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Psychology

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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

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Cognitive

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Mental process

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Physiological

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Behavior

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Behaviorism

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Study of behavior

  • should be an objective science
  • studies behavior without reference to mental process
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Observation

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Direct-Using any type of senses to observe

Indirect- what is being said verbally

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Humanistic Psychology

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Emphasized the growth potential of healthy people

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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Link between the brain and behavior

  • The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with mental activity
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Different types of Psychologist

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Counseling Psycholgist

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Helps with daily challenges of life by recognizing their strengths and resources

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Clinical Psychologist

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Assessing and treating mental, emotion, and behavior disorders

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Biological Psychologist

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Explore the links between the brain and the mind

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Developmental Psychologist

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Studying our changing abilities from womb to tomb

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Cognitive Psychologist

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Experimenting with how we perceive, think, and solve problems

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Personality Psychologist

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Investigating our persistent traits

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Social Psychologist

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Exploring how we view and affect one another

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Health Psychologist

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Investigating the psychological, biological,and behavioral factors that promote or impair our health

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Industrial - Organizational Psychologist

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Studying and advising on behavior in the workplace

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Psychological current perspectives

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Neuroscience

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How the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences

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Evolutionary

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How the natural selection of traits is passed down from one generation to the next has promoted the survival of genes.

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Behavior Genetics

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How our genes and our environment influence our individual differences

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Psychodynamic

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How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts

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Behavioral

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How we learn observable responses / How we react / How we respond

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Cognitive

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How we encode, process, store, and retrieve imformation

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4 Big Ideas
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Critical Thinking
Examines assumptions, uncovers hidden values, weighs evidence, ad test conclusions
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Biopsychisocial Approach
Viewing human behavior from biological, psychological, and social cultural
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Two-track mind
(DUAL PROCESSING) Our perception, thinking, memory, and attitudes all operate on two levels: - Unconscious/ unaware track - Conscious/ aware track
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Exploring Human Strengths
Focus on understanding and offering relief from trouble behaviors and emotions
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Scientific Method
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I.f.c.a
Identify the problem
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i.F.c.a
Formulate a hypothesis
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i.f.C.a
Collect data
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i.f.c.A
Analyze
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Why we study Psychology
4 goals
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D.e.p.c
Describe
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d.E.p.c
Explain
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d.e.P.c
Predict
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d.e.p.C
Control Behavior
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Replication
Repeating the essence of research study, usually with different participants in different situations
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How to study
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Case Study
Descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth.
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Naturalistic Observation
Observe a person in their natural environment without trying to change or control the situation
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Survey
Individual feedback of attitudes or behavior of a group
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Population
All these in a group being studied, from which samples may be drawn from A smaller group from a larger group
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Random Sample
A sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion
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Experimental Group
The group exposed to the treatment / to one version of the independent variable
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Control Group
The group not exposed to the treatment; the control group serves as a comparison with the experimental group for judging the effect of the treatment
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Placebo
An inactive substance or condition that is sometimes given to these in a control group
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Double-blind Procedure
A procedure in which participants and research staff are ignorant (blind) about who has received the treatment or a placebo
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Random Assignment
Assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing any differences between the groups
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Informed Consent
Giving people enough information about a study to enable them to decide whether they wish to participate
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Debriefing
After an experiment ends, explaining to participate the study's purpose and any deceptions researchers used
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Nature
Biology
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Nurture
Environment
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Positive Psychology
Seeing the greater things, how you can achieve things, anything dealing with positivity

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