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Unit 1 Flashcards

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1
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What is Psychology?

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Psychology is deprived from physiology and philosophy

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Structuralism

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the idea that the mind was made up of the sum of its parts.

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Functionalism

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psychological philosophy that describes the mind as a functional tool that allows us to adapt to our environments.

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Psychodynamic Approach

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How behavior springs from
unconscious drives and conflicts

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Behavioral Approach

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How we learn observable
responses

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Humanistic Approach

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Free will, choice, ideal, actualization

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Cognitive Approach

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How we encode, process, store, and retrieve information

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Evolutionary Approach

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Uses evolutionary ideas such as adaptation, reproduction, and natural selection as the basis for explaining specific human behaviors

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Biological Approach

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believes behavior to be a consequence of our genetics and physiology

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Sociocultural Approach

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How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures

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Biopsychosocial Approach

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considers the influences
of biological, psychological, and social-cultural factors

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Natural Selection

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Organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success.

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Mary Calkins

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first female president of APA

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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first women to earn a PhD in American psychology

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Charles Darwin

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known for his contributions to Natural Selection & Evolution

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Dorothea Dix

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reformed mental institutions in U.S.

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Stanley Hall

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first president of APA 1st jornal

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William James

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father of American Psychology - functionalist

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Wilhelm Wundt

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father of Modern Psychology - structuralist

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Basic Research

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purpose is to increase scientific knowledge

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Applied Research

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purpose to help people

22
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Psychologist

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research or counseling

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Psychiatrist

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prescribe medications and diagnose

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Advantage in Experiments

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researcher controls variables to establish cause and effect

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Disadvantage in Experiments

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difficult to generalize

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Independent Variable

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the independent variable is the cause. Its value is independent of other variables in your study

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Dependent Variable

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the dependent variable is the effect. Its value depends on changes in the independent variable

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Experimental Group

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the group that receives the variable being tested in an experiment

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Control Group

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the group in an experiment that does not receive the variable you are testing

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Placebo Effect

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show behaviors associated with the experimental group when having received placebo

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Double-Blind

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neither the patients nor the researchers/doctors know which study group the patients are in

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Single-Blind

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patients do not know which study group they are in (for example whether they are taking the experimental drug or a placebo)

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Operational Definition

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a term that is used to describe the procedure of a study and the research variables

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Random Assignment

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a procedure used in experiments to create multiple study groups that include participants with similar characteristics so that the groups are equivalent at the beginning of the study

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Random Sample

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method for choosing participants for your study

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Representative Sample

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Sample mimics the general population

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Adv & Disadv of Correlation

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Adv: able to identify relationship between two variables
Disadv: No cause and effect

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Positive Correlation

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variables increase and decrease together

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Negative Correlation

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as once variable increases the other decreases

40
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Illusory Correlation

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belief of correlation that doesn’t exist

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Naturalistic Observation

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a descriptive technique of observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control
the situation

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Case Study

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an in-depth investigation of a single individual, family, event, or other entity
(for example, to understand an individual’s background, relationships, and behavior)

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