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science that studies behavior and mental processes of organisms

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psychology

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3 reasons that psychology is considered a science

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empirical
objective
scientific method

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what field did psychology grow out of

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philosophy

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what makes psychology unique from other soft/social/behavior sciences

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focuses on the individual

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who founded the first psychological research lab in 1879

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wilhelm wundt

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which is the largest sub field of psychology

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clinical

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studies, assesses and treats people with psychological disorders

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clinical

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design and conduct research (often within a specific area/ subfield)

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experimental

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assist people with problems in living

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counseling

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scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another; interested in our interactions with others

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social

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study of individuals characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting

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personality

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involved in the assessment of and intervention for children in educational settings

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school

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studies physical, cognitive and social change throughout the life span

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developmental

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apply psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in the workplace

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industrial/ organizational

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where are most psycho gusts employed

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colleges and universities

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observe and record behavior in natural environments

unobtrusive

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naturalistic observation

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obtain objective descriptions of background forces that may have influenced an individuals development

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case studies

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senses of questions to collect info about subjects

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surveys

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19
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formal sample of persons behavior

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psychological tests

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20
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MD
psych disorders
drugs

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psychiatrists

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PHD
subfields
no drugs

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psychologists

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possible explanation of events to be tested (if… then)

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hypothesis

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experimental factor that is manipulated

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independent variable

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unwanted effect on DV may be confused with IV

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confounding variable

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group of subjects exposed to experimental condition

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experimental group

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comparison group of subjects who are not exposed to the experimental condition

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control group

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subjects respond to almost any change

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hawthorne effect

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tendency of subjects to behave in accordance with experimenter expectancy

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self fulfilling prophecy

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nature

identical are more psychologically similar (same genetic makeup)

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twin studies

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nature

more similar to biological than adoptive parents

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adoption studies

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study 1 group of subjects over a considerable amount of time

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longitudinal method

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many age groups of subjects (cohorts)

study at same time

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cross sectional method

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concept or framework that acquires and interprets information mental model

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schema

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awareness that objects continue to exist even when they are not perceived

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object permanence

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imagining an action and mentally reversing it

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operations

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pre operational child’s difficulty taking another’s point of view

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egocentricm

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grasping concrete analogies

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conservation

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need to develop sense of security (social attachment)

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trust vs mistrust

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independence

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autonomy vs shame and doubt

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spontaneous but social

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initiative vs guilt

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self confidence and competency

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industry vs inferiority

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adolescence (values)

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identity vs role confusion

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personal relationships

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intimacy vs isolation

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concerned with others

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generativity vs stagnation

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presented moral dilemmas to people of different ages

lawrence kohlberg

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moral development

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knowledge or skills

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learning

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response to an inherent stimulus

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reflex

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unlearned behaviors

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instinct

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sequential unfolding of inherited pre dispositions (walking)

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maturation

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form of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response

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classical conditioning

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who discovered classical conditioning

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pavlov

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john watson’s experiment

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little albert

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learning by making mistakes, until you find the correct solution

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trial and error

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who discovered trial and error

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thorndike

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strengthening of SR relationship by following the response with reinforcement

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operant conditioning

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who discovered operant conditioning

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skinner

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reward

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positive reinforcement

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removes negative outcome

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negative reinforcement

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penalty

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punishment

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EC tolman

learning that occurs without the reinforcement of overt behavior

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latent learning and cognitive maps

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wolfgang kohler

relatively sudden perception of relationships that results in the prompt solution of a problem

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insight

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albert bandura

maintained that new behavior is learned primarily through observation and imitation

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social learning theory

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effect if previous learning on later learning
earlier learning improved later learning
earlier learning makes it harder to learn now

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transfer

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most learners have a preference

one of the senses

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sense modality involved

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practiced together vs separate sessions

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massed vs distributed practice

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studying material beyond point of initial mastery

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overlearning

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artificial aids to learn

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mnemonic devices

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weak theory

forgetting occurs bc memory naturally fades over time

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decay theory

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new memories interfere with ability to remember old memories

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retroactive

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old memories interfere with the ability to remember new memories

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proactive

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unconscious process by which emotionally threatening experiences are unavailable to recall

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repression

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interruption or distortion of the biochemical memory process

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ECT

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most closely associated with memory storage
master regulator
gatekeeper

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hippocampus

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imagination or original ideas

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creativity

75
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thought process by which you overcome obstacles to reach a goal

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problem solving

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mental picture we have if something

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thinking

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purposeful mental manipulation of words and images

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concept

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formal system of communication involving symbols and rules for combining them

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language

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certain time during development when an individual can learn a specific behavior most

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critical period

80
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what does genie reveal about language development

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had trouble learning a language

81
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language is acquired solely through the process of learning
imitation- bandura
reinforcement- skinner

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learning theory

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noam chomsky

maintains that infants are born with a predisposition to develop language

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biologically predetermined theory

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