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Psychology

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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

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Cognitive

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Mental process

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Physiological

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Behavior

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Behaviorism

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Study of behavior

  • should be an objective science
  • studies behavior without reference to mental process
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Observation

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Direct-Using any type of senses to observe

Indirect- what is being said verbally

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Humanistic Psychology

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Emphasized the growth potential of healthy people

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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Link between the brain and behavior

  • The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with mental activity
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Different types of Psychologist

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Counseling Psycholgist

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Helps with daily challenges of life by recognizing their strengths and resources

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Clinical Psychologist

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Assessing and treating mental, emotion, and behavior disorders

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Biological Psychologist

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Explore the links between the brain and the mind

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Developmental Psychologist

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Studying our changing abilities from womb to tomb

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Cognitive Psychologist

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Experimenting with how we perceive, think, and solve problems

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Personality Psychologist

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Investigating our persistent traits

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Social Psychologist

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Exploring how we view and affect one another

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Health Psychologist

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Investigating the psychological, biological,and behavioral factors that promote or impair our health

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Industrial - Organizational Psychologist

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Studying and advising on behavior in the workplace

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Psychological current perspectives

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Neuroscience

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How the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences

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Evolutionary

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How the natural selection of traits is passed down from one generation to the next has promoted the survival of genes.

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Behavior Genetics

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How our genes and our environment influence our individual differences

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Psychodynamic

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How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts

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Behavioral

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How we learn observable responses / How we react / How we respond

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Cognitive

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How we encode, process, store, and retrieve imformation

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4 Big Ideas

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Critical Thinking

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Examines assumptions, uncovers hidden values, weighs evidence, ad test conclusions

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Biopsychisocial Approach

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Viewing human behavior from biological, psychological, and social cultural

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Two-track mind

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(DUAL PROCESSING) Our perception, thinking, memory, and attitudes all operate on two levels:

  • Unconscious/ unaware track
  • Conscious/ aware track
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Exploring Human Strengths

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Focus on understanding and offering relief from trouble behaviors and emotions

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Scientific Method

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I.f.c.a

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Identify the problem

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i.F.c.a

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Formulate a hypothesis

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i.f.C.a

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Collect data

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i.f.c.A

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Analyze

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Why we study Psychology

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4 goals

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D.e.p.c

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Describe

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d.E.p.c

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Explain

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d.e.P.c

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Predict

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d.e.p.C

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Control Behavior

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Replication

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Repeating the essence of research study, usually with different participants in different situations

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How to study

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Case Study

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Descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth.

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Naturalistic Observation

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Observe a person in their natural environment without trying to change or control the situation

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Survey

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Individual feedback of attitudes or behavior of a group

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Population

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All these in a group being studied, from which samples may be drawn from

A smaller group from a larger group

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Random Sample

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A sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion

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9/14/16

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Experimental Group

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The group exposed to the treatment / to one version of the independent variable

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Control Group

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The group not exposed to the treatment; the control group serves as a comparison with the experimental group for judging the effect of the treatment

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Placebo

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An inactive substance or condition that is sometimes given to these in a control group

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Double-blind Procedure

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A procedure in which participants and research staff are ignorant (blind) about who has received the treatment or a placebo

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Random Assignment

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Assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing any differences between the groups

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Informed Consent

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Giving people enough information about a study to enable them to decide whether they wish to participate

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Debriefing

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After an experiment ends, explaining to participate the study’s purpose and any deceptions researchers used

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Nature

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Biology

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Nurture

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Environment

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Positive Psychology

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Seeing the greater things, how you can achieve things, anything dealing with positivity

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