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psychology final 1st
senior year
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| goals of psycholoy | 1.description 2. explantaion 3. prediction 4. influence |
| hypothesis | educated guess, an assumption or prediction about a behavior based on tests |
| theory | a set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientfic study |
| scientific method | consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses. |
| stucturalism | wilhelm wundt interested in the basic elements of the human experiance |
| functionalism | william james wrote the first book of psych. studied how people and animals adapt to their enviorment |
| inheritable traits | sir francis studied the traits and properties passed from parents to offspring |
| behavioral psych. | ivan pavlov studied did the test with the dog studied of how reactions happen to different things |
| biological psych. | study of how the brain, nervous system, hormons and genetics workand are influenced on our behavior |
| sociocultural psych. | study of methods to reduce intolerance and discrimination |
| sigmund freud | first psychologist, dream analysis, studied unconscious mind,iceberg is only whats on top u need to look beneath |
| case study | analysis of thoughts, feelings, beliefs, experiences, behaviors or problems of an individual |
| naturalistic observation | how people and animals act normally |
| surveys | interviews, questionnaires gathers info froms a crowd point of view |
| longitude studies | study how certain characteristics change over a long period of time |
| cross sectional study | data collected from all different age groups to find conclusion about things that matter due to age |
| correlation | studies the relationship between two things |
| milgrams experiment | shock test do you always listen to higher authorities |