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Psych Terms Flashcards

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Structuralism

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Used introspection (an act of looking inward to examine mental experience )to determine the underlying STRUCTURES of the mind

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Fuctionalism

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Need to analyze the purpose of behavior

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Psychoanalytic / Dynamic

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Unconscious, childhood

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Behavioral

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Learned, reinforced

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Humanistic

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Free will, choice, ideal actualization

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Cognitive

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Perceptions, thoughts

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Evolutionary

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Genes

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Biological

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Brain, NTs

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Sociocultural

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Society

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Biopsychosocial

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Combo of biological, sociocultural

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Mary Calkins

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First female president of APA

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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The first female to gain a Ph.D

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Charles Darwin

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Natural selection and Evolution

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Dorothea Dix

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Reformed mental institutions in America

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Stanley Hall

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1st presdient of APA and 1st journal

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Basic research

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The purpose is to gain knowledge (rats)

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Applied research

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The purpose is to help people

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Psychologist

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a mental health professional who studies the mind and behavior, and helps people with mental health conditions, relationship issues, and life challenges.(research or counseling Ms or PhD)

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Psychiatrist

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They evaluate, diagnose, and treat psychiatric disorders using a combination of medication, therapy, and behavioral interventions.(M.D)

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Experiment

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Advantage: Researcher controls variables to establish cause and effect

Disadvantage: Difficult to generalize

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Independent Variable

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Purposefully altered by the researcher to look for the effect

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Dependent Variable

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The measured variable (IS DEPENDENT on the independent variable ) determines the cause

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Experimental Group

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They received the treatment (part of the IV) and can only have 1

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Control l Group

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Placebo, Baseline (part of the IV):can only have 1

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Placebo Effect

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Shows behaviors associated with the exp. group when having received a placebo

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Double-blind Experiment

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Where neither the participants nor the experimenter are aware of which condition people are assigned to ( drug studies)

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Single Blind Experiment

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The participant is left unaware, the experimenter can’t be blind (gender, age, etc.)

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Confound

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Error or flaw in the study

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Random Assignment

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Assign participants to either a control or experimental group at random minimizes bias (unfairness), increases chances of equal representation among groups

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Random sample

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The method of choosing participants for your study to minimize bias, everyone has a chance to take part( names in hat or computer generation )

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Representative sample

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The sample mimics the general population (ethnic, gender, and age )

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Correlation

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Advantage: identify the relationship between two variable
Disadvantage: no cause and effect

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Positive Correlation

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Variables increase and decrease together ( directly proportional )

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Negative correlation

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As one variable increases the other decreases (inversely proportional )

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3rd variable problem (lurking variable )

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Different variable is responsible for the relationship (breast implants and suicide )

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illusory Correlation

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Belief of correlation that doesn’t exist (old man predicts rain from arthritis )

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Naturalistic Observation

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Advantage: real-world validity (observe people in their natural setting )
Disadvantage: no cause and effect )

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Case study

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Advantage: studies ONE person (usually) in great detail - lots of info
Disadvantage:no cause and effect

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Mean

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Average (use in a normal distribution )

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Median

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Middle #(used in skewed distribution )

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Mode

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Occurs more often

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Inferential Statistics

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Establishes significances (meaningfulness)

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Statisical l Significance =Result

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Not due to chance, experiment manipulation caused the difference in means

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Ethical Guidelines

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Confidentiality: names kept secret
Informed Consent:must agree to be a part of the study
Debriefing:must be told the true purpose of the study (done after deception)
Deception must be warranted
No harm -mental/physical

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