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| science of behavior and mental processes |
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| speculation, bias, casual observation |
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| father of experimental psychology |
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| first psychologist in america |
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| sexual urges, child psychologist |
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| focus on cognitive processes |
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| the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes. |
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| historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth. |
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| the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language) |
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| influences of biology on psych processes |
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| influences of age on psych processes |
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| individual differences in psych processes |
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| interpersonal influences on psych processes |
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| diagnosis and treatment of abnormal psych processes |
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| psych of behavioral/learning problems |
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| industrial/organizational psych |
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| psych of efficiency and the workplace |
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| the inclination to see events that have already occurred as predictable |
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| nature and nurture are inseparable; inherent predispositions are modified by environment |
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| a portion of dna that codes for a particular protein |
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| research question -> hypothesis -> gather data -> analysis -> conclusions -> communicate results |
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| analysis of individual or small group; may not reflect large population; rare or unusual circumstances |
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| observing behavior as it occurs w/o interfering |
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| survey (benefits/problems) |
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| asking a large population a series of questions. (accuracy of self report? sampling errors? volunteer bias?) |
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| the larger your sample size, the more likely it is to be representative of the population |
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| diverse or accurate in race, gender, age, and socioeconomic level |
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| are 2 variables related linearly? |
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| correlational coefficient "r" |
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-1>/r>/1
indicates strength of correlation; r=0 indicates no correlation |
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| hold all variables constant except the test variable |
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