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1
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Define Psychology

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the scientific study of both behaviour and mind

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Define Behaviour

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Any kind of observable action, including words, gestures,responses,and biological activity

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What is research/experimental psychology?

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psychologists who are studying people (or animals) to try and determine basic human characteristics (influences on behaviour)

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What is applied psychology?

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therapists and other psychologists who are using the knowledge gained through research to make a difference in the real world

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What is Dualism?

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mind and body are two separate categories (two distinct entities)
Body - functions like a machine
Mind - not something made of “ordinary matter”

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6
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Who was Rene Descartes?

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Dualism

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How does a Clinical Psychologist differ from a Counsellor and Psychiatrist?

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A clinical psychologist has a masters and Ph.D. in clinical psych.
A councillor has a masters in counselling.
A psychiatrist has a M.D.

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Who was Wilhelm Wundt?

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Mounted a campaign to make psych an independent study. Established the first psychological journal, considered the founder of psych.

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9
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When and Where was the first psychology laboratory discovered?

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1879-University of Leipzig (Germany)

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What is Cognitive Psychology

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Studies higher mental processes.

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What is personality psychology

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Studies behaviour that shows personality.

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12
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What is Developmental psychology

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Psych across the lifespan

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What is Behavioural Psychology

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Study of the connection between our minds and our behaviours

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What is Social Psychology

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Studies genetic factors in psych

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What is Comparative Psychology?

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study of animals in order to find out about humans.

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What is Health Psychology?

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Studies how psych contributes to physical health and treatment/prevention of illness

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What is Clinical Psychology?

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Branch of psychology that studies diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems

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What is Structuralism?

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examining the structure of the mind (i.e. ideas, sensations, etc.)

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What is Functionalism?

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stresses the biological significance (i.e. function) of natural processes, including behaviours

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What is Behaviourism?

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focuses solely upon observable behaviours and the relationship between the environment (the organism’s situation) and behaviours. Strict behaviourists will not speculate on non-observable parts of the organism (i.e. thoughts, emotions, dreams, motives, etc.)

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21
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Who discovered Structuralism

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Edward Titchener

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Who discovered Functionalism

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William James

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Who discovered Behaviourism

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B.F. Skinner (John B. Watson expanded on it)

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What are some characteristics of early Psychological Theories?

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Tended to be “Grand Theories” - they attempted to provide a universal account of the fundamental psychological processes and characteristics of the human species

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What is Animism?

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The belief that animals, people, and inanimate objects are inhabited by spirits

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What is Rationalism?

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he pursuit of truth through reason

26
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What is Empiricism?

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pursuit of truth through observation and experience

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What is Materialism?

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reality can only be understood by examining the physical world

28
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Who was Aristotle?

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Animism, theory of memory

29
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Who was Sigmund Freud?

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reated people with mental health issues, and developed psychoanalysis. Also looked at his own anxieties for research.

30
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What was Carl Rogers theory?

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theory of personality about reliability and constructiveness, people might achieve a balance between their real self and ideal self.

31
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What are the 3 types of Research Methods?

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1.Scientific Approach
2.Descriptive/Correlational Studies
3.Experimental Research

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What is a Theory?

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a set of statements designed to explain a set of results and is more encompassing than a hypothesis

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What is a Hypothesis?

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a statement of what you think should happened in your experiment

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What are the 3 goals of the using the scientific method?

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1.Measyrement and Description
2.Understanding and Prediction
3.Application and Control

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What are the steps in an investigation?

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1.Identify the problem
2,Gather information
3.Generate a hypothesis
4.Design and conduct experiment
5.Analyze data and formulate conclusions
6.Restart the process

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What is reliability?

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The repeatability of an experiment

37
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What is validity?

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refers to the credibility or believability of the research.

38
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What are correlational studies?

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used to look for relationships between variables. There are three possible results of a correlational study: a positive correlation, a negative correlation, and no correlation.

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What are experimental studies?

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a study in which a treatment, procedure, or program is intentionally introduced and a result or outcome is observed.

40
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What are variables?

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41
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What is the Independent Variable?

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in an experimental design, this is the variable that is actively manipulated by the researcher.

42
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What is the Dependent Variable?

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in an experimental design, this is the variable that is measured. The value of the dependent variable is usually considered to be dependent upon the independent variable.

43
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What is an operational definition?

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define concepts and labels by the way they are measured.

44
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what is the Experimental Group?

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a group of participants who are exposed to some manipulation (the independent variable is manipulated).

45
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What is the Control Group?

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a comparison group (the independent variable is not manipulated).

46
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What are descriptive statistics?

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used to summarize and make understandable a group of numbers collected in a study.

47
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What are inferential statistics?

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used to draw conclusions that are based on the numbers actually collected in the research (but go beyond these numbers) - asking if the data is “meaningful” (statistically significant).

48
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What is the mean?

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average of the numbers

49
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What is the mode?

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he value that occurs most often

50
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What is the median?

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the middle number

51
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What are the measures of Central Tendency?

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the mode, the median and the mean

52
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What is range?

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The lowest and highest value

53
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What is standard deviation?

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a quantity calculated to indicate the extent of deviation for a group as a whole.

54
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What does it mean if r=0?

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There is no relation between the two variables, ex. scatterplot

55
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What does it mean if r=1 or -1?

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There is a perfect relation (almost never happens).

56
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If r is negative which direction will the line go?

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Up to the left

57
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If r is positive which direction will the line go?

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Up to the right

58
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What is statistical significance determined by?

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is determined by the outcome of statistical analyses performed on the data from a study

59
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What does statistical significance claim?

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is the claim that an observed relation or difference between two variables is probably not due to chance

60
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What are naturalistic observations?

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a research tool in which a subject is observed in its natural habitat without any manipulation by the observer.

61
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What are case studies?

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an account of an activity, event or problem that contains a real or hypothetical situation and includes the complexities you would encounter in the workplace. Case studies are used to help you see how the complexities of real life influence decisions.

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