definition
Recreation of experiment in order to verify the findings.
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Theory
Definition
An organized set of facts, and assumptions used to understand a set of observations
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Hypothesis
Definition
An educated prediction between 2 variables
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Falsifiability
Definition
The potential for a hypothesis to be dis-confirmed.
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Pseudoscience
Definition
Stories, testimonials
lack of other people reviewing it.
lack of progression
Psychobabble
Term
4 Goals of Psychology
Definition
Description: things in the world.
Prediction: Guessing when it will occur.
Explain: what happened and how it works.
Control: To Make it happen year.
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