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Intro To Psychology Flashcards

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Psychology (definition)

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An inexact science that studies human behavior and mental processes.

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Basic Goals

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  1. To measure and describe behavior
  2. To predict and try to control behavior
  3. To understand and explain behavior
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Who were the first people believed to “teach” psych

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Philosophers

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Who were the first “actual” psych’s

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Doctors

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Wilhem Wundt

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German doctor considered to be the first psychologist. Started the first psych lab in Germany.

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Who opened the first psych lab and where

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Stanley Hall at John Hopkins

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What are the schools of thought or conceptual approaches?

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  1. Structuralism
  2. Functunalism
  3. Behaviorism
  4. Psychoanalytic
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Structuralism

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(Wundt) believed in studying conscious experience ( Conscious experience is also known as Introspective: asking why you do things you have no immediate answer to)

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Determinism

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Events that are not random, but are determined by specific factors.

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Functionalism

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(James and Dewy) interested in the function or purpose of behavior - interested in why consciousness exists

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Behaviorism

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(Skinner) interested in changing behavior but are not interested in why the behavior exists. (We learn what to do and what not to do through consequences)

SJCI BELIEVES THAT CONSEQUENCES WILL SHAPE WHO YOU ARE

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Psychoanalytic

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(Freud) believed that behavior is determined by those events that are buried in our subconscious mind- This consists of the subconscious mind- events we do not want to remember- basic impulses and urges

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When does the subconscious mind come out?

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Dreams, slits of speech, and personal interests

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Basic Research

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Conducting research w/ basic outcome and reason

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Applied research

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Has a very specific purpose and tries to improve the quality of life, so that you are doing something of value

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What are the two ethical considerations?

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Honesty: 1. Due to pressure placed on scholars,sometimes professors , cheat and make up research papers.
2. Some professors let their personal opinions affect the results of a study

Subject Rights- today people must give their consent to be studied and deprived after their study

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What are the research methods

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  1. Experimental Method
  2. The correlation approach
  3. Survey method
  4. Naturalistic Observation
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Experimental Method

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The most widely used and abused method. Most of the research is done at colleges.

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Control group

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Does not receive the independent variable

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Experimental group

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Opposite of the control group

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Intervening variable

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Non observable process within the subject that may effect the experience

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Single blind

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All subjects are not aware of what group your in

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Double blind

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The researcher can’t know who is in what group (protects the integrity of an experiment)

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Placebo

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Fake out

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Confederate

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People that participate in the study that are planted by the researcher

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Correlation

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A relationship between two or more variables. Not a cause and effect relationship

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Coefficient of correlation

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Telling of a relationship

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0

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No relationship

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1

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Represents a perfect relationship

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Survey Method

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When psychs give people a number of questions to study their attitudes and their opinions

Note: some people do lie. Dependent on a persons memory

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Naturalistic observation

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Researchers go out into the field and observe occurring behavior. Tales place in factory, mall, etc. Researchers aren’t biased

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Psychiatrist

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Have a medical degree, can prescribe drugs and engage in surgical procedures

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Psychologists

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Have master or PHD. Do counseling or research

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