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Cram Pack Page 1 Flashcards

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Structuralism approach

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Used Introspection (act of looking inward to examine mental experience) to determine the underlying structures of the mind

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Functionalism approach

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need to analyze the purpose of behavior

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Psychoanalytic/dynamic Approach

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unconscious, childhood

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Behavioral Approach

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learned, reinforced

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Humanistic Approach

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free will, choice, ideal, actualization

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Cognitive Approach

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Perceptions, thoughts

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Evolutionary Approach

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Genes

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Biological Approach

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Brain, NTs (neuro typical)

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Sociocultural Approach

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Society

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Biopsychosocial Approach

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Biological, psychological, and social reasons

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Mary Calkins

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First female president of APA (American Psychological Association)

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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first female PhD

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Charles Darwin

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Natural selection and evolution

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Dorothea Dix

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Reformed mental institutions in US

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Stanley Hall

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first president of APA (American Psychological Association) journal

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William James

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Father of American psychology - functionalist

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Father of Modern psychology - structuralist

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Basic research

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purpose is to increase knowledge (rats)

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Applied research

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purpose is to help people

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psychologist

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research or counseling

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psychiatrist

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prescribe medications and diagnose

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Independent variable

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purposefully ALTERED by researcher to look for effect

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Experimental group

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received the treatment

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control group

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placebo, baseline

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Dependent variable

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measured variable (is Dependent on the independent variable)

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Operational Definition

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clear, precise, typically quantifiable definition of our variables - allows for replication - Research Recipe

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Confound

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error/ flaw in study

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Representative sample

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a sample mimics the general population

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positive correlation

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variables increase and decrease together

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Negative correlation

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as one variable increases the other decreases

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Illusory correlation

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belief of correlation that doesn’t exist (old man predicts rain from arthritis)

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Naturalistic Observation

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advantage: real world validity
disadvantage: not cause and effect - cannot generalize results

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Case study

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advantage: studies one person in great detail, lots of info
disadvantage: can’t be generalized

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Descriptive stats

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shape of data

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Inferantial statistics

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establishes significance (meaningfulness)

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statistical signifance

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results not due to chance

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Ethical guidelines (APA)

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-confidentiality
-informed consent
-debriefing (told true purpose of study)
-Deception must be warranted
-No harm (mental/physical)

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NT

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neurotransmitter

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AP

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action potential

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NS

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nervous system

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Neuron

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Basic cell of the nervous system

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Dendrites

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Receive incoming signal

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Soma

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Cell body (includes nucleus)

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Axon

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Action potential travels down this

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Myelin sheath

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speeds up action potential down axon, protects axon, myelin sheath destroys this

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Terminals

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release neurotransmitters - send signal into next neuron

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Vesicles

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Sacs inside terminal contain neurotransmitter

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Synapse

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gap between neurons

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