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Intro Psych II

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show to be produced by MANY actions  
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show the study of the mind, brain, and behavior  
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Reciprocal Determinism   show
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Individual Differences   show
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show the belief that we see the world precisely as it is  
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show an explanation for a large number of findings in the natural world  
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show a testable prediction derived from a scientific theory  
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Confirmation Bias   show
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show the tendency to stick to our natural beliefs even when evidence contradicts them  
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show an assertion about the world that is not testable  
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Science   show
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show a method by which trained observers carefully reflect on their mental experiences  
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show a school of psychology that aimed to IDENTIFY the basic elements of psychological characteristics ("What" questions)  
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Why did Structuralism not succeed?   show
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show a school of psychology that aimed to UNDERSTAND the adaptive purposes of psychological characteristics ("Why" questions)  
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Natural Selection   show
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Behaviorism (Black Box Psychology)   show
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show a school of psychology that proposes that thinking is central to understanding behavior  
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Cognitive Neuroscience   show
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show a school of psychology, founded by Freud, that focuses on internal psychological processes of which we are unaware  
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Evolutionary Psychology   show
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Basic Research   show
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show research examining how we can use basic research to solve real-world problems  
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Pseudoscience   show
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show In contrast to metaphysical claims, pseudoscience CAN be tested  
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Ad Hoc Immunizing Hypothesis   show
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show the tendency to detect meaningful patterns in random stimuli  
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Terror Management Theory   show
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show the error of using our emotions as a guides for evaluating the validity of a claim  
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Bandwagon Fallacy   show
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Not Me Fallacy   show
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Appeal to Authority Fallacy   show
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show the error of framing a question as though we can only answer it in one of two extreme ways  
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show the error of confusing the correctness of a belief with its time period of origin  
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Argument from Antiquity Fallacy   show
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show the error of assuming a belief must be valid just because no one has shown it to be false  
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Hasty Generalization Fallacy   show
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show phenomenon where one is unaware of their own biases but keenly aware of biases within others  
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Scientific Skepticism   show
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Critical Thinking   show
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Correlation-Causation Fallacy   show
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Variable   show
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show capabile of being disproved  
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show when a study's findings are able to be duplicated  
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show the fact that the size of certain psychological findings seem to be shrinking over time  
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show surgical procedure that severs fibers connecting the frontal lobe of the brain from the underlying thalamus  
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show Intuitive thinking; thinking that doesn't require much mental effort  
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System II Thinking   show
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show a mental shortcut or rule of thumb that helps streamline our thinking and make sense of the world  
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show watching behavior in real-world settings without trying to manipulate the situation  
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show the extent to which we can generalize findings to real-world settings  
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Internal Valdity   show
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Case Study   show
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show a demonstration that a given psychological phenomenon can occur  
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show a procedure that ensures every person in a population has an equal chance of being chosen to participate  
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show the consistency of measurement  
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show when a test yields similar scores over time  
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Interrater Reliability   show
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Validity   show
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Response Set   show
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show a research design that examines the extent to which two variables are associated  
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show a grouping of points on a two-dimensional graph in which each dot represents a single person's data  
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show the perception of a statistical association between two variables where none exists  
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show a research design characterized by random assignment of participants to conditions and manipulation of an independent variable  
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Random Assignment   show
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Experimental Group   show
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show the group that doesn't receive manipulation  
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show the variable that an experimenter manipulates  
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show the variable that an experimenter measures to see whether the manipulation has an effect  
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show a working definition of what a researcher is measuring  
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show improvement resulting from the mere expectation of improvement  
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show unaware of whether one is in the experimental or control group  
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Nocebo Effect   show
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Rosenthal Effect (Experimenter Expectancy Effect)   show
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Double Blind   show
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Demand Characteristics   show
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show informing research participants of what is involved in a study before asking them to participate  
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show the application of mathematics to describing and analyzing data  
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show the numerical characterizations that describe data  
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show measure of the "central" scores in a data set of where the group tends to cluster  
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