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PSYCHOLOGY   IS THE SYSTEMATIC, SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF BEHAVIORS AND MENTAL PROCESSES.  
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DESCRIBE PSYCHOLOGY   THE FIRST GOAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IS TO DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT ORGANISMS BEHAVE.  
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EXPLAIN PSYCHOLOGY   THE SECOND GOAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IS TO EXPLAIN THE CAUSES OF BEHAVIOR.  
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PREDICT PSYCHOLOGY   THE THIRD GOAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IS TO PREDICT HOW ORGANISMS WILL BEHAVE IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.  
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CONTROL PSYCHOLOGY   FOR SOME PSYCHOLOGISTS, THE FOURTH GOAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IS TO CONTROL AN ORGANISMS'S BEHAVIOR  
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1 BIOLOGICAL APPROACH   FOCUSUS ON HOW OUR GENES, HORMONES, AND NERVOUS SYSTEM INTERACT WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTS TO INFLUENCE LEARNING, PERSONALITY, MEMORY, MOTIVATION, EMOTIONS, AND COPING TECHNIQUES.  
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2 COGNITIVE APPROACH   EXAMINES HOW WE PROCESS, STORE, AND USE INFORMATION AND HOW THIS INFORMATION INFLUENCES WHAT WE ATTEND TO, PERCEIVE, LEARN, REMEMBER, BELIEVE, AND FEEL.  
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3 BEHAVIORAL APPROACH   STUDIES HOW ORGANISMS LEARN NEW BEHAVIORS OR MODIFY EXISTING ONES, DEPENDING ON WHETHER EVENTS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENTS REWARD OR PUNISH THESE BEHAVIORS.  
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4 PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH   STRESSES THE INFLUENCE OF UNCONSCIOUS FEARS, DESIRES, AND MOTIVATIONS ON THOUGHTS, BEHAVIORS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS LATER IN LIFE.  
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5 HUMANISTIC APPROACH   EMPHASIZES THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS GREAT FREEDOM IN DIRECTING HIS OR HER FUTURE, A LARGE CAPACITY FOR PERSONAL GROWTH, A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INTRINSIC WORTH, AND ENORMOUS POTENTIAL FOR SELF-FULFILLMENT.  
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7 EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH   STUDIES HOW EVOLUTIONARY IDEAS, SUCH AS ADAPTATION AND NATURAL SELECTION, EXPLAIN HUMAN BEHAVIORS AND MENTAL PROCESSES.  
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BIOLOGICAL APPROACH   EXAMINES HOW OUR GENES, HORMONES, AND NERVOUS SYSTEM INTERACT WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTS TO INFLUENCE LEARNING, PERSONALITY, MEMORY MOTIVATION, EMOTIONS, AND OTHER TRAITS AND ABILITIES.  
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COGNITIVE APPROACH   FOCUSES ON HOW WE PROCESS, STORE, AND USE INFORMATION AND HOW THIS INFORMATION INFLUENCES WHAT WE ATTEND TO, PERCEIVE, LEARN, REMEMBER, BELIEVE, AND FEEL.  
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BEHAVIORAL APPROACH   ANALYZES HOW ORGANISMS LEARN NEW BEHAVIORS OR MODIFY EXISTING ONES, DEPENDING ON WHETHER EVENTS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENTS REWARD OR PUNISH THESE BEHAVIORS.  
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SKINNER'S IDEAS   STRESS THE STUDY OF OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORS, THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REINFORCERS, AND THE EXCLUSION OF MENTAL PROCESSES.  
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BANDURA'S SOCIAL COGNITIVE APPROACH   BEHAVIORS ARE INFLUENCED NOT ONLY BY ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS AND REINFORCERS BUT ALSO BY OBSERVATION, IMITAION, AND THOUGHT PROCESSES.  
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PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH   IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES GREATLY INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATER PERSONALITY TRAITS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS.  
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SIGMUND FREUD IDEA   THAT THE FIRST FIVE YEARS HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON LATER PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT.  
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6 CROSS-CULTURAL APPROACH   EXAMINES THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL AND ETHNIC SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF A CULTURE'S MEMBERS.  
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WILHELM WUNDT   ESTABLISHED THE FIRST PSYCHOLOGY LABORATORY IN 1879, IN LEIPZIG, GERMANY.  
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STRUCTURALISM/ WILHELM WUNDT   WAS THE STUDY OF THE MOST BASIC ELEMENTS, PRIMARILY SENSATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS, THAT MAKE UP OUR CONSCIOUS MENTAL EXPERIENCES.  
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INTROSPECTION/WILHELM WUNDT   WAS A METHOD OF EXPLORING CONSCIOUS MENTAL PROCESSES BY ASKING SUBJECTS TO LOOK INWARD AND REPORT THEIR SENSATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS.  
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FUNCTIONALISM/ WILLIAM JAMES (US)   WHICH WAS THE STUDY OF THE FUNCTION RATHER THAN THE STRUCTURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, WAS INTERESTED IN HOW OUR MINDS ADAPT TO OUR CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.  
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GESTALT APPROACH   EMPHASIZES THAT PERCEPTION IS MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS AND STUDIED HOW SENSATIONS ARE ASSEMBLED INTO MEANINGFUL PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCES.  
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GESTALT MEANS/ MAX WERTHEIMER   WHOLE PATTERN  
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JOHN B. WATSON   WHOSE GOAL SHOULD BE THE ANALYSIS OF OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORS  
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BEHAVIORAL APPROACH/ JOHN B. WATSON   EMPHASIZED THE OBJECTIVE, SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORS.  
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MARY CALKINS   WAS NOT GIVEN A PHD BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN.  
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INEZ PROSSER   WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO GET A PHD IN 1933.  
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GEORGE SANCHEZ   FOUND INTELLIGENCE TESTS WERE CULTURALLY BIASED.  
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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY   INVOLVES THE STUDY OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS, STEREOTYPES, PREJUDICES, ATTITUTEDS, CONFORMITY, GROUP BEHAVIORS, AGGRESSION, AND ATTRACTION.  
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SOMETHING A SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIST MIGHT STUDY...   FAINTING AND THE REACTION OF OTHER PEOPLE.  
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DEVELOPMENTAL PSCHOLOGY   EXAMINES MORAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT A PERSON'S ENTIRE LIFE.  
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SOMETHING A DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST MIGHT STUDY...   CHANGES IN SELF ESTEEM THROUGH THE LIFE SPAN.  
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EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY   INCLUDES THE AREAS OF SENSATION, PERCEPTION, LEARNING, HUMAN PERFORMANCE, MOTIVATION, AND EMOTION.  
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COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY   INVOLVES HOW WE PROCESS, STORE AND RETRIEVE INFORMATION AND HOW COGNITIVE PROCESSES INFLUENCE OUR BEHAVIORS.  
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SOMETHING A COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGIST MIGHT STUDY...   IS ARTIFICIAL INELEGANCE.  
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OF THE THREE WHICH RESEARCH METHOD IS BEST?   SURVEY  
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SURVEY   IS THE WAY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION BY ASKING MANY INDIVIDUALS EITHER PERSON TO PERSON, BY TELEPHONE, OR BY MAIL TO ANSWER A FIXED SET OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PARTICULAR SUBJECTS.  
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CASE STUDY   IS AN IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, BELIEFS, EXPERIENCES, BEHAVIORS, OR PROBLEMS OF A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL.  
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EXPERIMENT   IS A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS BY FOLLOWING A SET OF RULES AND GUIDELINES THAT MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY OF ERROR, BIAS, AND CHANCE OCCURRENCES.  
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HOW CAN SURVEYS BE BIASED?   BY HOW QUESTIONS ARE WORDED AND BY INTERVIEWING A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT REPRESENT THE GENERAL POPULATION.  
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PLACEBO EFFECT   IS A CHANGE IN THE PATIENTS ILLNESS THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO AN IMAGINED TREATMENT RATHER THAN TO A MEDICAL TREATMENT.  
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POSITIVE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT   INDICATES THAT AS ONE EVENT TENDS TO INCREASE, THE SECOND EVENT TENDS TO BUT DOES NOT ALWAYS INCREASE.  
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NEGATIVE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT   INDICATES THAT AS ONE EVENT TENDS TO INCREASE, THE SECOND EVENT TENDS TO BUT DOES NOT ALWAYS DECREASE.  
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WHAT IS THE ONLY TYPE OF RESEARCH THAT CAN ESTABLISH CAUSE AND EFFECT?   AN EXPERIMENT  
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NATURALISTIC SETTING   IS A RELATIVELY NORMAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH RESEARCHERS GATHER INFORMATION BY OBSERVING INDIVIDUALS BEHAVIORS WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE OR CONTROL THE SITUATION.  
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LABORATORY SETTING   INVOLVES STUDYING INDIVIDUALS UNDER SYSTEMATIC AND CONTROLLED CONDITIONS, WITH MANY OF THE REAL WORLD INFLUENCES ELIMINATED.  
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LABORATORY EXPERIMENT   IS A TECHNIQUE TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT A BRAIN, GENES, OR BEHAVIOR WITH THE LEAST ERROR AND BIAS BY USING A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS CAREFUL OBSERVATION AND MEASUREMENT.  
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STANDARDIZED TEST   WHICH MEANS THAT THE TEST HAS BEEN GIVEN TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND SHOWN TO RELIABLY MEASURE THOUGHT PATTERNS, PERSONALITY TRAITS AND EMOTIONS, OR BEHAVIORS.  
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HYPOTHESIS   IS AN EDUCATED GUESS  
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INDEPENDENT VARIABLE   MANIPULATES  
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DEPENDENT VARIABLE   MEASURE  
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EXPERIMENTAL GROUP   IS COMPOSED OF THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE TREATMENT.  
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CONTROL GROUP   CONTROL PARTICIPANTS DO NOT RECEIVE THE TREATMENT.  
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DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE   MEANS NEITHER PARTICIPANTS NOR RESEARCHERS KNOW WHICH GROUP IS RECEIVING WHICH TREATMENT..  
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