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| scientific study of human behavior and the mind |
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| Psychodynamic perspective |
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explain behavior as based on unconscious causes
1.childhood influences |
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| what is observable or external stimuli and the behaviors it causes |
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1. mental processes
2. thought
3. memory
4. learning |
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| Sociocultural perspective |
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| behavior because of culture and peer pressure |
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| behavior is based on physiological causes |
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| genetics control behavior |
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1. free will
-no one to blame but yourself |
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| how people change with age |
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| applied to the work place |
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| traits, patterns and deviations |
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| mental stress affects physical |
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| used to solve a specific problem |
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| just experiment for the sake of researching. can be later applied |
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| trained in analysis has an MD |
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| trained in multiple forms of therapy |
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1. organize data
2. explain behavior
3. predict behavior |
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| prediction that can be tested |
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clearly defines terms, processes and measures
-not many standard tools of measurement |
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| Apply research to people that weren't studied |
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| participants reflect the population |
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Randomly choose participants
-pick names out of a hat |
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| Volunteers are different from non-volunteers |
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1. shy
2. too busy
3. not interested |
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study one or two people for a long period of time
1. very detailed data |
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Standard set of ?s
-used for things that can't be observed in nature such as opinions |
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Observe people but can't interfere
-no control |
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set up situation like real life but safer
ex. baby on a fake ledge to test when depth develops rather than them falling off a chair or couch |
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| one time study done on different groups |
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| study the same group at different ages |
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| changes because of the independent variable |
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| given independent variable |
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| same conditions as experimental group without the independent variable |
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study two pre-existing groups
- all volunteers, experimenter has no control |
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| variables move in the same direction |
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| variables move in the opposite direction |
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| shows the relationship between two variables |
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| participant does not know what group they are in |
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participant and observer don't know what group the participant is in.
-used to avoid bias |
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| group that does not receive independent variable |
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1. no harm
2. confidential
3. volunteers not forced |
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| given enough information to be able to choose if they want to participate or not |
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| explain after study because revealing the true purpose before hand would have ruined the experiment |
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