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| 14710866911 | Psychology | the scientific study of behavior and mental processes | 0 | |
| 14710869652 | Empiricism | the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation | 1 | |
| 14710875298 | Structuralism | used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind | 2 | |
| 14710882193 | Functionalism | how mental and behavioral processes function | 3 | |
| 14710893150 | humanistic psychology | perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people | 4 | |
| 14710895180 | natural selection | the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations | 5 | |
| 14710896335 | biological psychology | the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes | 6 | |
| 14710903534 | evolutionary psychology | the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection | 7 | |
| 14710904613 | psychodynamic psychology | how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts | 8 | |
| 14710912634 | behavioral psychology | study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning | 9 | |
| 14710915898 | Cognitive Psychology | The study of how people think, learn, and remember. | 10 | |
| 14710920812 | social-cultural psychology | how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures | 11 | |
| 14710922275 | basic research | pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base | 12 | |
| 14710924859 | applied research | scientific study that aims to solve practical problems | 13 | |
| 14710928898 | hindsight bias | the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it "i knew it all along" | 14 | |
| 14710931761 | Theory | an explanation that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events | 15 | |
| 14710936376 | Hypothesis | A testable prediction, often implied by a theory | 16 | |
| 14710937470 | case study | study of one individual in great detail | 17 | |
| 14710939192 | survey | the collection of data by having people answer a series of questions | 18 | |
| 14710944172 | random sample | a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion | 19 | |
| 14710951361 | representaive sample | a selected segment of a group that closely parallels the population as a whole in terms of key variables under examination | 20 | |
| 14710967007 | naturalistic observation | observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation | 21 | |
| 14710972153 | Correlation | A measure of the relationship between two variables | 22 | |
| 14710976088 | placebo effect | experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition, which the recipient assumes is an active agent. | 23 | |
| 14710980158 | independent variable | variable that is manipulated | 24 | |
| 14710982546 | dependent variable | The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable. | 25 | |
| 14710985284 | confounding variable | a factor other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in an experiment | 26 | |
| 14720655858 | skewed distribution | a representation of scores that lack symmetry around their average value | 27 | |
| 14720655859 | standard deviation | measure of how much scores vary around the mean score | 28 | |
| 14720655860 | statistical significance | how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance | 29 | |
| 14720655861 | informed consent | A research participant's agreement to take part in the study | 30 | |
| 14720655862 | operational definition | a carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study | 31 |
