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This man was famous for developing the psychodynamic approach- where behavior coms from unconscious drives and conflicts
Who is Sigmund Freud?
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This approach studies how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences It answers questions like: To what extent does intelligence relate to our genes?
What is the biological approach?
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This descriptive method of research studies a person or situation in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
What is a case study?
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an experimental procedure where both the research participants and the staff are ignorant of whether participants have received the independent variable, or the placebo
What is a double-blind procedure?
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the outcome factor- the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable
What is the dependent variable?
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This man developed the first psychology laboratory where experiments were carried out. He worked with Titchener to use introspection to study the STRUCTURE of the mind
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
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This approach focuses on how we learn observable responses Answers questions like: What is the best way to alter a behavior, like smoking
What is the behavioral approach?
200
This research method looks at self-reported attitudes and behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group
What is the survey method?
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the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
What is hindsight bias?
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Self-reflected introspection was a technique used by this early psychology approach
What is structuralism?
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This philosopher believed the mind is completely separate from the body

Who is Rene Descartes?

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This approach studies how we process and store information, and how that impacts our behaviors Answers questions like How our interpretation of a situation impacts our behavior in reacting to it
What is the cognitive approach?
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a measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus how well either factor predicts the other
What is correlation?
300
The three methods of central tendency
What are mean, median, and mode?
300
Two ethical guidelines psychologists must follow when conducting experiments
What are consent, debriefing, confidentiality
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This famous English philosopher and Enlightenment thinker argued that the mind is a tabula rosa- or blank slate- on which experience writes
Who is John Locke?
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This approach studies how our culture and environment influences our behaviors
What is the social-cultural approach?
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The experimental factor that is manipulated- the variable whose effect is being studied
What is the independent variable?
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a computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean
What is standard deviation?
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This psychological approach studies how human feelings, behaviors might impact our personal growth. Famous theorist associated with it is Abraham Maslow.

What is the Humanistic approach?

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A school of psychology that focuses on how our mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish
What is functionalism?
500
This approach integrates several approaches to give a more complete picture of a behavior or mental process Looks at biological, psychological, and social-cultural influences
What is the biopsychosocial approach?
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The perception of a relationship when none exisits

What is an illusory correlation?

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A statistical index of the relationship between two things (from -1 to 1)
What is correlation coefficient?
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When this occurs in a distribution of scores, it is better to use the median instead of the mean.

What is skewed distribution?