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Unit 2: Searching for Answers Flashcards

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Sociology

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Focuses on understanding the development of society and how individuals function within society.

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Political Science

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Focuses on the law and governance of societies

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Linguistics

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Focuses on the development and usage of language

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Anthropology

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Focuses on development of societies and cultures

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Economics

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Focuses on the allocation of resources

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Dualism

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Idea that the body and mind are two separate entities.

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Principle

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Scientific law that can be repeatedly proved. Psychology is founded on theories, not principles.

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Behaviorism

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The idea that behavior is shared through h our interaction with our environment and learning experiences.

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Humanistic perspective

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Viewpoint that focuses on the whole person and human potential in understanding behavior and providing treatment.

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Gestalt Psychology

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Contends our mind does not focus on each detail but instead takes in an object as a whole.

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Cognitive Psychology

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Approach that focuses on mental processes to understand behavior.

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Zone of proximal development

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An area in which learners are unable to progress on their own but could master skills with assistance.

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Functionalism

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Idea that mental states/behavior are not result of internal structure but rather a result of the role/function the mental state or behavior plays within the larger system.

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Scaffolding

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Educational method in which learners are supported and encouraged in the learning process by a more skilled mentor.

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Structuralism

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Breaks down the mental components of the mind into the smallest pieces possible.

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Psychology Careers

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-Clinical: Assessment/Treatment of mental illness.
-Community: Analyze communities affect on person (Public Service)
-Counseling: Improve a person through psychological concepts
-Developmental: Study development patterns and help people overcome challenges
-Educational: Study how people learn. (Consultants)
-Environmental:Focus on how a natural/urban environment affects people.
-Experimental: Use experimentation to prove psychological principles.
-Forensic: Psychological concepts in legal/judicial system.
-Health:Optimize health through psychological comparison
-Human Factor/Engineering: Uses psychology in daily products
-Industrial-Organizational:
Applies psychology to work setting
-Neuropsychology: Study brain in relation to thinking, emotion, and behavior
-Rehabilitation: Helps people with chronic health issue/disabilities
-School:Optimize student experience/success in school
-Sport:Overcome psychological barriers for peak performance

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Reliability

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Means of psychological experiment can be repeated over time arriving a the same or similar results

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Confounding Variables

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Third component that isn’t intended to be measured but influences the outcomes in scientific research.

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Validity

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Refers to how effectively researchers can measure the intended variable.

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Variable

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Specific component scientists are trying to understand or measure

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Ethical Research

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For the betterment of humanity and not harmful, or minimally harmful to participants. Any benefit must far outweigh potential harm.

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Case Study

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Looking at one or few cases in great depth. Includes observations, interviews, and possible experimentation.

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Naturalistic Observation

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This method used to record observations while participants are in natural environment.

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Survey

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Uses lot of participants answers to examine data and find results.

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Experimental Method

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Two different groups that you apply different variable to.

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Standard Deviation

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Tells us how the numbers are dispersed

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Correlation

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When two variable appear to have a relationship to one another

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Rene Descartes

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Pioneered the theory of dualism

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Principle

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scientific law that can be repeatedly proven

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Paul Ekman

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Identified the seven different emotions we eperience

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Stanley G. Hall

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earned first PhD in psychology in US in 1878

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William Wundt

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Opened first psychology laboratory in 1879

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