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Psych 1 - Smoney

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Psychology   The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. (Wilhelm Wundt)  
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Structuralism   Early school of psychology that emphasized studying the most basic components, or structures, of conscious experiences. (Edward B. Titchener)  
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Functionalism   Early school of psychology that emphasized studying the purpose, or function, of behavior and mental experiences. How behavior functions to allow people and animals to adapt to their environments. (William James)  
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Psychoanalysis   Personalisty theory and form of psychotherapy that emphasize the role of unconscious factors in personality and behavior. (Freud)  
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Behaviorism   School of psychology and theoretical viewpoint that emphasize the study of observable behaviors, especially as they pertain to the process of learning. (Pavlov, Watson,Skinner).  
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Humanistic Psychology   School of psychology and theoretical viewpoint that emphasize each person's unique potential for psychological growth and self-direction. (Rogers, Maslow)  
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Biological Perspective   Emphasizes studying the physical bases of human and animal behavior. (Sperry)  
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Cognitive Perspective   Break from traditional behaviorism, focus on how mental processes influence behavior but also how it influences memory, language, and problem solving. (Miller)  
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Cross-Cultural Perspective   People in different cultures act differently in some cases.  
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Evolutionary Perspective   Analyzes behaviors in terms of how it helps that species survive. (Darwin)  
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Scientific method   A set of assumptions, attitudes, and procedures that guide researchers in creating questions to investigate, in generating evidence, and in drawing conclusions.  
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Empirical Evidence   Evidence that is based upon objective observation, measurement, and/or experimentation.  
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Hypothesis   A tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables.  
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Variable   Factor that that can vary and by observed, measured, and verified.  
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Operational Definition   A precise description of how the variables in a study will be manipulated or measured.  
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Statistics   A branch of mathematics used by researchers to organize, summarize, and interpret data.  
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Statistically significant   Not likely to have occurred by chance.  
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Meta-analysis   Stat technique that involves combining and analyzing the results of many research studies on a specific topic in order to identify overall trends.  
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Replicate   repeat the study  
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Theory   Tentative explanation for something  
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Descriptive research method   Observing behavior in order to describe the relationship among behaviors and events.  
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Naturalistic observation   Recording of behaviors as they occur in their natural settings.  
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Rule of falsifiability   In order for a claim to be scientifically tested and proved true, there must be identifiable evidence that could prove the claim false.  
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Case Study   Intensive study of a single or small group  
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Survey   Questionnaire or interview designed to investigate the opinions, behaviors, or characteristics of a particular group.  
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Representative sample   selected segment of population that will be studied  
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random selection   random. selection.  
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correlational study   lets researchers know how strongly 2 variables affect each other  
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experimental method   Research method where one of the variables is purposefully manipulated  
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random assignment   all participants have an equal chance of being in either group  
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control   base line, exposed to all conditions expect the independent variable  
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placebo control group   people are exposed to a fake independent variable  
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practice effect   get better with repetition  
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expectancy effects   change in the subject's behavior produced by the subject's belief that change should happen; also called placebo effects.  
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double-blind   nobody knows  
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demand characteristics   subtle cues by the researcher that communicate the response he is looking for  
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opportunity sampling   sample naturally occurring groups  
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self sampling   individuals select themselves to participate  
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stratified   equal groups by age or other grouping  
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hawthorne effect   people act dif when observed  
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