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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Meta analysis

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Technique that involves combining and analyzing the results of many research studies on a specific topic in order to identify overall trends

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Statistically significant

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Mathematical indication that research results are not very likely to have occurred by chance

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Statistics

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Branch of mathematics used to organize, sunrise, and interpret data

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Operational definition

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Precise description of how the variables in a study will be manipulated or measured

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Empirical evidence

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Verifiable evidence that is based upon objective observation, measurement, and/or experimentation

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Behaviorism

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Scientific study of observable behaviors especially as they pertain to the process of learning

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Psychoanalysis

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Psychotherapy in which free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance and transference are used to explore repressed or unconscious impulses, anxieties, and internal conflicts

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Functionalism

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Emphasizes the purpose, or function of behavior and mental experiences

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Structuralism

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Emphasizes basic components, or structures, conscience experiences

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Dependant variable

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Factor that is observed. What is influenced by the independent variable

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Independent variable

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Purposefully manipulated factor thought to produce change in an experiment

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Double-blind study

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Neither the participants nor the researchers interacting with the participants are aware of the group or condition which the participants have been assigned

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Random Assignment

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Process of assigning participants to experimental conditions so that all participants have an equal chance of being assigned to any of the conditions or groups in the study

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Experimental method

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Demonstrates cause and effect relationships by purposefully manipulating one factor thought to produce change in another factor

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Representative sample

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Selected segment that very closely parallels the larger population being studied up on relevant characteristics

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Sample

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A selected segment of the population used to represent the group that is being studied

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Descriptive research methods

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Systematically observing behaviors in order to describe the relationship among behaviors and events

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Confounding variable

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Anything that can affect the experiment that is not the independent variable

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Naturalistic observation

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Observing something in its natural environment

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Case studies

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Fairly small group of people or studied for a long time

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Longitudinal studies

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Very thorough study over a long period of time

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Cross sectional studies

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A study that is fast and uses different people

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Correlation Study

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Links two or more variables that are positive or negative. Correlation does not equal cause you cannot get a class from correlation studies

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Debriefing

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interview between the researcher and the subjects whereby all elements of the study are discussed in detail.

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Parsimony

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Simplest explanation is best answer

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Behaviorism psychologist

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Skinner, Pavlov, Watson

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Humanism psychologist

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Rogers, Maslow

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Humanistic psychology

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The theoretical viewpoint on personality that generally emphasizes the inherent goodness of people human potential self actualization and healthy personality development

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Evolutionary Psychology

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The application of principles of evolution including natural selection to explain psychological processes and phenomena billions of years of evolving

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Psychodynamic psychology

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Emphasizes the importance of unconscious influences, early life experiences, and interpersonal relationships in explaining the underlying dynamics of behavior

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Cognitive psychology

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The study of how mental processes influence behavior – how people process and remember information, remember information solve problems and think

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Biological

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Specialized branch of psychology that studies the relationship between behavior and bodily processes and symptoms

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Cross-cultural psychology

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Branch of psychology that studies the effects of culture on behavior and mental processes

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Structuralism psychologist

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Wudnt and Titchner

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Functionalism psychologist

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James

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Psycho analysis psychologist

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Freud

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Father of psychology

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William wudnt

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John Locke

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Came up with the scientific method

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