Test 1

Question 1

Psychology

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Mid 1800’s, U.S. practice of examining skull bones to determine intelligence and character

Question 2

William Jones

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Father of psychology

Question 3

Wilhelm Wundt

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Established psychology as a seperate field

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John Watson

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Behaviorist who believed in what can be measured

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Structuralism

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psychological approach concerned with using internal thought to break down mental processes into basic components

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Functionalism

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goal of explaining consciousness and behavior in a systematic accurate manner

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Inheritable traits psychology

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goal is to explain behavior as due to inborn traits

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Gestalt psychology

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approach that focuses on the nature of whole patterns

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Psychoanalytic psychology

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focuses on how the unconscious mind influences behavior

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Behavioral psychology

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how rewards and punishments influence behaviot

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Cognitive psychology

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psychology concerned with how the brain, nervous system and genetics influence behavior

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Humanistic psychology

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focus is on helping one reach his/her full potential

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Biological psychology

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how processing, storing and recieving information influences behavior

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Sociocultural psychology

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psychology of how ones ethnicity, gender and culture effects behavior

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Lev Vygatsky

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founder of sociocultural psychology

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Naturalistic Observation

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observing behavior in a natural setting

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case study

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intense investigation of one

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survey

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asking a fixed set of questions

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Longitudinal Study

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data collected about a group over years to asses changing characteristics

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Cross-sectional study

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data collection from groups of different ages

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Corolations and explanations

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measure of a relationship between 2 variables

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Experiments

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procedure of discovery, hypothesis creation and demonstration

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Theory

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Explanation

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Hypothesis

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Educated guess

Question 25

control group

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group treated the same as experimental group except treatment is not applied

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Experimental group

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group to which variable applied

Question 27

dependent variable

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variable changes in which relation to independent variable

Question 28

independent variable

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changed to observe effects