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Chapter 1

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Double blind study   Neither the participants not the experimenter know if the subjects are in teh experimental or control group  
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positive correlation   two variables increase inthe same direction  
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Negative Correlation   As one variable goes up , the other variable goes down  
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Whatis random assignment?   assigning subjects to the experimental or control groups randomly so that each subject has an equal chance of being in either group  
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What is the placebo effect?   The expectations of the participants in a study can influence their behavior  
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Single blind study   Study in which the subjects do not know if they are in the experimental or the control group  
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Psychology   The scientific study of behavior and mental processes  
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What are the four goals of psychology?   Description, Explanation, Prediction, control  
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Description   observing a behavior and noting everything about it  
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Explanation   to find out why  
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Prediction   determining what will happen in the future  
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Control   to change a behavior from a undesireable one to a desireable one.  
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Who is Wilhelm Wundy   "The father of psychology" attempted to apply scientific principles to the study of the human mind. Created first psychology lab Structuralism  
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Objective introspection   the process of objectively examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities  
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Who is William James?   Founder of functionalism  
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Structuralism   focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind  
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Functionalism   focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play  
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Gestalt Psychology   early perspective in psychology focusing on perception and sensation, particularly the perceptio of patterns and whole figures  
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who is sigmund Freud?   Neurologist who thought that the unconcious mind created neurological problems when there was no physical symptoms. Early childhood experiences can explain problems later in life.  
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Pscyhoanalysis   the theory and therapy based on the work of Sigmund Freud  
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Who is John B Watson   Founder of behaviorism  
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Behaviorism   the science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only  
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Psychodynamic perspective   modern version of psychoanalysis that is moer focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of other motivations behind a persons behvior that sexual motivations  
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cognitive Perspective   focuses on how people think, remember, store and use information  
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cognitive neuroscience   study of the physical changes inteh brain and nervous system during thinking  
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sociocultural perspective   perspective that focuses on the relationship between social behavior and culture  
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biopsychological perspective   persepctive that attributes human and anmial behavior to biological events occuring in the body such as genetic influences, hormones, and the activity of the nervous system  
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scientific method   a system of gatehring data so that bias and error in the measurement are reduced  
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What are the steps of the scientific method?   1.Perceiving the question, Forming a hypothosis, testing the hypothesis, drawing conclusions, reporting your results  
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Hypothesis   tenative explanation oof a phenomenon based on observations  
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Naturalistic Observation   Observing something in its natural habitat  
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Observer effect   People or animals who know they are being watched will not behave normally  
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What is a case study?   study of one individual in great detail  
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survey   Researchers will ask a series of questions about a topic they are studying  
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Representative sample   randomly selected sample of subjects from a larger population of subjects  
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Correlation   a particular way of organizing numberical infomration so that it is easier to look for patterns in the information  
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correlation coefficient   a number derived from the formula for measuring a correlation and indicating the strength and direction of a correlation  
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What two pieces of information does a correlation coefficent need?   The direction of the relationship and its strength  
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opperational definition   it specifically names the operations that the experiment must ust to control the variables in teh experiment  
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Dependant variable   Variable in a experimetn that represents the measurable response or behavior of the subjects in the experiment  
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Independant variable   variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter  
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