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| theoretical approach that seeks to explain behavior in terms of learning principles, without reference to inner states, thoughts, or feelings |
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| theoretical approach that seeks to explain behavior by looking at the deep unconscious forces inside the person |
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| branch of psychology that seeks a broad understanding of how human beings think, act, and feel |
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| Affect (how people feel inside), Behavior (what people do), Cognition (what people think about) |
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| the study of human culture - the shared values, beliefs, and practices of a group of people |
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| the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, and the study of money |
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| the study of political organizations and institutions, especially governments |
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| the study of human societies and the groups that form those societies |
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| biological psychology (physiological psychology, neuroscience) |
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| the study of what happens in the brain, nervous system, and other aspects of the body |
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| branch of psychology that focuses on behavior disorders and other forms of mental illness, and how to treat them |
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| the study of thought processes, such as how memory works and what people notice |
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| the study of how people change across their lives, from conception and birth to old age and death |
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| the branch of psychology that focuses on important differences between individuals |
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| "love of wisdom"; the pursuit of knowledge about fundamental matters such as life, death, meaning, reality and truth |
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| research that focuses on solving particular practical problems |
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| an idea about the possible nature of reality; a prediction tested in an experiment |
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| unobservable constructs that are linked together in some logical way |
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| the variable manipulated by the researcher that is assumed to lead to changes in the dependent variable |
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| the variable in a study that represents the result of the events and processes |
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| observable operations, procedures, and measurements that are based on the independent and dependent variables |
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| construct validity of the cause |
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| extent to which the independent variable is a valid representation of the theoretical stimulus |
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| construct validity of the effect |
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| extent to which the dependent variable is a valid representation of the theoretical response |
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| a study in which the researcher manipulates an independent variable and randomly assigns people to groups (levels of the independent variable) |
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| procedure whereby each study participant has an equal chance of being in each treatment group |
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| a type of study in which the researcher can manipulate an independent variable but cannot use random assignment |
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| the extent to which changes in the independent variable caused changes in the dependent variable |
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| a researcher assistant pretending to be another participant in a study |
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| an unpleasant emotional response that people often experience when someone is trying to restrict freedom |
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| experiment conducted in a real-world setting |
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| the extent to which study participants get so caught up in the procedures that they forget they are in an experiment |
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| refers to whether the setting of an experiment physically resembles the real world |
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| the extent to which the findings from a study can be generalized to other people, other settings, and other time periods |
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| a nonexperimental method in which the researcher merely observes whether variables are associated or related |
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| the relationship or association between two variables |
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| correlation coefficient (r) |
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| the statistical relationship or association between two variables |
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