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Empirical Approach

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An evidence-based method that draws on observation and experimentation

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Critical thinking

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Thinking that does not automatically accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, appraises the source, discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence, and assess conclusions

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Structuralism

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An early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind

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Functionalism

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An early school of thought promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.

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Behaviorism

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1)psychology should be an objective science that 2) studies behavior without reference to mental process. Most today agree with 1 but not 2.

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Humanistic Psychologists

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Emphasized human growth potential

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Cognitive Psychology

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The study of mental processes involved in perceiving, learning, remembering, thinking, communicating, and solving problems

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating)

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Psychology

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The science of behavior and mental processes

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Nature-nurture issue

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Controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits Anna behaviors. Todays- traits and behaviors from interaction of nature and nurture

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Natural Selection

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Inhibited traits that help organism to survive pass down to generations

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Evolutionary psychology

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Study of evolution of behavior and mind, principles of natural selection

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Behavior genetics

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Study of relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

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Culture

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Enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, traditions shared by a group of people and passed down through generations

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Positive psychology

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Study of human flourishing, with goals of discovering and promoting strength and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive

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Biopsychsocial Approach

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Integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis

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Levels of analysis

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Differing complimentary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon

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Basic research

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Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base

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Applied research

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, scientific study that aims to solve practical problems

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Counseling Psychologists

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A branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living and in achieving greater well-being

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Clinical psychologists

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Branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats ppl w/ psychological disorders

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Psychiatrists

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Branch of medicine dealing withpsychological disorders; practiced by physicians who provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy

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Community psychologists

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Studies how ppl interact with social environments and how social institutions affect individuals and group

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Hindsight bias

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Tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it “i- knew - it - all - along” phenomenon

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Peer Reviews

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Scientific experts who evaluate a research article’s theory, originality, and accuracy

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Theory

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An explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events

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Hypotheses

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A testable prediction, often implied by a theory

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Operational definitions

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A carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study. For example, human intelligence- what an intelligence test measures

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Replicate

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Repeating the essence of research study, usually with different participants, to see whether the basic finding can be reproduced

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Preregistration

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Publicly communicating planned study design, hypotheses, data collection, and analysis.

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Meta-analysis

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A statistical procedure for analyzing the results of multiple studies to reach an overall conclusion.

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Case study

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A descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles

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Naturalistic observations

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A descriptive technique of observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation

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Random samples

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sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion

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Population

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All those in a group being studied, from which random samples may be drawn (however, National does not refer to country whole population)

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Correlates

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Measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other

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Correlation coefficient

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A statistical index of the relationship between two things (-1 to +1)

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Experiment

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.investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe effect on some behavior or mental process

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Experimental group

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Group exposed to the treatment

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Control group

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Not exposed to the treatment

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Randomly assign

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Assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance

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Double-blind procedure

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‘both participant and research staff are ignorant of whether participant has received the treatment or placebo

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Placebo effect

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Experimental results caused by expectations only

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Independent variable

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Factor that is manipulated

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Confounding variables

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Factor other than factor being studied

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Dependent variable

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Outcome that is measured

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Informed consent

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Participants are informed and are given option of whether to participate or not

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Debrief

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Post-experimental explanation of study

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Testing effect

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Not simply rereading ¡retrieval practice

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SQ3R

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Survey, question, read, retrieve, review

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