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Ap Psych Topic 1

TermDefinition
What is Psychology? The study of behavior and mental process
what is nature? genetics
what is Nurture how you were raised and your environment?
What is the evolutionary approach? An approach that applies to a population, human race; adaptation
What is Gestalts Psychology? "The sum is greater than its parks" Perception, Theory.
What is the behavioral Approach? learning; how we observe behavior, reward vs punishment
What is the psychodynamic / psychoanalytic approach? revolves around unconscious thought, something is bothering behind the scenes.
What is the Humanistic approach? how you see your growth and potential as a person; how you see yourself.
What is the cognitive approach? decision making
What is the Sociocultural approach? society, culture, religion.
What is the Biological Approach? Chemical; Physically something is wrong.
What is the ecletic approach? Varried approaches, used mutiple.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt? Father of modern psychology, establish first psych lab in Germany 1879.
What is developmental Psychology? Growth over time, change conception's to depth
What is Social Psychology? interactions with other; obey/conform
What is Health Psychology? well being; affecting behavior and mental process.
What is Positive Psychology? what makes life worth living?
What us abnormal Psychology? Disorder and treatments.
What are culture norms? Shared belifs, value and shared expectations(unwritten)
What is cognitive biasis? umbrella term; distorts out thinking and influances our behaviors.
What is conformation bias? tendency to confirm beliefs and ignore evidence that goes ageist what you want.
What is hindsight bias? "I knew it all along"; tendency to believe events are predictable; AFTER THE FACT
What is Overconfidence? Tendency to overestimate your abilities and knowledge; underestimate any time or effoert needed for an activity.
Self-fulfilling prophecy when a belief of expectation influence our behaviors
Institutional review all reserch involving humans and animals; administrated body in order to protect the rights and wellfare of all participants
informed consent Participates are asked and formally agree to be part of a study
infromed assent when studies use children and/or adults who can agree for themselves.
protection from harm Studies should be designed so that participants come to no more harm than they would do in their day to day lives.
confidentiality/anonymity Researchers should use fake names or numbers instead of participant name
deception if a partcipants are fully aware of what they have signed up for and study is not clear.
confederates individuals who participate in research, but who are not being studied; fake participants.
debriefing a short interview after where participants are told the full aims of the study and are given the opportunity to ask questions
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