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Unit 1 Introduction and Research Flashcards

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Research method in which the psychologist observes the subject in a natural setting without interfering

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Naturalistic observation

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A relatively small group out of the total population under study

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Sample

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Research method that involves an intensive investigation of one or more participants

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Case study

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Research method in which information is obtained by asking many individuals a fixed set of questions

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Survey

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Research method in which data is collected about a group of participants over a number of years to assess how certain characteristics change or remain the same during development

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Longitudinal study

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Research method in which data is collected from groups of participants of different ages and compared so that conclusions can be drawn about differences due to age

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Cross-sectional study

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The measure of a relationship between two variables or sets of data

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Correlation

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An educated guess about the relationship between two variables

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Hypothesis

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Any factor that is capable of change

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Variable

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The group to which an independent variable is applied

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Experimental group

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The group that is treated in the same way as the experimental group except that the experimental treatment is not applied

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Control group

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Needs such as sleep and hunger

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Psychological

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Private or up observable mental , reasons

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Cognitive

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Scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

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Psychology

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Educational guess about some phenomenon

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Hypothesis

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A set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study.

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Theory

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The pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake

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Basic Science

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Discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals.

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Applied Science

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A general approach to gathering information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized .

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Scientific Method

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an experiment in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know which participants received which treatment

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double-blind experiment

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a change in a participant’s illness or behavior that results from a belief that that the treatment will have an effect rather than the actual treatment

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placebo effect

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A scientist who studies the mind and behavior of humans and animals.

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Psychologist

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A psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances.

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Clinical psychologist

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A psychologist who usually helps people deal with problems of living.

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Counseling psychologist

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Branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional or behavioral disorders

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Psychiatry

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A psychologist who studies the emotional cognitive biological personal and social changes that occur as an individual matures.

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Developmental psychologist

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A psychologist who is concerned with helping students learn.

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Educational psychologist

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A psychologist who may work in a mental health or social well fair agency.

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Community psychologist

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A psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the work place a more satisfying environment for employees and managers.

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Industrial/ organizational psychologist

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A psychologist who studies sensations, perception, learning, motivation, and emotion in carefully controlled laboratory conditions.

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Experimental psychologist

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Psychologist who study the basic elements that make up conscious
Mental experiences

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Structuralist

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Collect information about the mind

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Introspection

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Study how animals and people adapt to their environment

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Functionalist

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Psychologist who studies how unconscious motivates and conflicts human behavior

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Psychoanalyst

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Psychologist who stressed investigating observable behavior

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Behaviorist

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Who believes each person has the freedom in directing

His or her future and achieving personal growth

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Humanist

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Focus on how we process or store information and how this information influences our thinking, language, problem solving, and creativity

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Cognitivists

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How the brain, the nervous system, hormones, and genetic influences our behavior

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Psychobiologists

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The physical needs such as sleep and hunger.

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Physiological

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The measure of difference, or spread

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Variance

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The measure of variability that describes an average distance of every score from the mean

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Standard deviation

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Describes the direction and strength of the relationship between two sets of variables

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Correlation coefficient

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Numerical methods used to determine whether research data support a hypothesis or whether the results were due to chance

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Inferential statistics

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a branch of mathematics that enables researchers to organize and evaluate the data they collect

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statistics

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the listing and summarizing of data in a practical, efficient way, such as through graphs and averages

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descriptive statistics

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is a way of arranging data so that we know how often a particular score or observation occurs

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frequency distribution

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Many variables, such as height, weight, and IQ, fall into such a curve if enough people are measured

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normal curve

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a number that describes something about the “average” score

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central tendency

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