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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Founder of psychology; established first scientific laboratory

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Introspection

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Careful self examination and reporting conscious experiences(looking inward)

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Structuralism

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Uses introspection to reveal mind structure

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Edward Titchener

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Founded structuralism

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William James

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Functionalism

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Functionalism

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Focuses on functions of behavior

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Behaviorism

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Psychology should limit itself to the study of observable behavior

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John B Watson

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Founder of behaviorism

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B. F. Skinner

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Studied how behavior is shaped by rewards and punishments, behaviorism

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Behavior genetics perspective

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Genes and environmental influence people

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Evolutional perspective

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Focuses on natural selection and behavior

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Cognitive perspective

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Focuses on how we encode, process, and store info

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Sociocultural perspective

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How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures

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Sociocultural influences

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Peers, culture, society

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Research samples

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Need to be broadly representative of populations to which they wish to generalize their findings

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Positive psychology

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Emphasizes human virtues and assets, rather than weaknesses and deficits

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Clinical psychologists

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evaluate and treat individuals with mental or psychological disorders

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Psychiatrists

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Medical doctors who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

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Mary Whiton Calkins

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1st female APA president

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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First woman in the U.S. to earn a PhD in psychology, 2nd APA female president

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Hypothesis

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Testable prediction

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Theory

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Explanation that predicts behavior/ events

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Variable

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Factor or measure that varies within an experiment or among individuals

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Replication

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Attempt to duplicate findings

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Case study method

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In-depth study of one or more individuals

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Survey method

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Structured interviews or questionnaires are used to gather information about groups of people

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Population

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All individuals in the ground being studied

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Random sampling

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Each individual on the population has an equal chance of being selected

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Naturalistic observation method

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Careful observations of behavior in natural settings

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Experimental method

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Manipulation of independent variables and observation or measurement of their effects on dependent variables under controlled conditions

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Independent variables

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Factors manipulated in an experiment

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Dependent variables

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Effects or outcomes of an experiment

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Control groups

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Do not receive experimental treatment or intervention

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Random assignment

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Randomly assigning subjects to experimental or control groups

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Placebo effects

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Positive outcomes resulting from a participant’s positive expectations about the treatment rather than the treatment itself

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Single-blind studies

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Subjects are kept uninformed about whether they are receiving the experimental drug or the placebo

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Double-blind studies

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Both participants and experimenters are kept uninformed about which participants are receiving the active drug and which are receiving the placebo

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Informed consent

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Agreement to participate in a study following disclosure of information about the purposes and nature of the study

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Psychologists must protect what?

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The confidentiality of participants

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Psychology

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Study of behavior and mental processes

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Psychological influences

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Fears, emotions, perceptions

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Biological influences

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Genes, brain, hormones

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Psychodynamic perspective

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Behavior from unconscious drives and conflicts

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Neuroscience perspective

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How body and brain enable emotions, memories, and experiences

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Debrief

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Explanation after experiment

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basic research

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Aims to increase scientific knowledge

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applied research

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Aims to solve practical problems

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positive psychology

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Goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues

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hindsight bias

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Believing you would have foreseen the results after knowing the outcome

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critical thinking

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Examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, assesses conclusions, etc…

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SQ3R

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Survey, Question, Read, Retrieve, Review

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Confounding variables

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Factor other than independent variable that might affect the experiment

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Operational definition

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Statement used to define research variables

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Positive correlation

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Direct relationship; increase together

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Negative correlation

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Inverse relationship; one increases, other decreases

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Correlation coefficient

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Index of relationship between two things; -1 to +1

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Experimental group

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Those exposed to treatment

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