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Chapter 1: What is Psychology? Flashcards

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What is psychology?

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Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

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What is the difference between pseudo-psychology and psychology?

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Pseudo-psychology is psychological information or conclusions that sound scientific but that have not been systematically tested using the scientific method. In contrast, psychology is has all findings tested using the scientific method.

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Define structuralism:

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Structuralism is an early psychological perspective concerned with identifying the basic elements of experience. This form of thought was made by Wilhelm Wundt, but the name was coined by Wundt’s student Edward Titchener.

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Gestalt Psychology is:

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An early psychological approach that emphasized how our minds organize sensory stimuli to produce the perception of a whole form.

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Functionalism:

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An early psychological perspective concerned with how behavior helps people adapt to their environment.

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Psychoanalytic Theory:

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Sigmund Freud’s view that emphasizes the influence of unconscious desires and conflicts on behavior.

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Behaviorism

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A psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of observable responses and behavior.

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Stimulus vs Response

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A stimulus is any object or event that is perceived by our senses. A response is an organism’s reaction to a stimulus.

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Humanism

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Perspective that emphasizes the personal growth and potential of humans.

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Cognitive Psychology

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The study of the mental processes such as reasoning and problem solving.

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Positive Psychology

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The study of factors that contribute to happiness, positive emotions, and well being.

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Biological Perspective

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Approach that focuses on physical causes of behavior.

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Neuroscience

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A field that investigates the relationships between the nervous system and behavior/mental processes.

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Evolutionary Perspective

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Approach that focuses on how evolution and natural selection influence behavior

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Cognitive Perspective

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Approach that focuses on how mental processes influence behavior.

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Psycho-dynamic Approach

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Approach that focuses on internal unconscious mental processes, motives, and desires that might explain behavior.

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Behavioral Perspective

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Approach that focuses on external, environmental influences on behavior.

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Sociocultural Perspective

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Approach that focuses on societal and cultural factors that may influence behavior.

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Humanistic Perspective

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Approach that focuses on how an individual’s view of self and the world influences behavior.

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Eclectic Approach

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Approach that integrates and combines several perspectives when explaining behavior.

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Prediction

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An expected outcome of how variables will relate

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Hypothesis

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An educated guess.

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Predictive Hypothesis

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An educated guess about the relationship among variables.

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Casual Hypothesis

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An educated guess about how one variable will influence another variable.

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Population of Interest

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The entire universe of animals or people that could be studied

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Sample

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The portion of the population of interest that is selected for a study.

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Naturalistic Observation

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Observing behavior in the environment in which the behavior typically occurs.

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Case Study

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An in-depth observation of one participant

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Generalizability

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How well a researcher’s findings apply to other individuals and situations.

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Survey

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A research method that asks a large group of people about their attitudes, beliefs, and/or behaviors.

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Correlation

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The relationship between two or more variables.

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Positive Correlation

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A relationship in which increases in one variable correspond to increases in a second variable

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Negative Correlation

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A relationship in which increases in one variable correspond to decreases in a second variable.

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Experiment

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A research method that is used to test casual hypotheses.

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Independent Variable

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The variable in an experiment that is manipulated.

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Dependent Variable

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The variable in an experiment that measures any effect of the manipulation.

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Experimental group

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The group of participants who receive the manipulation that is being tested.

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Control Group

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The group of participants who DO NOT receive the manipulation that is being tested.

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Placebo Effect

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A measurable change in a participants’ behavior due to the expectation or belief that a treatment will have certain effects.

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Double-Blind Study

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An experiment in which neither the experimenters nor the participants know to which group (experimental or control) participants have been assigned.

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Confounding Variable

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Any factor other than the independent variable that affects the dependent measure.

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Random Assignment

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Method of assigning participants in which they have an equal chance of being placed in any group or condition of the study.

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Quasi-Experiment

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A research study that is not a true experiment because participants are not randomly assigned to the different conditions.

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Institutional Review Board

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A committee that reviews research proposals to ensure that ethical standards have been met.

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Informed Consent

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Ethical principle that research participants be told about various aspects of the study, including any risks, before agreeing to participate.

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Confidentiality

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Ethical principle that researchers do not reveal which data were collected from which participant

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Debriefing

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Ethical principle that after participating in an experiment involving deception participants be fully informed of the nature of the study.

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