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The Science of Psychology

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show the scientific study of behavior and mental processes  
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show an approach to knowledge that relies on collecting data, generating a theory to explain the data, producing testable hypotheses based on the theory, and testing these hypotheses empirically  
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show systematic explanation of a phenomenon; it organizes known facts, allows us to predict new facts, and permits us to exercise a degree of control over the phenomenon  
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show specific, testable predictions derived from a theory  
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structuralism   show
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functionalist theory   show
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show personality theories contending that behavior results from psychological forces that interact within the individual, often outside conscious awareness  
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show school of psychology that studies only observable and measurable behavior  
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Gestalt psychology   show
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humanistic psychology   show
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show school of psychology devoted to the study of mental processes in the broadest sense  
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evolutionary psychology   show
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positive psychology   show
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gender   show
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gender stereotypes   show
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gender roles   show
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sexual orientation   show
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show a subpopulation of a species, defined according to an identifiable characteristic (e.g. geographic location, skin color, hair texture, genes, facial features)  
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show a category of people who have migrated to another country but still see themselves as distinctive because of a common background  
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show the tangible goods and the values, attitudes, and beliefs that are passed from one generation to another  
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show information derived from systematic, objective observation  
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naturalistic observation   show
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observer bias   show
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case study   show
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survey researh   show
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show research technique based on the naturally occuring relationship between two or more variables  
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show a research technique in which an investigator deliberately manipulates selected events or circumstances and then measures the effects of those manipulations on subsequent behavior  
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participants   show
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show in an experiment, the variable that is manipulated to test its effects on the other, dependent variable  
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dependent variable   show
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experimental group   show
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show in a controlled experiment, the group not subjected to a change in the independent variable; used for comparison with the experimental group  
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show expectations by the experimenter that might influence the results of an experiment or its interpretation  
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sample   show
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random sample   show
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show sample carefully chosen so that the characterisitcs of the participants corresponds closely to the characteristics of the larger population  
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