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Psychology General
Studies
Theories
Key Terms
General
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Psychology is the (blank) study of human behaviour and mental processes. (what word goes in the blank space?)
Psychology is the SCIENTIFIC study of human behaviour and mental processes.
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What is the name of the variable that is measured in a study?
The dependent variable.
100

What is psychological theory?

•Psychological theories attempt to explain how and why people behave and think in particular ways

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What is the definition of "psychology?"
The scientific study of human behaviour and mental processes.
100
The group in an experiment that receives a treatment that is expected to have an effect is called the ....(what)... group?
Treatment group
200
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and ...?
mental process / cognitive processes / cognition / internal processes (any of these terms is fine).
200
What is the name of the variable that is manipulated by the researcher/s in a study?
Independent variable
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What is the name given to data that is based on personal experience?

Anecdotal data

200

When one variable directly causes a change in another.What is this called?

Causation

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Who set up the first psychological laboratory in leipzig, germany , in 1879

Wilhelm Wundt

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In psychology, is anecdotal or empirical evidence more valuable?
Empirical
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What is the name given to a variable that might affect the dependent variable, but is not what the researchers are interested in studying?
Extraneous variable.
300

What are the characteristic of a good theory?(name at least 3)

Testable, Empirical support, Application, Clearly defined variables, Unbiased, Predicts behaviour

300

When one variable increases, so does the other. What's this called?

A positive correlation.

300

Which field of psychology would attribute behavior to a person's genes?

biological psychology

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In the scientific approach to studying psychology, after we gather data and form a hypothesis, what's the next step?
Test the hypothesis.
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Why are laboratory experiments used to investigate causational relationships?
Because extraneous variables can be controlled in a laboratory, so the IV can be isolated as the only variable influencing the DV.
400

What is the name of one theory in psychology?

social cognitive theory, social identity theory,Carol Dweck's theory,Freud's theory, self-efficacy (you may know others).

400

When one variable increases, the other decreases. What is this called?

Negative correlation.

400

What is it called when you give someone a treatment (e.g. pill or injection) that has no biological effects, but may have an effect if the person believes it will?

A placebo.

500
What is the difference between a mental process and a cognitive process?
There is none.
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What are two reasons why we might not be able to conclude a causational relationship from a study?
1) There are too many extraneous or confounding variables. 2) We do not know the direction of the relationship in the study (i.e. which variable is affecting which).
500

What is the the relationship between studies and theories?

Studies form the important pieces of evidence that support the theories.

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What is it called when we're not sure of the direction of influence in a relationship between two variables?
Bidirectional ambiguity
500

My child's gender is？

Girl