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Scientific Foundations Flashcards

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Structuralism

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purpose was to discover the structures inside the human brain by using introspection (there were no other methods possible at the time)

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Functionalism

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inspired by Charles Darwin - the belief that every behavior served a function (ie. crying)

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Psychoanalytic / Psychodynamic

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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, neurotransmitters

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Sociocultural

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society

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Biopsychosocial

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combo of above

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Mary Calkins

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first female president of APA

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APA

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American Psychological Association
provides ethical standards, conducts research, provides sources for psychologists

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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first female with a PhD (in psychology)

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Charles Darwin

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natural selection & evolution

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Stanley Hall

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first president of APA & first journal

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Wilhelm Wundt

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father of modern psychology (he is a structuralist)

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Random Assignment

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assigns people randomly to either a control or experimental group in an experiment (minimizes bias, increases chance of equal representation among groups)

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Random Sample (Selection)

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random selection of participants for a study, giving everyone a chance

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3rd Variable Problem (Lurking Variable)

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a different variable is responsible for the correlation of two variables

20
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illusory correlation

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belief of correlation that doesn’t exist

21
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descriptive statistics

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shape of the data

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normal distribution

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mean, median, mode are centered

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positive skew

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mode, then median, then mean

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negative skew

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mean, then median, then mode

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statistical significance

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results not due to chance

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