Intro. Psych. and Frankenstein Experiment Vocab Flashcards

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1
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Psychology vs. Psychiatry

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Psychology: Test how we act, think, and feel
Psychiatry: Psychiatrist can prescribe medications

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Wilhelm Wundt

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He did the first psychology experiment

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Structuralism

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Study what we are made of

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Gestalt

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Organizing pieces into a whole

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Functionalism

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Study what we do

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Neuroscience/ Biological

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Physical body

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Behavior Genetics

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Nature vs Nurture

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Behavioral

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Learned experiences

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Cognitive

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Thought process

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Social-Cultural

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Others/environment

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Psychoanalytic

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Unconscious past experiences

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Humanistic

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Good intentions

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Scientific Method

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Study people by thinking, watching, testing, and gathering data

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Confirmation Bias

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Experimenter focuses only on proving their point

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Participant Bias

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Participant acts how they should

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Case Study

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Study one person or group (generalize)

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Naturalistic Observation

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Study people in their natural environment

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Survey

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Ask people questions

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Correlation

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two variables have a relationship

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Positive Correlation

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Both variables move together (increase or decrease)

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Negative Correlation

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Both variables move opposite

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Illusory Correlation

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Think a relationship exists that doesn’t

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Cross Sectional Study

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Different groups, short time

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Longitudinal Study

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Same group, long time

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Operational

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Explain the exact procedure

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Experimental Group

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Group we mess with

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Control Group

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Group we compare or pretend to mess with

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Placebo

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A fake treatment

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Independent Variable

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The variable we mess with

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Dependent Variable

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The result from the independent variable