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CHAPTER 1a Vocab Flashcards

1
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A disorder in which the immune system is gradually weakened and eventually disabled by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

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The branch of psychology concerned with everyday, practical problems

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Applied Psychology

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One or more premises used to provide support for a conclusion

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Argument

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Orientations that locate objects of though on dimensional judgement

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Attitudes

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Any overt (observable response or activity by an organism)

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Behavior

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A systematic approach to changing behavior through the application of the principles of conditioning

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Behavior Modification

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A theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behavior

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Behaviorism

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Psychologists who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and everyday behavioral problems

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Clinical Psychologists

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The branch of psychology concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders

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Clinical Psychology

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The mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge

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Cognition

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The use of cognitive skills and strategies that increase the probability of a desired outcome

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Critical Thinking

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The widely shared customs, beliefs, norms, institutions, and other products of a community that are transmitted socially across generations

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Culture

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Sending a weak electric current into a brain structure to stimulate (activate) it

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Electrical Stimulation of the Brain (ESB)

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The premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation

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Empiricism

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The tendency to view one’s own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways

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Ethnocentrism

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Theoretical perspective that examines behavioral processes in terms of their adaptive value for a species over the course of many generations

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Evolutionary Psychology

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A school of psychology based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure

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Functionalism

18
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DNA segments that serve as the key functional units in heredity transmission

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Genes

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A theoretical orientation that emphasizes the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of the part

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Humanism

20
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A theoretical orientation based on the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

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Gestalt Psychology

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The branch of psychology concerned with the application of psychological principles the applications of psychological principles to the workplace

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Industrial and Organizational (I/O)

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Careful, systematic observation of one’s own conscious experience

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Introspection

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Principle stating that heritable characteristics that provide a survival reproductive advantage are more likely than alternative characteristics to be passed on to subsequent generations and thus come to be “selected” over time

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Natural Selection

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The process of forming impressions of others

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Person Perspective

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Physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders

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Psychiatrists

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A branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders

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Psychiatry

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An insight therapy that emphasizes the recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses through techniques such as free association and transference

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Psychoanalysis

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A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior

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Psychoanalytic Theory

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A standardized measure of a sample of a person’s behavior

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Psychological test

30
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The science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems

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Psychology

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A collection of beliefs about one’s own nature, unique qualities, and typical behavior

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Self-Concept

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The branch of psychology concerned with the way individuals’ thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by others

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Social Psychology

33
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A study system designed to promote effective reading by means of five step: survey question, read, recite, and review

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SQ3R

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A school of psychology based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and to investigate how these elements are related

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Scructuralism

35
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The registration of sensory input without conscious awareness

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Subliminal Perception

36
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The ability to use the characteristics and format of a cognitive test to maximize one’s score

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Testwiseness

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A system of interrelated ideas that are used to explain a set of observations

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Theory

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