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The dicipline concerned with behavior and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism's mental state, physical state, and external enviroment.
psychology
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false psychology
pseudoscience
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careful obsevation, experimetation, and measurement result in this
imperical evidence
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In psychology, information is based on
imperical evidence
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wilhelm Wundt was
the father of psychology; tjhe one who made psycology a science
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What was Wundt's term for the breaking down of behavior to its basic sences
introspection
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what early approach emphesizes behavior and consciousness
functionalism
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who developed the theory of psychoanalysis
Sigmond Frued
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what perspective empasizes physical events
biological perspective
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how would the biological theorists attempting to quit smoking
medication
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what perspective emphasizes the past traits of a species
evolutional perspective
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what perspective emphasizes enviroment and experiance
learning perspective
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a theorist that emphasizes rewards and punishments most likely believe in this theory
learning theory
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what perspective emphasizes mental process such as perception and memory
cognative
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what perspective os based upon early childhood trama and unresolved issues
psychoanalysis
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what perspective emphesizes how individuals react in a social context
socioculture
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these psychologists help people deal with everyday life, such as family problems
conseling pschologist
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clinical psychologists most often have this degree
doctorite of P. hd
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what theropists write perscriptions
psychiatrists
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uses evidence for an objective judgement
critical thinking
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a statement that attempts to predict or account for phenomena is called
hypothesis
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what is an operational definition
precise meaning for measuring and testing
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define theory
an organized assumtions used to explain things that are thought to be true
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a group of participants that accuratley represent the population is called
representative group
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Naturalistic observation
when the experimentor is unobserved. they are in natural settings
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labratory observation
in a lab; loss of natural behavior; more control of the experi,emt
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what do psychological tests measure
personality, emotions, values, apptitude, and traits
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what happens to the control group in an experiment
nothing; they are not exposed the the variable
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define random sample
the probability that the same thing will happen again and again
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what is a placebo
fale or false variable
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when researchers, but not the participants know who is in an experiment, it is
single blind
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when neither knows who is actually in the experiment, it is known as
double blind
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what is the mean in in an experiment
arithmatic average
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define standard diviation
the average between the score and the mean
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what different age groups are compared at the same time
cross-sectional
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reliable test
same results over and over
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valid test
measures what it is suppose to measure
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what does a positive correlation mean
hige value on one variable and a high on the other
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what is informed consent
know something about the experiment
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what variable is manipulated in an experiment
independent variable
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