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Intro to psych Flashcards

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1
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Psychology uses methods which attempt to minimize (4)

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1.biases
2.preconceptions
3.personal beliefs
4.emotions

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Goals of psych

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  1. Description
  2. Explanation
  3. Prediction
  4. Influence
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Description

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Must take accurate notes about the behaviours or situations we observe

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Explanation

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understanding of the conditions under which is given behaviour or mental process occurs

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Prediction

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Understanding of the conditions under which is given behaviour or mental process occurs

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Influence

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To prevent unwanted occurrences or to bring about desired changes

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Functions of a theory

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organizes facts
Guides research

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Theory is always

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falsifiable

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Falsifiable

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Contains the seed of its own destruction

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Two types of research

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Basic and applied

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Basic research

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Description
Explanation
Prediction

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Psychological research types

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Descriptive
Correlational
Experimental

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Descriptive research

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Observational
Case study
Survey

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Observational research designs differ with respect to

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Degree to which an observer intervenes
Way in which that behaviours is recorded

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Application of case study

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rare phenomena
Unusual clinical cases

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Survey

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behavioural science

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Correlation does not equal cause

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Experimental research method

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Manipulate one or two main variables
Isolate the two variables

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experimental study contains 4 basic elements

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MCMC
Manipulation
Control
Measurement
Comparison

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Responsibilities for researchers

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individuals who participate
Discipline of science

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Nuremberg code

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Groundwork for the ethical standards

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Nuremberg code requirements

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capacity to consent
Freedom fo coercion
Freedom to withdraw from participation
Comprehension of the risk and benefits involved

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Structuralism

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Analyzing the basic elements or the structure of conscious mental experience

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Functionalism

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Considers mental life and behaviour in terms of active adaptation to the persons environment

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Wundt known as what

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founder of psychology

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Wundt mental experiences

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reduced to basic elements

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What did functionalism bring

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broadened scope of psychology to include behaviour as well as mental processes

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Gestalt objected to structuralism

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Gestalt psychology emphasized that individuals
perceive objects and patterns as whole units, and that the whole thus perceived is more than the
sum of its parts.

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Bahviorism; never mind the mind

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It assumes that all behavior are either reflexes produced by a response to certain stimuli in the environment, or a consequence of that individual’s history, including reinforcement and punishment, together with the individual’s current motivational state and controlling stimuli.

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Watson

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Methodological béhaviorism

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Humanistic / existential perspectives

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Primary study of psychology should be experiencing a person
Choice, creativity and self realization, rather than mechanistic reductionism
Only personally ans socially significant problems should be studied- significance, not
objectivity, is the watchword.
* 4. The major concern of psychology should be the dignity and enhancement of people.

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Humanistic psych

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focuses on uniqueness of human beings and their capacity for choice, growth and psychological health

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Cognitive Psychology: focusing on Mental Processes

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focuses on mental
processes such as memory, problem solving, concept formation, reasoning and
decision making, language, and perception.

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Evolutionary Perspective

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examines psychological structure from a modern evolutionary
perspective.

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Sociocultural Perspective

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describe awareness of circumstances
surrounding individuals and how their behaviors are affected specifically
by their surrounding, social and cultural factors

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