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psychology final 1st

senior year

TermDefinition
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
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