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Unit 1 and 2
History, Research Methods, Approaches
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Psychology
12th Grade
09/19/2013

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Psychology
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the scientific study of behavior and mental process
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4 goals of psychology
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describe, explain, prediction, influence
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empiricism
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knowledge that originated in experience
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behavior
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the way a person behaves/ attitude/ actions
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Aristotle
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greek, always asked why,
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descartes
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believed you are born with intelligence
i think therefore i am
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locke
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tabula rasa- born with nothing
everything you are you are taught and experienced
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darwin
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natural selection
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Wilhelm Wundt
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opened first psych lab
made psych a science
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structuralism
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broke down consciousness to basic thoughts
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Edward Titchner
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used introspection to search for minds structural elements
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introspection
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self observation of ones consciousness experiences
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functionalism
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james
investigate the function of the purpose of consciousness rather than its structure
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William james
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focused on natural surroundings and the environment. also wrote 1st psych text book
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phrenology
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study of bumps on the head to determine human behavior
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Gestalt
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the whole is different then the sum of parts, study of whole person
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experimental psychology
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experiments that tells us cause
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psychoanalytic/ psychodynamic
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study of unconscious motives and conflicts that determine behavior
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sigmund frued
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had the idea of unconscious urges
sex
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behaviorism
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observable behavior only
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ivan pavlov
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dog guy, classical conditional
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john Watson
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classical conditioning, little Albert
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B.F. Skinner
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oc= operante conditioning, rewards and punishments
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cognitive
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mental process involved in acquiring process and storing
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cognition
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memory preparation language development and problem solving
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jean Piaget
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cognitive, studied children, and mind development
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biological
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focused on genetics, hormones, body, brain creates emotions
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humanistic
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love belonging reaching full potential, people can grow, free will
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carl Rogers
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believed in client centered therapy
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Abraham Maslow
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hierarchy of needs
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socio cultural
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the idea that culture and social norms influence and predict behavior
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evolutionary perpective
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inherited behaviors there for behaviors helped ancestors survive
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charles darwin
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natural selection- survival of the fittest
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elective view of psychology
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pick and choose from each perspective to explain behaviors
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nature - debate-
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genetic, hereditary, biology
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nurture- debate-
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how you are raised defines you, you are a product of your experiences
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psychologist
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trained to observe an influence behavior in people
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psychiatrist
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medical doctor, can subscribe medicine
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developmental
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study of people over time
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personality
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study personality traits in people evolving
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educational
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studies relationships between learning and environments
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school
Definition
asses and interviews with children in school setting
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social
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study group behaviors issues
ex: racism, conformity
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health
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help people with stress crisis and depression
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industrial/ organizational
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studies relationship between people and their workplace. also concerned with consumers
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counseling psychologist
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help people with non mental illness
basically a normal counselor
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clinical psychologist
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help people with real mental illness
depression
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forensic psychologist
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applies psychological principles in the areas of research, policy, and law enforcement
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sports psychologist
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studies the factors involved in physicals activities and apply it to everyday knowledge.
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hindsight bias
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the tendency to think that past events were more predictable than they actually are
ex: why didnt i see that
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overconfidence
Definition
sometimes in testing they figure out the test and become
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hawthorne effect
Definition
just knowledge you are participating in a study can change the outcome
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experimenter bias
Definition
accidentally giving information or tipping people off in a study
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confirmation bias
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tendency of people to favor information that confirms their believes
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scientific method
Definition
systematic inquiry aimed at the discovery of new knowledge
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thoery
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how you explain behavior, gut feeling
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hypothesis
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is a testable prediction that lets us accept reject or revise a theory
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replication
Definition
repeating a study to see if you get the same results
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population
Definition
entire group you wish to study
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sample
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is a group of participants that represents a population
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random sample
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everyone is population has a equal chance of being in the study
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descriptive research
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only describes doesn't explain
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case study
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intense study of a person or group with bizarre tests and interviews
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longitudinal study
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data is taken from the same person/group over a period of time
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cross sectional study
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data is collected from groups of individuals of different ages and compared
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survey
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self reports of attitudes and opinion
-cheap - you can get a lot of feedback quickly - danger of wrong answers
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naturalistic observation
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observing in natural setting
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correlational research
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only shows relationships between variables
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correlation coefficient
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relationship between 2 variables
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positive correlation coefficient
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both varibles increase
ex: study more grades go up
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negative correlation coefficient
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one variable goes up and one goes down
ex: the more you brush your teeth the less amount of cavities
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illusory correlation coefficient
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you think there is a relationship
ex: you think pushing the elevator button will make it come faster
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scatterplot
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a way of graphing information/ data that can be random confirmatory
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experimental research
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shows cause
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single blind procedure
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participant doesn't know but experimenter does
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double blind procedure
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neither the participant or know who is getting treated
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control group
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receives no treatment
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experimental group
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receives treatment
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RANDOM ASSIGNMENT
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everyone has a equal chance to be assigned to either group
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operational definitions
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variables in experiment you need to define them
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independent variable
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always be drug whatever is being manipulated
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dependent variable
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whatever is being measured
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confounding variables
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object in experiment that proves that A causes B
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placebo
Definition
"sugar pill" is given to patient and patient believes its real drug curing a problem
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descriptive statistics
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describes stats and includes mea median and mode
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validity
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the test measures what its suppose to
ex: study on favorite movies but asks questions about TV shows
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reliability
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repetition of experiment to see if you get the same results
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statistics
Definition
branch of math that summarizes and makes meaningful inferences to data
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standard deviation
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the variance of scores around the mean
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variance
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the deviation squared
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normal bell curve
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normal distribution, mean median and mode are all the same
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skewed distribution
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outliers skew distributions
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Statistical significance
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a statistical statement on how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance
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APA
Definition
American psychology association
oversees everything, rules polices etc
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Ethical guidelines in psychological research
Definition
cant physically or mentally harm someone
right to quit
debrief when over
consent to participate
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