Scientific Foundations (10%-14%) Flashcards

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Psychology

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The science of behavior and mental processes

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Science

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Uses empirical evidence in the scientific method

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Structuralism

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Early approach that focused on the structure of the mind through introspections (the process of looking inward)

Edward Titchner

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Functionalism

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Focused on the purpose of the mind

William James

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Nature

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Genetics

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Nurture

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Environment

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Basic research

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Build psychologies knowledge

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Applied research

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Application of existing knowledge in the real world

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Operational definition

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Way of measuring or quantifying a variable

Example you measure happiness by the number of smiles

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Replication

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Repeating the experiment with different participants. This will determine if the results can be generalized to other participants and other situations

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Case study

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Examine one person or group in depth

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Naturalistic observation

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Describes behavior and it’s most natural state without interference or intervention

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Survey

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Self report data, questions are influenced by wording 

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Random sampling

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Gives every member of the population an equal chance of being selected for the sample

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Random assignment

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Randomly assigning participants to the control group or experimental group to establish cause-and-effect. It would illuminate or reduce the impact of specific individual differences/confounding variables

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Correlation

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Predictions, is not causation

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Correlation coefficient

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Close to zero equals weak relationship
Close to one equals strong positive relationship
Close to negative one equals strong negative relationship

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Independent variable

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Is the variable you think that will cause

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Dependent variable

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Affect person or a group

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Confounding variable

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Factor other than the factor being studied that might influence of studies results

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Experimental group

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Treatment group

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Control group

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No treatment, comparison group

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Single blind procedure

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When participants don’t know if they are getting the treatment or the placebo

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Double blind procedure

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When neither the researcher or participants know who received the treatment or placebo

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Descriptive statistics
Describes a set of data
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Inferential statistics
Draw conclusions about the sets of data
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Mean
Average value
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Median
Middle value
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Mode
Occurs the most
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Right skewed distribution
Median is to the left of the mean, tail on right side
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Left skewed distribution
Median is to the right of the main, tail on left side
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Standard deviation
How scores vary around the mean score
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Statistical significance
How likely that a result occurred by chance | P value less than .05
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American psychological association
Establishes ethic codes
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Institutional review board
Review proposals for research, approval needed for experiment
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Informed consent
All subjects given necessary information to decide to participate in the study or not
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Confidentiality
Any data collected in the experiment should remain confidential
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Debriefing
Experimenter tells the subject more information about the studies purpose and procedures after the study is completed
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Experiments
Establish cause-and-effect, manipulate variables