Intro to Psych

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Psychology

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The science of mental processes

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Wundt

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Founder of modern day psychology, research methods used introspection, psychophysical measurements, reaction time

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E.B Titchener

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Founded structuralism; to explain consciousness by analyzing its structural elements

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Structuralism

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An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind

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William James

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Published the first psych book; founded functionalism

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Functionalism

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A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish

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J.B. Watson

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Leader of behaviorism

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Behaviorism

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the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes.

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Biological Approach

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behavior understood by describing underlying biochemical and neurological causes

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Cognitive Approach

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deals with perception, language, and thought. (Piaget and Chomsky)

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Psychoanalytic

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behavior is motivated by unconscious processes. Importance on childhood, sex and aggression. (Freud, Jung, Adler, Horney)

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Humanist

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emphasized on helping everyone and opposed behaviorism and psychoanalysis. Free will. (Maslow and Rogers)

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Experiment

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the only research method that shows cause and effect. Includes a hypothesis and must be testable, verifiable, and refutable.

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Independent Variable

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variable manipulated by the experiment

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Dependent Variable

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measured variable influenced by the independent variable

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Experimental Group

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the group that receives the treatment

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Control Group

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the group that doesn’t receive the treatment (placebo)

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Placebo Effect

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a beneficial effect produced by a placebo drug or treatment, which cannot be attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and must therefore be due to the patient’s belief in that treatment.

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Single Blind

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controls subject awareness of group assignment

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Double-Blind

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controls subject and experimenter awareness of group assignment

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Randomization

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selection for groups random or by chance procedure

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Experimenter Bias

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any systematic errors in the research process or the interpretation of its results that are attributable to a researcher’s behavior, preconceived beliefs, expectancies, or desires about results. For example, a researcher may inadvertently cue participants to behave or respond in a particular way

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Population

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the larger group of people from which samples are drawn

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Sample

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set of subjects drawn from a particular population

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Naturalistic Observation (Pros and Cons)

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Pro: behavior observed in a natural setting, much info obtained, the hypothesis is formed
Con: no control, observer bias, may need to wait for event to occur

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Correlation

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describes the relationships between two variables

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Causation

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the empirical relation between two events, states, or variables such that change in one (the cause) brings about change in the other (the effect).

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Survey Method

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methods used to measure attitudes, motives, opinions, etc.

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Sampling Error

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the predictable margin of error that occurs in studies of samples of cases or observations from a larger population: It indicates the possible variance between the true value of a parameter in the population and the estimate of that value made from the sample data. For example, a sampling error of 3% in a large national survey finding that 65% of citizens prefer a particular policy means that the true figure could be anywhere between 62% and 68%.