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psychology

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science of behavior and mental processes

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behavior

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anything and organism does

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mental processes

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the internal, subjective experiences we infer from behavior

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What is the behavioral perspective and what does it study?

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how we learn observable responses, try to figure out what might trigger for example anger, how do we learn to fear particular objects or situations

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What is the Biological perspective and what does it study?

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how the body and brain enable emotions, memories and sensory experiences. study how physical is connected with mental such as how do pin messages travel from hand to brain

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What is the Cognitive perspective and what does it study?

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how we process, store, and retrieve information, study how our interpretation of a situation affects our ganger and how our anger affects our thoughts. How do we use information in remembering? Reasoning? And solving problems?

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What is the Evolutionary perspective and what does it study?

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how the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes. how does evolution influence behavior tendencies

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What is the Humanistic perspective and what does it study?

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how we meet our needs for love and acceptance and achieve self-fulfillment. how can we work toward fulfilling our potential and how can we overcome barriers to our personal growth

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What is the psychodynamic perspective and what does it study?

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how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts. How can someones personality traits and disorders be explained by unfulfilled wishes and childhood traumas?

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What is the Social cultural perspective and what does it study ?

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how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures.

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what do biological psychologists do?

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expire the links between brain and mind

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what do cognate psychologists study

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experiment how we perceive, think, and solve problems

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what do social psychologists do?

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explore how we view and affect one another

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what is the hindsight bias?

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the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that you couldve predicted it

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critical thinking?

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thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions

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What does theory do?

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explains behaviors or events by offering ideas that organize what we have observed

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What is a hypostheses?

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testable prediction

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What is operational definitions?

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carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study

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what does the First step in a good theory do?

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effectively organizes a range of set reports and observations

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what does the second step in a good theory do?

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leds to a clear hypothesis that anyone can use the check the theory

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what does the third step in a good theory do?

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often stimulates research that leads to a revised theory which better organizes and predicts why we know

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what are the 3 ways to test our hypothesis and refine our theories?

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descriptive mthods, correlational method, and experimental methods

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what is the descriptive method used to test hypothesis and refine theories?

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this method describes behaviors, often by using case studies, surveys, or naturalistic observations

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How is the correlational method used to test hypothesis and refine theories?

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they associate different factors, or variables

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what is the experimental method used to test hypothesis and refine theories?

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this method manipulates variables to discover effects

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case study?

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a technique in which a person or a group of people are studied closely to see if they can find some universal principles

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naturalistic observation?

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observing and recording what happens

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sampling bias?

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a flawed sampling process that produces and unrepresentative sample

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What is correlation?

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a connection between two or more things

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correlation coefficent?

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help us figure how closely two things very together, and thus how well either one predicts the other

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scatterplot?

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a graphed cluster of dots, each representing the values of the two variables, amount of scatter suggests the strength of the correlation (little scatter indicates high correlation)

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Experiments enable researchers to isolate the effects of one or more variables by doing what?

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  1. manipulating the variables of interest and 2. holding constant (“controlling”) other variables
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experimental group does what?

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receive treatment

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control group does what?

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not receive the treatment

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what is random assignment?

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assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance so there are not preexisting differences between the groups

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What is a double blind procedure?

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when neither the participants nor the research assistants who administer the drug and collect data will know which group is receiving the treatment

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What is independent variable?

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the cause of something, the variable who’s effect is being study so the people are bing studied they are the independent variable

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What is confounding variable

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a factor other than the thing be tested that could have an effect in an experiment

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What is dependent variable

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the outcome

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Descriptive method of research?

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to observe and record behavior

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correlational method of research

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to detect naturally occuring relationships; to asses how one variable predicts the other

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experimental research method

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to explore cause and effect

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science of behavior and mental processes

A

psychology

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anything and organism does

A

behavior

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the internal, subjective experiences we infer from behavior

A

mental processes

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Reversed Cards

how we learn observable responses, try to figure out what might trigger for example anger, how do we learn to fear particular objects or situations

A

What is the behavioral perspective and what does it study?

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Reversed Cards

how the body and brain enable emotions, memories and sensory experiences. study how physical is connected with mental such as how do pin messages travel from hand to brain

A

What is the Biological perspective and what does it study?

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Reversed Cards

how we process, store, and retrieve information, study how our interpretation of a situation affects our ganger and how our anger affects our thoughts. How do we use information in remembering? Reasoning? And solving problems?

A

What is the Cognitive perspective and what does it study?

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Reversed Cards

how the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes. how does evolution influence behavior tendencies

A

What is the Evolutionary perspective and what does it study?

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how we meet our needs for love and acceptance and achieve self-fulfillment. how can we work toward fulfilling our potential and how can we overcome barriers to our personal growth

A

What is the Humanistic perspective and what does it study?

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Reversed Cards

how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts. How can someones personality traits and disorders be explained by unfulfilled wishes and childhood traumas?

A

What is the psychodynamic perspective and what does it study?

52
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Reversed Cards

how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures.

A

What is the Social cultural perspective and what does it study ?

53
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Reversed Cards

expire the links between brain and mind

A

what do biological psychologists do?

54
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Reversed Cards

experiment how we perceive, think, and solve problems

A

what do cognate psychologists study

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Reversed Cards

explore how we view and affect one another

A

what do social psychologists do?

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Reversed Cards

the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that you couldve predicted it

A

what is the hindsight bias?

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Reversed Cards

thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions

A

critical thinking?

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Reversed Cards

explains behaviors or events by offering ideas that organize what we have observed

A

What does theory do?

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Reversed Cards

testable prediction

A

What is a hypostheses?

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Reversed Cards

carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study

A

What is operational definitions?

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Reversed Cards

effectively organizes a range of set reports and observations

A

what does the First step in a good theory do?

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Reversed Cards

leds to a clear hypothesis that anyone can use the check the theory

A

what does the second step in a good theory do?

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Reversed Cards

often stimulates research that leads to a revised theory which better organizes and predicts why we know

A

what does the third step in a good theory do?

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Reversed Cards

descriptive mthods, correlational method, and experimental methods

A

what are the 3 ways to test our hypothesis and refine our theories?

65
Q

Reversed Cards

this method describes behaviors, often by using case studies, surveys, or naturalistic observations

A

what is the descriptive method used to test hypothesis and refine theories?

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Reversed Cards

they associate different factors, or variables

A

How is the correlational method used to test hypothesis and refine theories?

67
Q

Reversed Cards

this method manipulates variables to discover effects

A

what is the experimental method used to test hypothesis and refine theories?

68
Q

Reversed Cards

a technique in which a person or a group of people are studied closely to see if they can find some universal principles

A

case study?

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Reversed Cards

observing and recording what happens

A

naturalistic observation?

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Reversed Cards

a flawed sampling process that produces and unrepresentative sample

A

sampling bias?

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Reversed Cards

a connection between two or more things

A

What is correlation?

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Q

Reversed Cards

help us figure how closely two things very together, and thus how well either one predicts the other

A

correlation coefficent?

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Q

Reversed Cards

a graphed cluster of dots, each representing the values of the two variables, amount of scatter suggests the strength of the correlation (little scatter indicates high correlation)

A

scatterplot?

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Reversed Cards

  1. manipulating the variables of interest and 2. holding constant (“controlling”) other variables
A

Experiments enable researchers to isolate the effects of one or more variables by doing what?

75
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Reversed Cards

receive treatment

A

experimental group does what?

76
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Reversed Cards

not receive the treatment

A

control group does what?

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Reversed Cards

assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance so there are not preexisting differences between the groups

A

what is random assignment?

78
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Reversed Cards

when neither the participants nor the research assistants who administer the drug and collect data will know which group is receiving the treatment

A

What is a double blind procedure?

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Reversed Cards

the cause of something, the variable who’s effect is being study so the people are bing studied they are the independent variable

A

What is independent variable?

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Reversed Cards

a factor other than the thing be tested that could have an effect in an experiment

A

What is confounding variable

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Reversed Cards

the outcome

A

What is dependent variable

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Reversed Cards

to observe and record behavior

A

Descriptive method of research?

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Reversed Cards

to detect naturally occuring relationships; to asses how one variable predicts the other

A

correlational method of research

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Reversed Cards

to explore cause and effect

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experimental research method

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