Ap Psychology

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Descriptive Statistics

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Organize and describe data

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Infernal Statistics

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Predict data from sample to better determine if it can apply to a population

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Standard Deviation

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Indicate average distance from the mean for a data set.

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Father of psychology

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William James

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Functionalism

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Stanley Hall

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First President of APA

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Mary Whiton

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Memory Research, First Women President of APA

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Margaret Floy

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Animal Research, 2nd APA President

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Charles Darwin

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Natural Selection

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Dorothea Dix

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Unfair treatment to mentally ill people (reform asylums)

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Sigmund Freud

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Unconscious mind -> people were shaped this way

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Ivan Pavlov

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Classical Conditioning

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Jean Piaget

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Cognitive Development in Children

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Carl Rogers

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Humanistic Psychology (people personality)

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B.F. Skinner

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Operant Conditioning

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John B. Watson

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Behaviorism

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Structuralism

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Focus on diff. Structures of consciousness through individual parts

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Functionalism

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Looks to understand our mental and behavioral processes

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Gestalt Psychology

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Perception, sensation, learning, problem solving.

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Psychoanalytic

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Behavior learned through experience and are observable

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Humanistic Psychology

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Humans are good and seek to be better

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Sociocultural

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Culture, nationality, religion, etc

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Evolutionary Approach

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Behavior exist due to natural Selection

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Biological approach

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Diff structures of the brain and nervous system

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Cognitive approach

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Attitudes, memories, perceptions, expectations influence behavior

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Basic Research

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Biological, personality, development

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Applied Research

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Counseling

Clinical

Industrial Organizational

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Population

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Group of people

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Sample

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Small part of THAT group

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Representative Sample

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When the sample group has in a study represents all the different people in a population

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Experiments

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Study independent and dependant variable

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Correlational Studies

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Predict relationship between two variables

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Surveys

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Self-reported data on thoughts or opinions (great at collecting large amount of data)

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Naturalistic Observation

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Observe things without others knowing

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Case Studies

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Analyze different perspectives of a topic

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Longitudinal Studies

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Follow one particular group over a long period of time

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Cross-sectional studies

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compare different groups at the same time

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Hypothesis

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A testable prediction before starting any research

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Theory

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A statement that is supported by data through research

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Independent Variable

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Cause

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Dependent Variable

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Effect

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3rd Variable Problem

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Other variables that may skew the result

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Random Assignment

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Each participant has equal being put in control/experiment group.

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Random Sample

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Each person in population has equal chance of being picked

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Single Blind Study

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When participants are unaware of which group their in.

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Double Blind Study

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Experiment + Participants are both unaware

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Placebo Effect

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Participants may act different cause they expect a certain outcome

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Control Group

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Does not receive "it"

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Experimental Group

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Receives "It"

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Quasi - Experiments

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Experiment which is impossible or unethical to do

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Hindsight bias

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Thinking the outcome of an event after it occurs

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False consensus effect

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Individuals overestimate how many other share their opinions

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Confirmation Bias

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Believes in info that supports their theory and disregards info that doesn't

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Experimental Bias

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Researchers unknowingly influence outcome or the research

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Social Desirability -

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Participants skew their answers to create a more favorable impressions of themselves

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Hawthorne Effect

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Alter their behavior because they know they are being observed