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AP Psychology Unit 1 Vocabulary

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Term
Definition
Psychology   The scientific study of behavior and mental processs  
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Structualism   Early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind  
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Functionalism   Early perspective in psychology associated with William James,in which the focus of the study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play  
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Gesalt Psychology   Early perspective in psychology focusing in perception and sensations, particulary the perception of patterns and whole figures  
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Psychoanalysis   Freud's term for both the theory of personality and the therapy based on it  
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Behaviorism   The science of behavior focuses on observable behavior only  
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Psychodynamic Perspective   Modern version of psychoanalysis that is more focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of other motivations behind a persons's behavior than sexual motivations  
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Cognitive Perspective   Modern perspective that focuses on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning  
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Sociocultural Perception   Perspective in which abnormal behavior(like normal behavior) is seen as the product of the learning and shaping of behavior within the context of the family, the social group to which one belongs, and the culture within the family an social group exist  
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Biopsychological Perspective   Perspective that attributes human and animal behavior to biological events occuring in the body, such as genetic influences, hormones, and the activity of the nervous system  
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Psychiatrist   A medical doctor who has specialized in the diagnosis of psychological diorders  
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Double-blind study   Study in which neither the experimenter nor the the subjects are in the experimental or control group  
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Evolutionary Perspective   Perspective that focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share  
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Clinical Psychology   Area of psychology in which the psychologists and treat people with psychological disorders that may range from mild to severe  
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Hypothesis   Tentative explanation of a phenomenon based on observations  
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Correlation   A measure of the relationship between two variables  
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Correlation Coefficient (r)   represents two things: - Direction of the relationship - Strength of the relationship  
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Experiment   A deliberate manipulation of a variable to see if corresponding changes in behavior result; allowing the determination of cause-and-effect relationship  
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Operational Definition   Definition of a variable of internet that allow it to be directly measured  
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Independent Direction   Variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter  
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Depndent Variable   Variable an experiment thar represents the measureable response or behavior of the subjects in the experiment  
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Experimental Group   Subjects in an experiment who are subjected to the independent variable  
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Control Group   Suspects in an experiment who are not subjected to the independent variable and who may recieve a placebo treatment  
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Random Assignments   Process of assigning subjects to the experomental or control group randomly, so that each subject has an equal chance of being in either group  
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Single-Blind Study   Study in which the subjects do not know if they are in experimentqal or the control group  
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Observer Effect   The tendency of people or animals to behave differently from normal when they know they are being observed  
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Experimenter Effect   Tendency of the experimenter's expectations for a study to unitnentially influence the results of the study  
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Observe Bias   Tendency of observers to see what they expect to see  
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Placebo Effect   The phenomenon in which the expectations of the particpants in a study  
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Evolutionary Perspective   Percpective thst focuses on the biological  
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Biopsychological Perspective   Perspective in which abnormal behavior is seen as the result  
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Cognitive Perspective   Modern theory in which classical  
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Early Founders of Humanistic Perspective   Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers  
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Self-Actualization   Achieving one's full potential  
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Seven Modern Perspectives   Psychodynamic,Cognitive,Behavioral, Huamnistic,Biopsychological,Evolutionary,Sociocultural  
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Sensory or Perceptual   Most expierences Wilhem Wundt's subjects were exposed to  
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Wilhem Wundt   The Father of Modern Scientific Psychology  
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Wilhem Wundt   Opened his first lab to study human behavior in 1879  
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Wilhem Wundt   He and his followers relied heavily on introspection as a technique to analyze experiments  
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Wilhem Wundt   His subjects were exposed to an experience and asked to relate their thoughts, feelings, and images evoked by the event  
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Methods of Research   Naturalistic Observation, Case Study, Labratory Observation, Survey, Interviews, Psychological Testing, Longitudinal Study, Cross-Sectional  
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Naturalistic Observation   Research method involving the study of subjects without their knowing that they are being watched  
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Case Study   Research that collects lengthy, detailed information on a person or family/ group's background  
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Labratory Observation   Observing natural behaviors in a labratory setting  
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Survey   Method of research using questions on feelings, opinions, or behavior patterns posed to a representative, random sample  
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Interviews   Studying people face to face and asking questions  
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Psychological Testing   Observation and measurement of thesubject using objective tools  
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Longitudinal Study   Studyng the same group of people over an extended period of time  
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Cross-Sectional   Research that looks at different age groups at the same period of time in order to understand changes that occur during the life span  
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Experimental Group   Subjects in an experiment who are subjected to the independent variable  
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Operational Definition   Definition of a variable of interest that allows it to be discussed  
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Extraneous Variable   Variables outside of the Independent Variable that can influence results  
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