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Unit 1
Psychology unit 1 struggles
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Behaviorism | Psychology should be an objective science. -Observable behavior is important to study... not unseen mental processes. |
| Case Study | A descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles. |
| Freudian Psychology | Unconscious forces and childhood experiences effect our behaviors and mental processes. |
| Psychoanalysis | An influential treatment process |
| Operational Definition | A carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in research study. |
| Random Assignment | Assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing pre-existing / in order to control confounding variables experimenters randomly assign subjects to the experimental and control group. |
| Humanistic Psychology | Humans strive to reach their full potential. 1. Unconditional love 2. Personal growth |
| Theory | An explanation using an integrated set of principle that organizes observations and predict behavior or events. |
| Naturalistic Observation | Observing your subject in their natural element |
| Survey | A descriptive technique for obtaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group |
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