Unit 1 HISTORY AND APPROACHES

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Psychology

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The science of behavior and mental processes

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Empiricism

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Knowledge comes from experience

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Father of psych

1st psych lab

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Structuralism

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Used interpretation to reveal structure of of the human mind

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Introspection

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Looking in

HAD PROBLEMS

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Functionalism

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How mental and behaviorally processes function

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Biological psych

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Links btw brain and body

Influences behavior/thinking

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Developmental psych

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Studies of changes from womb to tomb

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Cognitive psych

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Experiments of how we perceive (think) and how we solve problems

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Personality psych

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Investigates traits

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Social psych

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Explores how we view/affect other people

How we are in groups

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Psychoanalytic (older)

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Unconscious aspects of the mind

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Behavioral

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Stresses the scientific study of observable behavior

OREO EFFECT

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Socio-cultural (newest)

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Studies things like nature of love, prejudice, aggressiveness , obedience and social conformity

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Humanistic

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Stresses individual’s capacity of personal growth through self-understanding and a nurturant social climate

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Cognitive

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How thought process influences behavior

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Neurobiological

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The brain and the nervous system are they key to understanding behavior, thoughts, and emotion

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Evolutionary

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Hoe behavior and mental processes are adaptive for survival

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Naturalistic observation

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Watching/recording behavior in natural setting (does not explain only describes

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Case study

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Following a single case over an extending period of time

In depth

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Survey

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Asks a fixed set of questions to a sampling of participants (estimate)

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Interviews

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Use of answers plus body language

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Experiments

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Use of scientific method

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Independent variable

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Manipulated variable

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Dependent variable

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Factor being measured | May change because of IV

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Confounding variable

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Factor other than the IV that may change the outcome of the experiment

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Control group

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Does not receive treatment

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Experimental group

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Receives treatment (example of IV)

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Psychologist

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One who helps people develop insight into their own problems and work out their own solutions DOESN'T PROMISE A CURE

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psychiatrist

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Medical doctor

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Mean

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Average

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Mode

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Number that occurs most frequently

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Median

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Middle number

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Standard deviation

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How much numbers vary from the mean

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Range

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Gape between highest and lowest score

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Normal curve distribution (bell curve)

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Most scores fall near the mean

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Positively skewed distribution

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Skewed to the right | Mean greater than median

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Negatively skewed distribution

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Skewed to the left | Mean is less than the median

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Correlation

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Measure of the extent to which two factors vary together and thus of how well either factor predicts the other

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Positive correlation

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If two sets tend to rise and fall together

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Negative correlation

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If two sets relate inversely

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Illusory correlation

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Perceived by nonexistent correlation

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Reliability

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Extant to which a test yields a consistent result

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Validity

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Extant to which test measures or predicts what is supposed to happen

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Theory

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Explanation that organized observations

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Statistical significance

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Observed difference between two #s is not due to chance