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Psychology, Research, and You

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Psychoanalytic theory   show
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Physiological perspective   show
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show Interest in the role a physiological structure or behavior plays in helping an organism adapt to its environment  
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show View that focuses on the study of how thought occurs, how our memories work, and how information is organized and stored  
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Environmental, population, and conservation perspective   show
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Eclectic approach   show
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Clinical psychology   show
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Psychiatrist   show
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show Specialty of psychology that deals with less serious problems than those treated by clinical psychologists  
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Research psychologist   show
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show The view that other cultures are an extension of one's own  
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show Branch of psychology whose goal is to determine if research results can be applied to other cultures  
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show Psychologist whose specialty encompasses diagnosing and treating learning disabilities and providing consultation on other problems of school-age children  
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show Psychologist who applies psychology to problems of businesses and other organizations  
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Consumer psychology   show
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Health psychology   show
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show Psychologist who applies psychology to law and legal proceedings  
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Sport psychologist   show
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Neuropsychologist   show
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show Science of behavior and mental processes  
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Bias   show
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show Principle that simple explanations of phenomena are preferred to complex explanations  
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Placebo effect   show
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show System of investigation in which a person makes careful observations of a phenomenon, makes hypotheses about future behaviors, and then tests these hypotheses through more research and observation  
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Theory   show
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Hypothesis   show
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show In-depth study of a single person that can often provide suggestions for further research  
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show Study of behavior in its typical setting, with no attempt to alter it  
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Scatterplot   show
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show Number ranging between -1.00 and +1.00 that represents the degree and direction of relation between two variables  
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Survey method   show
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Representative sample   show
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Qualitative research   show
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Experimental method   show
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show Variable manipulated by a researcher to determine its effects on a dependent variable  
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Dependent variable   show
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Operational definition   show
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Experimental group   show
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show A comparison group in an experiment that does not receive the effect of the independent variable being manipulated  
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Extraneous variables   show
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show Assignment of experimental participants to two or more groups on the basis of chance  
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show Branch of mathematics that involves the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data  
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Descriptive statistics   show
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Inferential statistics   show
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Measures of central tendency   show
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Measures of variability   show
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Informed consent   show
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show Procedure during which a complete explanation of research that has involved deception is provided to a participant  
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Structuralism   show
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Introspection   show
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Cognitive psychology   show
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Functionalism   show
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Gestalt psychology   show
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show Perspective that focuses on observable behavior and emphasizes the learned nature of behavior  
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show View taken by Sigmund Freud and his followers suggesting that normal and abnormal behaviors are determined primarily by unconscious forces  
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Humanistic perspective   show
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