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Psychology - CH 1 Test

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Random assignment
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Cognitive perspective
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Psychiatrist
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Sport psychologist
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Theory
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Representative sample
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Placebo effect
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Scientific method
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Dependent variable
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Humanistic perspective
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Inferential statistics
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Measures of central tendency
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Qualitative research
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Control group
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Physiological perspective
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Descriptive statistics
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Clinical psychology
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Survey method
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Psychology
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Environmental, population, and conservation perspective
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Explanation for a phenomenon based on careful and precise observations
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Variable that shows the outcome of an experiment by revealing the effects of an independent variable
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Approach to psychology associated with Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers; emphasizes free will and individuals' control of their own behavior
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Assignment of experimental participants to two or more groups on the basis of chance
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Research method that involves collecting information from a selected group of people who are representative of a larger group
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Science of behavior and mental processes
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Descriptive measures of a set of data that tell us about a typical score
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A comparison group in an experiment that does not receive the effect of the independent variable being manipulated
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Psychologist who provides services to athletes and coaches based on psychological principles
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Medical doctor with specialized training in the medical treatment of mental and emotional disorders
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In drug research, positive effects associated with a person's beliefs and attitudes about the drug, even when it contains no active ingredients
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Specialty of psychology that involves the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders
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Procedures used to analyze data after an experiment is completed; used to determine if the independent variable has a significant effect
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System of investigation in which a person makes careful observations of a phenomenon, makes hypotheses about future behaviors, and then tests these hypotheses through more research and observation
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Sample selected so that it reflects the characteristics of a population of interest to the researcher
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A holistic research method that seeks to provide a complete narrative description of an entire phenomenon or culture
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View that behaviors and mental processes can be understood and explained by studying the underlying physiology
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Procedures used to summarize any set of data
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View that psychologists should be concerned with the interactions among human behavior, the population, and the environment
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View that focuses on the study of how thought occurs, how our memories work, and how information is organized and stored
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The view that other cultures are an extension of one's own
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In-depth study of a single person that can often provide suggestions for further research
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Approach to psychology most noted for emphasizing that our perception of a whole is different from our perception of individual stimuli
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Variables, other than the independent variable, that can influence the outcome of an experiment
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Study of higher mental processes, such as thinking, knowing, and deciding
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Subfield of psychology that is concerned with how psychological and social variables affect health and illness
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Descriptive measures that tell us about the amount of variability or spread in a set of data
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Number ranging between -1.00 and +1.00 that represents the degree and direction of relation between two variables
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Specialty of psychology that deals with less serious problems than those treated by clinical psychologists
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Approach to psychology that focused on the purposes of consciousness

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