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Aristotle   naturalist/philosopher,soul and body are not separate, knowledge grows from experience.  
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Wundt   “atoms of the mind”, Leipzig, Germany, in 1879 birth of psychology  
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William James   American philosopher, 1890 psychology textbook  
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Wundt   “atoms of the mind”, Leipzig, Germany, in 1879 birth of psychology  
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William James   American philosopher, 1890 psychology textbook  
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Mary Calkins   , James’s student, became the APA’s first female president  
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Sigmund Freud   Austrian physician unconscious mind and its effects on human behavior  
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Skinner and Watson   the study of overt behavior as the subject matter of scientific psychology.  
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Maslow and Rogers   environmental influences need for love and acceptance  
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psychology today   the scientific study of behavior (what we do) and mental processes (inner thoughts and feelings  
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The American Psychological Association   largest organization of psychology  
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Psychology’s Three Main Levels of Analysis   biological influences, Social-cultural influences, psychological influences  
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Biological   Explore the links between brain and mind.  
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Developmental   Study changing abilities from womb to tomb.  
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Cognitive   Study how we perceive, think, and solve problems.  
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Personality   Investigate our persistent traits.  
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Social   Explore how we view and affect one another.  
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Clinical   Studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders  
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Counseling   Helps people cope with academic, vocational, and marital challenges.  
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Educational   Studies and helps individuals in school and educational settings  
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Industrial/Organizational   Studies and advises on behavior in the workplace.  
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clinical psychologist (Ph.D.)   studies, assesses, and treats troubled people with psychotherapy.  
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Psychiatrists(M.D.)   medical professionals who use treatments like drugs and psychotherapy to treat psychologically diseased patients.  
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Hindsight Bias   “I-knew-it-all-along”  
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The scientific attitude is composed of   curiosity,skepticism,humility  
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Critical thinking   examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence and assesses conclusions  
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scientific method   Theory, Hypothesis, Observation  
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theory   is an explanation that integrates principles and organizes and predicts behavior or events.  
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hypothesis   a testable prediction, often prompted by a theory, to enable us to accept, reject or revise the theory  
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Research   require us to administer tests of self-esteem and depression. Individuals who score low on a self-esteem test and high on a depression test would confirm our hypothesis.  
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Case Study   A technique in which one person is studied in depth to reveal underlying behavioral principles  
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Survey   A technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes, opinions or behaviors of people usually done by questioning a representative, random sample of people  
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Naturalistic Observation   Observing and recording the behavior of animals in the wild and recording self-seating patterns in a multiracial school lunch room constitute naturalistic observation  
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Correlation   When one trait or behavior accompanies another, we say the two correlate.  
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Illusory Correlation   The perception of a relationship where no relationship actually exists. Parents conceive children after adoption  
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Double-blind Procedure   placebo affect tests  
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Random Assignment   Assigning participants to experimental (breast-fed) and control (formula-fed) conditions by random assignment minimizes pre-existing differences between the two groups  
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independent variable   a factor manipulated by the experimenter. The effect of the independent variable is the focus of the study.  
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dependent variable   a factor that may change in response to an independent variable. In psychology, it is usually a behavior or a mental process.  
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SQ3R   Survey, Question, Read, Rehearse, and Review  
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