Ch 1 Psychology Terms and Definitions
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| show | The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
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| show | The process of examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities
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| show | Early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhem Wundt and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind.
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| show | Early perspective in psychology associated with William James, in which the focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play.
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| Gestalt Psychology | show 🗑
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| Psychoanalysis | show 🗑
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| show | Modern version of psychoanalysis that is more focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of other motivations behind a person's behavior than sexual motivations.
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| Behaviorism | show 🗑
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| show | Perspective that emphasizes human potential and the idea that people have the freedom to choose their own destiny.
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| show | Perspective that attributes human and animal behavior to biological events occurring in the body, such as genetic influences, hormones, and the activity of the nervous system.
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| Cognitive Perspective | show 🗑
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| Sociocultural Perspective | show 🗑
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| show | Perspective that focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share.
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| Psychiatrist | show 🗑
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| Psychologist | show 🗑
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| Psychoanalyst | show 🗑
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| show | A social worker with some training in therapy methods who focuses on environmental conditions that can have an impact on mental disorders, such as poverty, overcrowding, stress, and drug abuse.
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| show | System of gathering data so that bias and error in measurement are reduced.
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| Naturalistic Observation | show 🗑
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| show | Tendency of people or animals to behave differently from normal when they know they are being observed.
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| Observer Bias | show 🗑
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| Case Study | show 🗑
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| Survey | show 🗑
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| Correlation | show 🗑
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| Experiment | show 🗑
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| show | Variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter.
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| Dependent Variable | show 🗑
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| show | Definition of a variable of interest that allows it to be directly measure.
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| show | Subjects in an experiment that are subjected to the independent variable.
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| show | Subjects in an experiment that are not subjected to the independent variable and who may receive a a placebo treatment.
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| show | Process of assigning subjects to the experimental or control groups randomly, so that each subject has an equal chance of being in either group.
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| Placebo Effect | show 🗑
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| show | Study in which the subjects do not know if they are in the experimental or the control group.
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| Experimenter Effect | show 🗑
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| show | Study in which neither the experimenter nor the subjects knows if the subjects are in the experimental or control groups.
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