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DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
EXPERIMENTATION
STATISTICAL REASONING
CAREERS
100
philosophy and biology
What two established fields did psychology develop from?
100
CONSIDERS THE INFLUENCE OF BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL-CULTURE FACTORS
What is biopsychosocial approach?
100
A RESEARCH METHOD IN WHICH AN INVESTIGATOR MANIPULATES ONE OR MORE FACTORS TO OBSERVE THE EFFECT ON SOME BEHAVIOR OR MENTAL PROCESS
What is the definition of "experiment"?
100
The most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution.
What is mode
100
Psychologists that promote psychological health in individuals, groups, and organizations.
What are clinical psychologists?
200
EMOTIONAL RESPONSES TO CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND OUR UNCONSCIOUS THOUGHT PROCESS
What were the early focuses of psychology?
200
NATURAL SELECTION OF ADAPTIVE PHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIORS GENETIC PREDISPOSTIONS BRAIN MECHANISMS
What are biological influences on behavior and mental processes?
200
EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS CAUSED BY EXPECTATIONS ALONE; ANY EFFECT ON BEHAVIOR CAUSED BY ADMINISTRATION OF AN INERT SUBSTANCE OR CONDITION
What is the "placebo effect''?
200
the middle score in a distribution
What is median
200
Psychologist that focuses on dealing with broad problems of mental health in community settings.
What is a community psychologist?
300
ANYTHING AN ORGANISM DOES- ANY ACTION WE CAN OBSERVE AND RECORD
Define behavior
300
PRESENCE OF OTHERS CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND FAMILY EXPECTATIONS PEER AND OTHER GROUP INFLUNCES
What are social-culture influences on behavior and mental processes?
300
Experimental group is exposed to the treatment as the control group serves as a comparison for evaluation.
What is the difference between a control group and an experimental group?
300
Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period of time.
What is a longitudinal study?
300
helps people adjust to life transitions or make life-style changes.
What is a counseling psychologist?
400
DECEMBER 1879, UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG, GERMANY
When and where was Psychology born?
400
EACH LEVEL PROVIDES A VALUABLE VANTAGE POINT
Why is the biopsychosocial approach important?
400
A procedure where research participants and research staff are unaware if research participants received the actual drug or a placebo.
What is the double-blind procedure?
400
A statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance.
What is a statistical significance?
400
conduct research in age-related behavioral changes and apply their scientific knowledge to educational, child care, policy, and related settings.
What is a developmental psychologist?
500
THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR AND MENTAL PROCESSES
What is the focus of Psychology today?
500
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BONUS
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BONUS
500
the arithmetic average of a distribution obtained by adding the scores and dividing by the number of scores
What is mean
500
researchers and practitioners concerned with psychology's contribution to promoting health and preventing disease.
What is a health psychologist?