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psychology as a science began in the lab of______ using the method of _______
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wundt, introspection
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according to titchner, one could break down all experiences into 3 components, which were
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sensations, feelings, images
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in psychology, william james was highly influential in developing the school of thought known as
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functionalism
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if you are interested in the functionalist approach to psychology, you would be most interested in
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how humans use their thoughts to function in their environment
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psychology is defined as the study of
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behavior and mental processes
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according to the definintion of psychology, which of the following is NOT beahvior?
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feeling hungry
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according to the def of psychology, which of the following is not a mental process
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writing down the answer to a long division problem
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which best depicts john b watson's belief about studying human behavior
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only visible behavior can be measured and understood
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with what psychological approach is sigmund freud associated
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psychodynamic
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jb watson and bf skinner believed that
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psychology should focus on behavior in the environment that can be seen and measured
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A theory can be defined as
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a set of closely related ideas that attempts to explain observations
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allie has developed a theory concerning test grades. she believes that there is a relationship between her frequency of study and the resulting grade. in order to test her theory she has to formulate a
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hypothesis
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if a psychologists were to study"love" she would need to have a _____ love. without specific information, the hypothesis could not be tested
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operational definition for
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_______ attemots to view behavior without disturbing th environment
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naturalistic observation
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naturalistic observation should be
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unobservable
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a correlation coefficient indicated a ____ between 2 variables
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relationship
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a positive correlation between 3 variables means that
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as 1 variable increases, the other also increases
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