FIRST EXAM

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double blind

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person who administers drug shouldn’t know whether it is real or placebo to overcome possibility of experimenter expections

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psych perspective that views behavior from perspective of biological functioning

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neuroscience perspective

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psych perspective that believes behavior is motivated by inner unconscious forces over which person has little control

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psychodynamic perspective

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subfield of psych that examines the biological basis of behavior

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behavioral neuronscience

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positive correlation

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as value of 1 vari increases, other vari value will also increase

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psych perspective that says ppl can control their behavior and they anturally try to reach their full potential

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humanistic perspective

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subfield of psych that concered w teaching and learning processes like relationship between motivation and school performance

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educational psychology

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subfield of psych that considers relationship between ppl and their phsyical environment

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environmental psychology

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subfield of psych that considers how behavior is influenced by genetic inheritance

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envolutionary psychology

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subfield of psych that focuses on educational, social, and career adjusment problems

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counseling psychology

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subfield of psych that applies psych to athletic activity and exercise

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sport psychology

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subfield of psych that deals with study, diagnosis, treatment of psycological disorders

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clinical psychology

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introspection

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• used by structuralists - present ppl w stimulus ask them to describe with as much detail what they were experiencing

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subfield of psych that examines how ppl grow and change throughout life

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developmental psychology

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subfield of psych that explores relationship between psyhologcial factors and ailments or disease

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health psychology

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subfield of psych that is devoted to consoundling children in school

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school psychology

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psych perspective that examines how ppl understand and think about the world

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cognitive perspective

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subfield of psych that focuses on issues such as discrimniation against women and causes of violence

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psychology of women

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term that describes participants assigned to different experimental groups on base of chance alone - each group will have same proportion of males, females, smart, extroverted ppl

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random assignment to condition

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functionalism

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• what mind does a - what role behavior palys in allowing ppl to adapt to enviornments - how ppl satisfy needs thry behavior - how SOC permits adapt to environment

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subfield of psych that focuses on relationship between biological factors and psychological disorders

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clinical neuropsychology

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emphasizes how perception is organized, how people consider individual elements together as units or wholes - our perception of objects is more meaningful than individual elements that make up our perceptions

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gestalt psychology

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subfield of psych that focuses on assesing large scale programs to determine whether they are effective in meeting their goals

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program evaluation

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dependent vari

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variable measured in study. expected to change as a result of manipulation of independent vari

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subfield of psych that looks at simliarties and differences in psychological functioning in and across various cultures and ethnic groups

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cross- cultural psychology

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subfield of psych that focuses on consistency in ppl's behavior over time and traits that differentiate one person from another

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personality psychology

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informed consent

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TARP D participants sign document affirming that they have been told basic outlines of study aware participation will involve, risks of experiment, participation purely voluntary debriefing after experiment

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independennt vari

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condition being manipulated by experimenter

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psych perspective that focuses on observable behavior

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behavioral perspective

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the subfield of psychology that studies the inheritance of traits related to behavior

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behavioral genetics

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negative correlation

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as value of 1 vari increases, value of other decreases

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correlational research

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2 sets of vari examined to determine whether they are associated or correlated

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sample of ppl chosen to represent larger group of interest asked series of questions about behvior, thoughts, attitudes - is pop actually representative?

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survey research

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subfield of psych that studies the priocesses of sensing, perceiving, learning, thinking about world

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experimental psychology

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term that describes that findings are statistically meaningful, confirmed hypotheses

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significant outcome

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type of research where existing data are examined to test a hypothesis

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archival research

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confederate in experiment

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someone unknown to other participants that they work for experimenter

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subfield of psych that focuses on study of higher mental processes

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cognitive psychology

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in depth intensive investigation of single individual or group

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case study

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subfield of psych that concerned w the psychology of the work place

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industrial / organizational psychology

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the group that receives treatment in experiement

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experimental group

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structuralism

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uncovering fundamental mental components of perception, consciousness, thinking, mental activities

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subfield of psych that focuses on legal issues

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forensic psychology

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wilhelm wundt

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- first psych lab in 1879 in germany -structuralism and introspection

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subfield of psych that studies how peoples thoughts, feelings, actions affected by others

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social psych

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william james

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functionalist- american

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group that recieves no treatment in expierment

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control group

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when investigator observes naturally occurring behavior and doesnt make a change in situation - inability to control any factors of interest - ppl might know they're being watched

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naturalistic observation