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The patricular way in which a person takes in information
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learning style
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people who learn best by seeing, reading, and looking at images
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visual learners
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use flash cards, write out key info in your own words
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people who learn best by hearing and saying things outloud
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auditory learners
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join study groups, read outloud,tape lectures
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people who need to touch objects in order to learn about them
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tactile learners
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spend time in the lab, participate in hands-on activities
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people who prefer to learn by doing and being active
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kinesthetic learners
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read while talking and walking, put info into a rhyme or tune
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people who prefer to learn with othe people or in groups
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social learners
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a strategy or trick for aiding memory
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mnemonic
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early perspective in psychology associated with William Wundt and Ed Titchener, in which the focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind
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structuralism
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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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functionalism
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early perspective in psychology focusing on perception and sensation, particularly the preception of patterns and whole figures
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Gesalt psychology
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the theory and therapy based on the work of Sigmund Freud
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psychoanalysis
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the science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only
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behaviorism
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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 behaviour than sexual motovations
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psychodynamic perspective
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modern perspective that focuses on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning
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cognitive perspective
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Study of the physical changes in the brain and nervous system during thinking
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cognitive neuroscience
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perspective that focuses on the relationship between social behavior and culture
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sociocultural prespective
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perspective that attritubes human and animal behavior to biological events occuring in the body, such as genetic influnces, hormones,and the activity of the nervous system
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biopsychological perspective
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perspective that focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share
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evolutionary perspective
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a medical doctor who has specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders
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psychiatrist
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either a psychiatrist or psychologist who has special training in the theories of Sigmund Freud and his method of psychoanalysis
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psychoanalyst
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a social worker with some training in therapy methods who focuses on the environmental conditions that can have an impact on mental disorders, such as poverty, overcrowding, stress, and drug abuse
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psychiatric social worker
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a professional with an academic degree and specialized training in one or more areas of psychology
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psychologist
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system of gathering data so that bias and error in measurement are reduced
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scientific method
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tentative explanation of a phenomenon based on observations
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hypothesis
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In research, repeating a study or expirment to see if the same results will be obtained in an effort to demenstrate reliability of results
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replicate
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Q tendency of people or animals to behave differently from normal when they know they are being observed
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A observer effect
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Q a naturalisttic observation in which the observer becomes a participant in the group being observed
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A observer bias
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Q study of one individual in great detail
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A case study
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Q randomly selected sample of subjects from a larger population of subjects
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A representative sample
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Q the entire group of people or animals in which the researcher is interested
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A population
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Q a measure of the relationship between two variables
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A correlation
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Q a number derived from the formula for measuring a correlation and indicating the strength and dirrection of a correlation
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A correlation coefficient
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Q a deliberate manipulation of a variable to see if corresponding changes in behavior result, allowing the determination of cause-and-effect relationships
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A experiment
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Q definition of a variable of interest that allows it to be directly measured
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A operational definition
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Q variable in an expirment that is manipulated by the expirmenter
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A independant variable
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