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Systematic observation

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Core of science

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Science a systematic by

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Trying to observe under control situations, and very observations to see variation to understand when they Occur and when they don’t occur

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Why do we record observations

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So our memory isn’t biased

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Objectivity is

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Redefining something I can’t see by when I can see a.k.a. using evidence

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Observations lied to

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Hypotheses we can test

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Examining patterns

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Can help make your questions of the hypothesis a.k.a. if then how why

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Science is democratic meaning

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Series and experiments are tested by comparing evidence overtime

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Science is cumulative meaning

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Small developments lead to bigger findings later

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The scientific method is

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You ask a question, background research, hypotheses, test hypotheses, analyze and draw conclusions, report your results

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True or false psychologist or not all therapist

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True

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Psychology is

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The study of thought and behaviour

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Most psychology is focussed on

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Physiological behaviour however sometimes other means are used in sociology

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What type of models are often used

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Nonhuman a.k.a. animals

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Psychologist studied the behaviour of _______ Individuals

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All

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Abnormal behaviour

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Doesn’t always mean bad could be why does this person feel this way and example would be the fear of dogs

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Behaviour

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Observable action by which an organism reacts to it surroundings

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Psychology recognizes that there is __________ behaviour we _____see

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Unobservable, can’t

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Dispositional

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Something inside you and example would be nerves

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Situational

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Environment example large groups

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What is the basis for psychotherapeutic approaches

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Developing hypotheses and theories to predict and potentially control behaviour

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Maladaptive behaviour

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Thinking something is getting in the way of a task

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Why would psychology be useful in an alcoholic’s situation?

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You can use different psychology for interventions

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External factors of behaviour

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Situational factors such as large groups

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Internal factors affecting behaviour

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Genetic make up motivation intelligence etc.

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Informed consent
Participants should know when they’re involved I know what the studies aboutAnd any potential risks or benefits in participating
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Confidentiality
Participants info should not be made public
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Privacy
Participants should be aware that they are being observed and observer Should be making the purchase been aware they’re taking data
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Benefits
Researchers should consider benefits and they must be careful he weighed and risks to participants must be minimized
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Intentional deception
Is used to modify behaviour sometimes is necessary to avoid biasing results Can only be used if there is no other alternative way
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Debriefing
After deception you must tell participants what happened why educate them on how it will be beneficial to society
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Ethical consideration with animals
Animal rights versus animal welfare
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Animal rights
The rides are that of humans, any infringement is just as bad
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Animal welfare
Because we can’t communicate if you were using/have an animal you must treat them as good as you can and as human as possible if needing to do any experiments
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History of psych
Psychology has a long past but only a short history
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Psychology is linked historically to both ___________ & ___________
Philosophy and medicine
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The mind-body problem
Does a non-tangible mind that is independent of biology exist And is it possible to scientifically study and predict behaviour
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Nature versus nurture
How much of her behaviour is influenced by the environment versus genetic background
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Tabula rasa “blank slate”
Proponents consider nurture to be overwhelmingly influenced by our behaviour Meaning we start blank and who we are in the end is made up of all of our experiences
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Genetics
Until 1950s schizophrenia was considered a result of your upbringing more recently it was found that it has more genetic markers than environment
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Darwin evolution
Observe differences in physical characteristics between the species of finches on the Galapagos islands
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what did Darwin hypothesize, natural selection
That variations of evolved to such that favourable characteristics were preserved an unfavourable ones were destroyed
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What does Darwin’s theory suggest?
It’s suggest the possibility of inheritable individual differences meaning personality maybe theorized as being able to be passed down from generation to generation
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What did Francis Galton propose
The intelligence wasn’t inheritable characteristic that could be measured
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What was the first form of psychology
Psychophysics
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Psycho physixs studies
How we experience changes in the physical world
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Who established the first formal experimental psychology laboratory
Wilhelm Wundt in Leipzig
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Who were the first experimental psychologist
Weber, fechner, and helmholtz
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Who was the first Canadian to open my psychology laboratory
James mark Baldwin
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Structuralism
Examining the contents of the mind through introspection, they are concerned with what
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Functionalism
Examine the functions thoughts and behaviours and are concerned with why and how
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Example of structuralism psychologist
Wilhelm Wundt, Edward Titchenor
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Example of functionalism psychologists
William James
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Edward titchner
One of the first psychologists in the United States, studied the contents of the mind, primary method of data collection was introspection
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What did Max Wertheimer study
He studied organize holes rather than individual components that making up that gestalt psychology
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Gestalt psychology
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts that ass it determines the role of the mind in interpreting stimuli
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Proximity
Group nearby objects together
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Similarity
Group like objects together
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Closure
Filling the holes
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Good continuum
Things don’t usually make abrupt changes returns
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Consciousness
I’m going stream of mind in constant interaction with the environment
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Modern psychology
Studies both structure in functionalism of behaviour
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Eugenics
Selective breeding
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Psychodynamic perspective
Functionalist view, Sigmund Freud, that behaviour is explained by inherited in stinks, biological drives, and attempts to solve Conflict Emphasizes roll of unconscious process and battles between inner and outer forces
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Behaviour is often driven by______outside of ________awareness
Motive, Conscious
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Behaviourist perspective
John B Watson, BF Skinner, overt and observable as proper, behavioural concern with environment not the mind or consciousness
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Classical conditioning
Association with previously neutral stimuli with consequence or reward
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Flashbulb memory
Highly detailed/vivid memory of an emotional event
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Tip of the tongue phenomenon
Inability to pull the word from your memory even though you know it’s there
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Humanist perspective
Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, emphasized individual inherit capability for making rational choices and developing to full potential
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Cognitive perspective
Study of mental processes
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Biological perspective
Focusses on functioning of genes, nervous system, and endocrine system Linked to behavioural and cognitive neuroscience fields
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Helen Thompson Woolley and Leta S Hollingworth we’re psychologist for?
Women’s rights and sex difference
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Sub disciplines
Developmental, personality, social, clinical
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Developmental perspective
How thoughts and behaviour change or stay stable
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Personality perspective
What makes you unique, stable across time and situation
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Social perspective
The interplay between individuals and groups how each one affects one another
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Clinical perspective
The study of the treatment and assessment

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