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Chapter 1: Thinking Critically with Psychology Studies Flashcards

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Psychology

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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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Psyche

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Mind

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Logos

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Knowledge

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Behavior

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Overt; can be directly observed

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Mental processes

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Covert; cannot be directly observed

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Empirical evidence

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Information gathered from direct observation

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Behaviorism/Learning

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How the consequences of our overt actions shape our future behavior(s)

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Development

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Course of human growth and development (“womb to tomb”)

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Personality

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Traits, motivations, and individual differences

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Sensation and Perception

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How we come to know the world through our five senses

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Cognitive

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How reasoning, problem solving, and other mental processes relate to human behavior

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Social

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How people think, act, and feel in the presence of others

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Industrial/Organizational

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Apply psychology in the workplace

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Evolutionary

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How our behavior is guided by patterns that evolved during human history

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Forensic

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The application of psychology to issues relating to law and the legal system

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Cultural

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How culture affects human behavior

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Biopsychology

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Study of the brain and neurotransmitters, and how they influence our thoughts and behavior

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Positive psychology

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Study of human strengths, virtues, and optimal behavior

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Health

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Relationship between psychological factors and physical health

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Psychologists

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Usually have masters or doctorate; trained in methods, knowledge, and theories of psychology

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Clinical psychologist

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Treat psychological problems or do research on therapies and mental illnesses

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Counseling psychologists

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Treat milder problems, such as poor adjustment at work or at school

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Psychiatrists

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MD; usually use medications to treat problems; generally do not have extensive training in providing “talk” therapy

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The Scientific Method

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Observing
Defining a problem
Proposing a hypothesis (an educated guess that can be tested)
Gathering evidence/testing the hypothesis
Publishing results
Building a theory

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Theory

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An explanation that integrates principles and organizes and predicts behavior or events

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Hypothesis

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A testable prediction, often promoted by a theory, to enable us to accept, reject, or revise the theory

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Operation definition

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States exact procedures used to represent a concept; allows abstract ideas to be tested in real-world terms (measuring)

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Description/ Naturalistic Observation

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observing a person or an animal in the environment in which they/it live(s)

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Observer Effect

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changes in a subject’s behavior caused by an awareness of being observed

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Observer Bias

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occurs when observers see what they expect to see or record only selected details

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Correlations and Relationships

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existence of a consistent, systematic relationship between two events, measures, or variables

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Coefficient of Correlation

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statistic ranging from -1.00 to 1.00; the sign indicates the direction of the relationship

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Positive correlation

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increases in a one variable are matched by increases in the other variable

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Negative Correlation

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increases in one variable are matched by decreases in the other varaible

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Correlation does not demonstrate causation

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Just because two variables are related does NOT mean that one variable causes the other to occur

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Experiment group

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the group of subjects that gets the independent variable

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Control group

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the group of subjects that does NOT get the independent value

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Random assignment

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subject has an equal chance of being in either the experimental or control group

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Independent variable

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condition(s) altered by the experimenter; experimenter sets their, size, amount, or value

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Dependent variable

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demonstrates results of the experiment; the variable that is used to measure change

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Extraneous variables

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conditions that a researcher wants to prevent from affecting the outcomes of the experiment

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Placebo

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a fake pill (sugar) or injection (saline)

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Placebo Effect

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changes in behavior that result from expectations that a drug or other treatment will have some effect; the belief that one has taken an active drug

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Experiment effects

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changes in behavior caused by the unintended influence of the experimenter

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self-fulfilling prophecy

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a prediction that leads people to act in ways to make the prediction come true

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single blind

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only the subjects have no idea whether they are in the experimental or control group

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double blind

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the subjects AND the experimenters have no idea whether the subjects are in control or experimental groups

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Wilhelm Wundt

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“Father” of Psychology; set up first lab to study conscious experience (1879)

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Tichener

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brought Wundt’s ideas to the US and renamed Structuralism; tried to put experiences into basic “elements”

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William James

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Functionalism;how the mind functions to help us adapt to our environment

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Darwin/Natural Selection

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admired by functionalists; animals keep features through evolution that help them adapt to environments

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Behavorism

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psychology must study observable behavior objectively

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Watson

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studied Little Albert with Rosalie Raynor

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Skinner

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studied animals almost exclusively

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Cognitive

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study thoughts, memory, expectations, perceptions, and other mental processes

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Cognitive behaviorism

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Our thoughts influence our behaviors; used often in treatment of depression; Ellis and Bandura

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Gestalt

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Max Wertheimer; study thinking, learning, and perception as whole units, not by analyzing experience into parts

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Psychoanalytical Theory

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Our behavior is largely influenced by our unconscious wishes, thoughts, and desires, especially sex and aggression; Freud

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Psychoanalysis

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first talking therapy – explored unconscious conflicts and emotional problems

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Humanism

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Goal of psychology is to study unique aspects of the person; focuses on subjective human experience; Each person has innate goodness and is able to make free choices (contrast with Freud) – free will; Rogers and Maslow

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Maslow

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self-actualization: develop one’s full potential and become the best person you can be

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His is school of thought is called

structuralism

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Edward Titchener

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Believed in functionalism

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William James

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Considered to be the founding father

of psychology

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Believed in the importance of

unconscious thoughts

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Sigmund Freud

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Focused on overt behaviors and the

consequences of our actions

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John Watson

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Heavily influenced by Darwin’s

theory of natural selection

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William James

68
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Focused on free-will and the unique

aspects of the person

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Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

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