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Psychoanalytic perspective
Emphasizes processes and unresolved past conflicts.
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Dependent variable
what the experimenter measures
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Goals of psychology
describe, explain, and predict; change behavior and mental processes
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Experimental research
determines causes of behavior and can describe specifics
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Behavioral psychology
sudies objective, observable, enviornmental influences on overt behavior.
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Surveys
use interviews or questionares on a sample of participants.
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Socialculterual perspective
focuses on social interactions and cultural determinants of behavior and mental processes
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Case studys
are in depth investigations
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Human research
have informed consent, limited and careful use of deception, debriefing and confidentiallity
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Cognitive persepective
emphasizes thinking, perception, problem solving, memory, language, and info processing.
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pyschology is
scientific study of mental processes that values empirical evidence, critical thinking and behavioral.
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independent variable
what the experimenter manipulates
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Types of desriptive research
Case studies, naturalistic observation and surveys.
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