Chapter 1

Question 1

psychology

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Scientific study of mind and behavior, is the evolution of science

Question 2

Behavior

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Behavior refers to observable actions of humans beings and nonhuman animals

Question 3

Soul

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soul can actually tie to your mind soul can tie with spirit but spirit doesn’t have to be religious.Example: wheres your school spirit?

Question 4

Mind

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refers to the private inner experienced of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings, an ever-flowing stream of consciousness

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consciousness

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a persons subjective experience of the world and the mind

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Dualism

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Mental activity
Physical behavior

The view that the mind and body both exist as separate entities.

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Introspection

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The subjective observation of ones own experienced

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unconsciousness

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The part of the mind that operates outside of conscious thoughts, feelings, and actions

Question 9

psychoanalytic theory

Answer 9

An approach that emphasizes the importance of unconscious mental process in shaping feelings, thoughts and behavior

Question 10

humanistic psychology

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an approach to understanding human nature that emphasizes the positive potential of human beings

Question 11

Abraham Maslow and Carl rogers pioneered what?

Answer 11

humanistic psychology

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Behaviorism

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An approach that advocate that psychologists restrict themselves to the scientific study of objectively observable behavior

Question 13

social psychology

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the study of the causes and consequences of sociality

Question 14

behavioral neuroscience

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An approach to psychology that links psychological processes to activities on the nervous system and other bodily process

Question 15

neuroscience

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falls into the brain/nerve, brain disease, neuro can also fall into social psychology

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empiricism

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the belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through observation.more of observing can get knowledge from watching it.Example: testing out like how long the light ends and having proof that may it end earlier or later than it’s due date

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Scientific method

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a procedure for finding truth by using empirical method like when we have an idea of the world or questions from the past we should gather empirical evidence relevant to that idea and the modify that to fit with the evidence

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operational definition

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a description of a property in terms of some concrete,observable event. Example; we might operationally describe happiness as a persons response to the question of “how happy are you”. also is how well they do on the exam eating breakfast

Question 19

Validity

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very important for operational definition how well the concrete observable event indicates the property out of the example from the operation definition the validity would be the breakfast it has to be valid.

Question 20

reliability

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tendency for an instrument to produce the same measurement every time it is used to measure the same thing.it should be reliable because it has happen again and again.

Question 21

instrument

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can be a test,something you will use to measure, experiment using an instrument. the instrument has two important features which is reliability and power

Question 22

naturalistic observation

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A technique for gathering scientific information by unobtrusively observing people in their natural habitat

Question 23

2 methods in psychology

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2 methods in psychology

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Theories

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theories can be wrong but it may seem right again and again

Question 25

informed consent

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do u understand u have this sickness and that you may need this treatment. (singing required)

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Variable

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a property whose value can vary across individuals or over time.Example: ‘‘people who get a good nights sleep have better recall than people who don’t’’ is a statement about the correlation between two variables.

Question 27

correlation

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two variables are said to ‘‘be correlated’’ when variations in the value of one variable are synchronized with variations in the value of the other.Example: ‘‘people who get a good nights sleep have better recall than people who don’t’’ is a statement about the correlation between two variables.

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Experiment

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A technique for discovering the casual relationship between variables

Question 29

control group

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the group of participants who are not exposed to the particular manipulation,compared with the experimental group,in an experiment

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random assignment

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a procedure by which participants are assigned to the experimental group or control group by chance alone.

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population

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a complete collection of people

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sample

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a partial collection of people drawn from a population

Question 33

random sampling

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a technique for choosing participants that ensures that every member of a population has an equal chance of being included in the sample

Question 34

Institutional review board (IRB)

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IRB

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informed consent defenition

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A written agreement to participate in a study made by an adult who has been informed of all the risks that participation may entail

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debriefing

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a verbal description of the true nature and purpose of a study

Question 37

The Halo effect

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a type of cognitive bias in which our overall impression of a person influences how we feel and think about their character

Question 38

Longitude

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researchers repeatedly examine the same individuals to detect any changes that might occur over a period of time.

Question 39

observational study

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ones where researchers observe the effect of a risk factor, diagnostic test, treatment or other intervention without trying to change who is or isn’t exposed to it