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Thinking Critically With Psychological Science - AP Psychology, Chapter 1

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Definition
Psychology   show
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show A code of conduct of experiments established by the American Psychological Association  
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Wilhelm Wundt   show
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show Pioneered functionalism  
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Structuralism   show
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Functionalism   show
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Introspection   show
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Hindsight bias   show
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Response bias   show
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show Builds psychology's knowledge base  
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Applied research   show
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show Considers biological, psychological, and social/cultural factors  
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show Studying one person in depth  
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Correlational study   show
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show Looks at a variable across age groups  
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show When a group is studied for several years  
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Naturalistic observation   show
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Survey/Interview/Questionnaire   show
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Operational definition   show
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show Repeating an experiment  
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Placebo effect   show
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show Neither the participants nor the researcher knows which group receives treatment  
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Experimenter bias   show
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Confounding variable   show
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Content validity   show
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show Statistics used to summarize data  
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Inferential statistics   show
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show Identifies factors that seem to define a common ability  
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Empirically derived   show
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show A perceived relationship that doesn't truly exist  
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show Measures the strength of a correlation between variables (r)  
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Normal distribuiton   show
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show The average distance from the mean  
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Variance   show
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Skewed distribution   show
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show Data that is much higher or lower than the mean and will likely be closer if measured a second time  
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Z-score   show
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show States the opposite of the real hypothesis  
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show A measure of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by change  
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show If a test is split in half, and the scores are consistent, it is more reliable  
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show Participants in a study must know they are involved in research and give their permission  
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Debreifing   show
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Biological approach   show
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show Explains how psychological traits factor in to natural selection  
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Psychodynamic   show
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show Aims to interpret psychology via the way we act and understand how we learn/can change observable responses  
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Cognative   show
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Humanistic   show
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Social-cultural   show
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