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1
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What is Psychology

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The Study of behavior and mental processes both human and animals

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What are the goals of Psychology

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To describe, explain, predict and change (meant to improve life)

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What kind of method does psychology follow

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Scientific Method

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What are the branches of Psychology?

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1 Clinical 
2 School 
3 Developmental
4 Social
5 Neuropsychology
6 Cognitive  
7 Health
8 Organizationa/Industrial 
9 Cross Cultural 
10 Environmental 
11 Experimental
12 Forensic 
13 Gender/cultural 
14 Personality
15 Positive
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What is Clinical Psychology

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Assess and Diagnose: treat abnormal behavior in social/career adjustment.

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What is School Psychology

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Work w/in the educational systems to promote intellectual, social, & emotional development of students.

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What is Developmental Psychology

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(Lifespan) Growth and change from conception to death.

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What is Social Psychology

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How the individual is affected by the group , in ways including aggression, prejudice, love, helping, conformity, and attitudes.

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What is Neuro Psychology

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The relationship between the brain and the Nervous System and its behavior

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What is Cognitive Psychology

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The Type of therapy that studies higher mental processes. Also known as information processing theory : understand memory and how we store and restore info.

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What is Health Psychology

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Studies how psychology contributes to maintaining good health.

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What is Organizational/Industrial Psychology

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Study productivity, job satisfaction, motivation, and help companies run smoothly.

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What is Cross Cultural Psychology

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Studies similarities and Differences in and across various cultures and ethnic groups.

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What is Environmental Psychology

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How people affect and are affected by the physical environment.

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What is Experimental Psychology

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Examines process such as learning, conditioning, motivation, emotion, sensation and perception in humans and other animals

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What is Forensic Psychology

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Applies principles of psychology to the legal system

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What is Gender/Cultural Psychology

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How men and women of dif. cultures differ from one another and how they are similar

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What is Personality Psychology

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Studies unique and relatively stable patterns in a persons thoughts and feelings and actions

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What is Positive Psychology

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Examines factors relating to optimal human functioning

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Structuralism- What is it? Who started it? When?

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Was founded by Wilhelm Wundt in 1879, It was started in order to find what the structure of the mind and what its made up; through conscious experience. Through Introspection.

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Functionalism- What is it? Who started it? When?

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Was founded by William James In the late 1800’s, He created the first psychological laboratory. He created the theory of the “Stream of Consciousness” meaning that thought is constantly moving, thoughts are . , from into each other
The Primary Needs are biological needs.
This was sparked by Darwinism.

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What are the Four Models

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S.Freud = unconscious instinctual drives, motive behavior
Cognitive(A Beck) Thought Process/ reasoning. info. processing
Behavioral (B.F. Skinner) Observable Behavior
Humanistic (C.Rodgers) individual Control Free Will

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What is research ?

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The systematic inquiry aimed @ discovering new knowledge

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What is Archival ?

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Examining existing records for the purpose of conforming Hypothesis.

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What is Naturalistic observation ?

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observation of natural situation w/o researcher intervention & records info.

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What is a Case Study ?

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A long term study ( like developmental) it is reliable and valid

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What is a Survey Study?

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Sample of a group the represents the population, researcher is interested in examination by using questions and interviews.

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What is Correlation Research? And what are the three types of Correlations?

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Determines whether there is a relationship between variables
Positive Cor. - Variables move in the same direction
Negative Cor. - Variables move in the opposite direction
Zero Cor. - Variables have no correlation.

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What is Experimental Research ?

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Determines cause and effect relaionships between 2 variables by deliberately producing a change in one variable and observing the effect that change has on the other variable.

30
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What is Classical Conditioning? Who started it? And When?

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Ivan Pavlov 1906, is unconditioned stimulus (evolves a natural response w/o training; it is also unconditioned response which is natural to us

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What is Conditioned Stimulus/Response??

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C.S.- The once Natural Stimulus that has been repeatedly pared with the unconditioned stimulus brings abt response through training.
C.R.- Response to the C.S.

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What is Extinction ?

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When the Conditioned Response is suppressed

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What is spontaneous Recovery ?

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After pause or rest of that condition

34
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What is Operate Learning ?

What are the two dif types of Reinforcement?

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B.F. Skinner = A reinforcer strengthens a response, to increase the likely hood of occurring again.
Positive Rein.- a pleasant stimulus follows a desired response.:Reward.
Negative Rein.- unpleasant stimulus thats given until the desired response is achieved and then removed.

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