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Chapter 1

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show Human behavior is determined by what a person has learned primarily through rewards and punishments  
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Cognitive Approach   show
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show Behavior controlled by the decisions people make about their lives based on their perceptions of the world.  
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Psychology   show
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Role of Research   show
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show philosophers believed that all ideas and knowledge are gained through senses. Observation was more valid to knowledge than reason.  
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Psychophysics   show
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Evolutionary Approach   show
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Wilhelm Wundt   show
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show Used building blocks toward the consciousness and studied the structure of it. (structuralism)  
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Gestalt Psychologists   show
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Sigmund Freud   show
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show Studied how the conscious mind allows and organism to survive and adapt to the environment, influenced by Charles Darwin (functionalism)  
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John B. Watson   show
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show Radical behaviorism meant that all organismic action is determined and not free.  
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show Behavior and mental processes are largely shaped by biological processes= nervous system, hormones, and other chemicals  
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show interplay of unconscious mental processes in determining human thought, feeling and behavior  
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Critical Thinking   show
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show a specific testable prediction about some phenomenon  
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Theory   show
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A Good Theory   show
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show any characteristic or factor that you can vary  
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Operational Variable   show
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show usually numbers that represent facts used as a basis for reasoning, reaching conclusions, and analysis.  
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Participants   show
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show observation in normal environments  
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show Large amounts of uncontaminated descriptive data about behavior  
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Disadvantage of Naturalistic Observation   show
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show intensive examination of specific interesting person/situation  
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show provides detailed descriptive analysis  
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show may not represent the phenomena  
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Surveys   show
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show Gathering descriptive data, learning about opinions  
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Disadvantage of Surveys   show
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Correlational Study   show
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show as one variable gets high so does the other  
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show as one variable gets high the other gets low  
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Strength of Correlation   show
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Weakness of Correlation   show
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show manipulation of one variable under controlled conditions so that resulting changes in another variable can be observed identifying a causal relationship  
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show The factor that is manipulated or controlled by the experimenter  
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show The factor that is measured and may be influenced by independent variable  
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Confound   show
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show The group that is not exposed to the treatment or receives a zero-level of the IV  
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show The group that receives treatment or an active level of IV  
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show Participants that are randomly chosen to be manipulated by the IV  
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show The participants are not randomly assigned to conditions of the manipulated variable  
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show People receive treatment they show a change in behavior because of their expectations, not because of the treatment itself.  
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show the subtle and unintentional ways researchers influence their participants to respond in a certain manner that is consistent with their hypothesis  
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show Participant and experimenter are kept blind as to which experimental condition the participant is in  
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Mean   show
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Median   show
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Mode   show
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Range   show
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Descriptive Stats   show
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Inferential Stats   show
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show Indicates whether a measured relationship is due to chance or not. No more than 5% occurring by chance.  
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Ethics   show
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Standard Deviation   show
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show The degree to which evidence from a test or other research method measures what it is supposed to measure.  
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show The degree to which test results or other research evidence occurs repeatedly  
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Individualist   show
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Collectivist   show
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