What is psychology Flashcards
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What is the Stroop effect
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Reveals how hard it is to focus on one thing while trying to ignore the other
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Psychology is the scientific study of?
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Behaviour and the mind
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What specific are of psychology focus’ on examining motives and the criminal justice system
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Forensic psychology
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What does a sport psychologist do?
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Improves performance, helps athletes achieve their goals.
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What is a psychiatrist?
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A psychologist with access to medicine
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A tentative statement about what the experimenter thinks will happen is?
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Hypothesis
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Conclusion is?
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A decision about what the results mean
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What are some other areas of psychology?
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Cognitive, forensic, sport
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What the researcher is investigation is called the?
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Aim
