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Scientific Foundations of Psychology Flashcards

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Structuralism

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Emphasizes units of consciousness and identification of thoughts through introspection.

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Functionalism

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How an organism uses its perceptual abilities to adapt to its environment.

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Behavioral approach

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Learning as a result of experience.

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Psychodynamic/psychoanalytic approach

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How unconscious instincts, conflicts, motives, and defenses influence behavior.

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Humanistic approach

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Individual potential for growth and the role of unique perceptions in growth toward one’s potential.

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Biological approach

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Physiological and biochemical factors that determine behavior and mental processes.

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Evolutionary approach

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How natural selection favors behaviors that contribute to survival and reproduction.

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Cognitive approach

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How we receive, store, and process information, think, and speak.

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Sociocultural approach

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How cultural differences affect behavior.

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Biopsychosocial model

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Uses biological processes, psychological factors, and social forces to provide a complete picture of behavior and mental processes.

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Clinical psychologists

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Evaluate and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.

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Counseling psychologists

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Help people adapt to change or make changes in their lifestyle.

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Developmental psychologists

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Study the physical, intellectual, social, and moral changes over the entire life span.

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Educational psychologists

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Focus on how effective teaching and learning happen.

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Forensic psychologists

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Apply psychological principles to legal issues.

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Health/positive psychologists

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Study how health and illness are influenced by emotions, stress, personality, and lifestyle.

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Industrial/organizational psychologists

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Improve productivity and work-life quality by applying psychological principles/methods.

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Controlled experiment

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The experimenter manipulates the independent variable to see the effect on the dependent variable, establishing a cause-and-effect relationship.

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Quasi-experimental research

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Similar to controlled experiments where random assignment isn’t possible.

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Experimenter bias

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A researcher’s expectations about the outcome of a study affect the results.

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Demand characteristics

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Clues participants discover about the purpose of a study that suggest how they should act.

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Single-blind procedure

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Participants don’t know whether they’re in the experimental or control group.

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Double-blind procedure

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Neither the experimenter nor the participant know who’s in the experimental or control group.

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Placebo

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Physical/psychological treatment given to the control group that resembles the treatment given to the experimental group that contains nothing.

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Placebo effect

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Response to the belief that the independent variable will have an effect rather than to the actual effect.

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Within-subjects design

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All participants are exposed to every treatment/condition.

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Counterbalancing

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Technique used to deal with order effects when using a repeated measures design.

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Naturalistic observation

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Records behaviors in real-life situations without intervention.

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Survey

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Obtains large samples of abilities, beliefs, or behaviors through questionnaires and interviews.

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Test

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Validated procedure for sampling, preparing, and analyzing.

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Case study

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Intensive investigation of the behavior and mental processes of a specific person or situation.

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Elementary statistics

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Collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data.

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Descriptive statistics

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Summary of research data obtained from a sample.

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Mode

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Most frequently occurring score in a set of research data.

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Mean

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Arithmetic average of a set of scores.

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Median

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Middle score of a set of data organized by size.

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Variability

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Spread or dispersion of a set of research data or distribution.

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Range

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Difference between the largest score and smallest score.

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Variance

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How far each score in a data set is from the mean.

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Standard deviation

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Measure of the average difference between each score and the mean.

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Correlation

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Mutual relationship between two variables.

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Inferential statistics

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Used to interpret data and draw conclusions.

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