Psychology: Chapter 1

Question 1

the scientific study of the mind, brain and behavior

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Psychology

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rungs on a ladder of analysis, with lower levels tied most closely to biological influences and higher levels tied most closely to social influences

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Levels of Analysis

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caused by many factors

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Multiply Determined

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variations among people in their thinking, emotion, personality, and behavior

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Individual Differences

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belief that we see the world precisely as it is

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Naive Realism

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explanation for a large number of findings in the natural world

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Scientific Theory

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testable prediction derived from a scientific theory

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Hypothesis

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tendency to seek out evidence that contradicts them

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Confirmation Bias

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tendency to stick to our initial beliefs even when evidence contradicts them

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Belief Perseverance

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assertion about the world that is not testable

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Metaphysical Claim

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set of claims that seems scientific but aren’t

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Pseudoscience

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escape hatch or loophole that defenders of a theory use to protect their theory from falsification

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Ad hoc Immunizing Hypothesis

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tendency to percieve meaningful connections among unrelated phenomena

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Apophenia

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tendency to perceive meaningful images in meaningless visual stimuli

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Pareidolia

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theory proposing that our awareness of our death leaves us with an underlying sense of terror which we cope by adopting reasuring cultural worldviews

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Terror Management Theory

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approach of evaluating all claims with an open mind but insisting on persuasive evidence before accepting them

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Scientific Skepticism

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set of skills for evaluating all claims in an open minded and careful fashion

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Critical Thinking

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error of assuming that because one thing is associated with another, it must cause the other

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Correlation - Causation Fallacy

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anything that can vary

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Variable

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capable of being disproved

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Falsifiable

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when a study’s finding are able to be duplicated, ideally by independent investigators

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Replicability

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method by which trained observers carefully reflect and report on their mental experiences

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Introspection

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school of spychology that aimed to indetify the basic elements of psychological experience

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Structuralism

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school of psychology that aimed to understand the adaptive purposes of psychological characteristics

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Functionalism

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principle that organisms that possess adaptations sruvive and reproduce at a higher rate than other organisms

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Natural Selection

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shcool of psychology that focuses on uncovering the general laws of learning by looking at observable behavior

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Behaviorism

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school of psychology that proposes that thinking is central to understanding behavior

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Cognitive Psychology

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relatively new field of psychology that examines the relation between brain functioning and thinking

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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school of psychology, founded by Sigmund Freud, that focuses on internal Psychological processes of which we’re unaware

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Psychoanalysis

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discipline that applies Darwin’s thoery of natural selection to human and animal behavior

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Evolutionary Psychology

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research examining how the mind works

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Basic Research

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research examining how we can use basic research to solve real-world problems

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Applied Research

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exicitatory; increases the chance neurons will communicate

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Glutanate

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inhibitory; decreases liklihood of an action potential

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GABA

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arousal, selective attention, sleep, and memory

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Acetycholine

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influences arousal and response to stimuli

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Norepinephrine / Seratonin

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plays a role in response to rewarding experiences

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Dopamine