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| 13499517848 | Humanistic | Self-actualization• Personal growth & potential | 0 | |
| 13499528401 | Cognitive | Analyzes ways of thinking | 1 | |
| 13499535049 | Sociocultural Psychology | Concerned with the ways that social environment and environment and cultural beliefs cultural beliefs shape our behavior• Social psychologists study all aspects of society and culture | 2 | |
| 13499552960 | Psychodynamic | The study of unconscious desires and motives (childhood issues) •Freud & Neo-Freudians Free Association & Dreams (latent content) | 3 | |
| 13499572506 | Genetic, Structural (Brain Abnormalities), Biochemical | Biological approaches typically look at 3 "causes" of abnormality: (3 biological approaches) | 4 | |
| 13499590058 | Behavioral Model | observable behavior! | 5 | |
| 13499599379 | Classical conditioning, operant conditioning, modeling | Three theories of Learning | 6 | |
| 13499611171 | Pavlov | Name associated with Classical Conditioning (dog) | 7 | |
| 13499617983 | Skinner | Name associated with Operant Conditioning (Pigeon) | 8 | |
| 13499624285 | Bandura | Name associated with modeling/observational learning | 9 | |
| 13499635937 | industrial-organizational psychology | The scientific study of behavior in organizations in the workplace (APA) -Recruitment, training, motivation, performance measurement, evaluation techniques | 10 | |
| 13499650166 | Hypothesis, Observation, Refine, Develop | 4 steps of Research | 11 | |
| 13499670909 | descriptive or correlational research | Using these, researchers can describe different events, experiences, or behaviors and look for links between them (do not enable researchers to determine causes) | 12 | |
| 13499687133 | longitudinal study | data gathered on same subjects over an extended of time | 13 | |
| 13499720411 | Cross-sectional study | data collected from a representative "cross-representative "cross-section" of a population at a single point in time | 14 | |
| 13499736348 | correlation coefficient | measures the strength of the relationship between two variables -Always a number between -1 and +1 -The sign (+ or -) of a correlation coefficient indicates the nature of the relationship between the variables | 15 | |
| 13499749879 | positive correlation | means that as one variable increases, the other does too | 16 | |
| 13499756892 | negative correlation | means that when one variable increases, the other one decreases | 17 | |
| 13499773498 | stronger | The higher the correlation coefficient, the BLANK the correlation | 18 | |
| 13499785643 | Experiments | Can provide cause-and-effect relationships between variables | 19 | |
| 13499801528 | independent variable | (the one manipulated) variable | 20 | |
| 13499806149 | dependent variable | (the one that may be affected by changes in independent variable) variable | 21 | |
| 13499854796 | Reliability | A test has good BLANK if it produces the same same results when administered to the same group of people at different times | 22 | |
| 13499857227 | Validity | A test has BLANK if it actually measures the quality it claims to measure | 23 | |
| 13499894638 | Ethical Guidelines | Today, researchers must abide by basic ethical guidelines dictated by the APA guidelines when conducting research -Most important, they must consider whether they might harm their human or animal subjects -Informed consent, anonymous | 24 | |
| 13499900065 | Mode | the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution | 25 | |
| 13499900066 | Mean | the arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores and then dividing by the number of scores | 26 | |
| 13499905708 | Median | the middle score in a distribution | 27 | |
| 13499914301 | range | the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution | 28 | |
| 13499917897 | standard deviation | a computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score | 29 | |
| 13499932585 | naturalistic observation | observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation | 30 | |
| 13499935983 | survey | a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group | 31 | |
| 13499939775 | case study | a technique in which one person is studied in depth to reveal underlying behavioral principles | 32 | |
| 13499955182 | clinical psychologist | studies, assesses, and treats troubled people with psychotherapy. | 33 | |
| 13499962478 | psychiatrist | on the other hand are medical professionals (M.D.) who use treatments like drugs and psychotherapy to treat psychologically diseased patients. | 34 | |
| 13499967504 | educational psychologist | studies and helps individuals in school and educational settings | 35 | |
| 13499977048 | counseling psychologist | helps people cope with academic, vocational, and marital challenges. | 36 | |
| 13499994375 | Nature versus Nurture | A debate surrounding the relative importance of heredity and environment in determining behavior | 37 | |
| 13500011273 | Wundt and Titchener | BLANK and BLANK studied the elements (atoms) of the mind by conducting experiments at Leipzig, Germany, in 1879. | 38 | |
| 13500029007 | Freud | BLANK and his followers emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind and its effects on human behavior. | 39 | |
| 13500037601 | Watson and Skinner | BLANK and BLANK emphasized the study of overt behavior as the subject matter of scientific psychology. | 40 |
