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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
Psychology |
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Personality theory & form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the role of unconscious factors in personality and behavior. |
Psychoanalysis |
Form of psychotherapy |
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School of Psychology and theoretical Viewpoint that emphasizes the study of observable behaviors, especially as they pertain to the process of learning |
Behaviorism |
Emphasizes the study of.. |
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School of Psychology and theoretical Viewpoint that emphasizes each person's unique potential for psychological growth and self Direction. |
Humanistic |
Emphasizes each person's... |
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The attitudes, values, beliefs, and behavior shared by a group of people and communicated from one generation to another |
Culture |
(Three characteristics )shared by a group of people |
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Branch of psychology that studies the effect of culture on behavior and mental processes. |
Cross-culture psychology |
Branch of psychology that studies the effect of ___on ___ and ___ processes. |
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Cultures that emphasize the needs and goals of the group over the needs and goals of the individual |
Collectivistic cultures |
Emphasize the needs and goals of the_____ over the needs and goals of the_____ |
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Cultures that emphasize the needs and the goals of the individual over the needs and goals of the group. |
Individualistic cultures |
Emphasize the needs and goals of the____ over the needs and goals of the____. |
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The scientific, cultural, and philosophical debate about whether human culture, behavior, and personality are caused primarily by nature or nurture. |
Nature vs. nurture |
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A set of assumptions, attitude, and procedures that guide researchers in creating questions to investigate, in generating evidence, and in drawing conclusions |
Scientific method |
A set of __,__,__, that guide researchers in creating ___ to investigate, in generating__, and in drawing __. |
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A tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables; a testable prediction or questions |
Hypothesis |
Relationship between two or more___ |
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Scientific procedures that involve systematically observing behavior in order to describe the relationship among behaviors and events |
Descriptive research methods |
Scientific procedure that involve observing ___ in order to describe the relationship among ___ and ___. |
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The systematic observation and recording of behaviors as they occur in their natural setting |
Naturalistic observation |
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A finding that two factors vary systematically in the same direction, increasing or decreasing together. |
Positive correlation |
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A finding that two factors vary systematically in opposite directions, when increasing and the other decreases |
Negative correlation |
Which directions do they take? |
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A method of Investigation used to demonstrate cause- and- effect relationships by purposely manipulating one factor thought to produce change in another Factor |
Experimental method |
Cause and affect |
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The purposely manipulated Factor thought to produce change in an experiment; also called the treatment variable |
Independent variable |
Manipulated |
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The factor that is observed and measured for change in an experiment, thought to be influenced by the independent variable; also called the outcome variable |
Dependent variable |
Influenced by .. |
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A fake substance, treatment, or procedure that has no known Direct effects |
Placebo |
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