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TTC PSY 101
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Experimental Method | experimenter changes one variable to show it's effect on a second |
| experimental characteristics(4) | -can test cause and effect -not always ethical -may not generalize well to natural to natural enviroment - research and participant bias |
| independant variable | factor that is changed, cause |
| dependant variable | factor that is changed by the independant variable,effect |
| experimental group | group exposed, gets treatment |
| control group | group not exposed, no treatment |
| experimental bias | researcher's expectations |
| experimental protections | blind observers-do not know background but records |
| double blind study | observer and subject don't know groups |
| placebo | inactive or false treatment |
| ethnocentrism | bias "centering " on one's own culture |
| sample bias | sample doesn't represent population |
| representative sampling | select that represents the population |
| random assignment | equal chance of being in either group |
| participant bias | due to subject |
| ethnocentrism protections | -privacy and confedality -single and double blind studies -placebo -deception |
| informed consent | ethical issues, voluntary |
| debriefing | full disclosure after completion |
| psychology | they scientific study of behavior and mental process |
| 3 key concepts | scientific, behavior,, and mental processes |
| critical thinking | process of objectively, evaluating,comparing, analyzing, and synthesizing |
| scientific | collects and evaluates information using systematic observations and measurements |
| behavior | anything we do that can be directly observed and recorded |
| mental processes | private,internal expierences, thoughts, perceptions, feelings,memories-that cannot be observed |
| psychology's goals | description,explaination,predictions, and change |
| description | tells "what occurred |
| explanation | tells why a behavior or mental process occured |
| change | applying psychological knowledge to prevent unwanted outcomes or bring about desired goals |
| predictions | identifying the conditions under which a future behavior is likely to occur |
| wilhelm wundt | father of psychology |
| edward titchener | structuralism-structure of mental life |
| william james | functionalism- how the mind fuctions to adapt to their enviroment |
| sigmund freud | pyschotherapy- talk therapy |
| John B Watson | behaviorial perspective |
| Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow | self actualization |
| positive psychology | optimal human functioning positive emotions,positive traits, positive institutions |
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