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First Unit of AP Psychology- History Of Psychology

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The use of psychological research to solve a problem   Applied Psychology  
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The use of psychological results to contribute to psychology   Basic Psychology  
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School that studies observable and measurable behavior   Behaviorism  
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Prejudice against a certain subject of study   Bias  
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Detailed description of individual   Case study  
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School of psychology devoted to the study of mental process in the broadest sense   Cognitive Psychology  
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The study of how individuals are affected based on diversity within their environment and their culture   Cultural/Diversity Perspective  
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how individuals use perceptual abilities to function in environment   Functionalism  
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School of psychology that studies how people perceive and experience objects as a whole   Gestalt Psychology  
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School of psychology that emphasizes nonverbal experience and altered states of consciousness as a means of realizing one’s full potential   Humanistic Psychology  
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Educated expected results   Hypothesis  
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Entire group identified in hypothesis   Population  
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- School of psychology that studies the psychological factors that interact within an individual, often outside of conscious awareness   Psycho-dynamic Psychology  
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– Consistency of a measure. A test is considered reliable if we get same results repeatedly   Reliability  
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a smaller group within the population that is tested, representing the larger population   Sample  
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School of Psychology that stresses basic units of experience and the combinations in which they occur   Structuralism  
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Administer questions to subjects & gather responses   Survey  
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An accepted and tested explanation for something   Theory  
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the extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure. It is vital for a test to be valid in order for the results to be accurately applied and interpreted   Validity  
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A characteristic in an experiment   Variable  
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the study of human behavior and mental processes   Psychology  
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Perspectives of Psychology   Biological, Evolutionary, Psychodynamic, Behavioral, Cognitive, Humanistic, & Social-Cultural  
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Said that mind and body affects each other   Rene Descartes  
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Developed Blank Slate Theory   John Locke  
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Developed Theory of Evolution   Charles Darwin  
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"Father of Psychology" First psychology lab   Wilhelm Wundt  
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Founder of Functionalism   William James  
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Psycho-analytical theory   Sigmund Freud  
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Founder of Behaviorism   John B. Watson  
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Founder of Operant Conditioning   B.F. Skinner  
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True Or False: Psychologists are medical doctors   False  
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True or False: Psychiatrists cannot do medical procedures   False  
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Steps of Scientific Method   Ask Question Background research Hypothesis Create Plan Conduct Experiment Analyze results Draw conclusion  
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Group introduced to independent variable   Experimental group  
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Group not introduced to independent variable   Control group  
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Characteristic not changed in experiment   Dependent variable  
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Characteristic changed in experiment   independent variable  
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