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| 15078390149 | mean | average | 0 | |
| 15078394749 | standard deviation | a computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score |  | 1 |
| 15078394750 | median | Middle number |  | 2 |
| 15078399815 | mode | the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution |  | 3 |
| 15078399816 | centeral tendency | mean, median and mode |  | 4 |
| 15078426428 | outlier | A value much greater or much less than the average scores in a data set |  | 5 |
| 15078452162 | distribution curves | normal bell-shaped distribution |  | 6 |
| 15078501197 | standard devaition between 1 and -1 | 65% | 7 | |
| 15078510017 | standard deviation between 2 and -2 | 95% |  | 8 |
| 15078516823 | standard deviation of 3 and -3 | 99.7% |  | 9 |
| 15079838070 | Who created psychoanalysis, based on the idea that the unconscious mind has a powerful influence on behavior? | Sigmund Freud |  | 10 |
| 15079841833 | Who is the father of psychology? (with the first lab) | Wilhelm Wundt |  | 11 |
| 15079857075 | hand device | 7 methods of research |  | 12 |
| 15079861444 | thumb (pointing back) | psychoanalytic (looking at past experiences) |  | 13 |
| 15079877681 | pointer finger (pointing @ head) | conogtive- how thinking affects behavior | 14 | |
| 15079914430 | middle finger (flicking off birds) | behavior- actions; how thinking affects behavior |  | 15 |
| 15079922641 | ring finger | humanistic- self fufillment;potential (maslow and rogers) |  | 16 |
| 15079941173 | pinky finger (pinching pinky and thumb) | evolutionary |  | 17 |
| 15079956150 | palm of hand | social culture: thinking/behavior |  | 18 |
| 15080037913 | how was psychology studied in early times? | introspection: observation of mental and emotional process |  | 19 |
| 15080062115 | what is the difference between a psychiarist and a psychologist? | a psychiatrist: can prescribe medication and has an Md a psychologist: cannot prescribe medication but can provide therapy to patients | 20 | |
| 15080097006 | hindsight bias | "I knew it all along" phenomenon; the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it |  | 21 |
| 15080111493 | confirmation bias | a tendency to search for evidence that only supports our beliefs and ignore contradictory evidence |  | 22 |
| 15080205718 | Involuntary Consent (is/is not) one of the ethical guidelines covered by the APA in their Ethical Principles is not | is not | 23 | |
| 15089542998 | Researchers can isolate a single factor and examine the effect of that factor alone on a particular behavior through use of a(n) __________ | experiment | 24 | |
| 15089549499 | The model that likens the mind to a computer that sequentially takes in information, processes it, and produces a response is called the | information processing model | 25 | |
| 15089554483 | The psychodynamic/psychoanalytic perspective is associated with ___________ | freud | 26 | |
| 15089561864 | Malcom hits Jason because he took his toy. A psychologist from which perspective would explain this behavior by explaining that humans learned to behave aggressively because aggression conveys a survival or reproductive advantage? | evolutionary psychologist | 27 | |
| 15089570851 | The science of psychology began in 1879 in _________, Germany with Wilhelm _____________. | leipzig, wundt | 28 | |
| 15089575596 | A placebo is defined in your text as _________. | An inactive substance or "fake" treatment used as a control technique | 29 | |
| 15089580999 | Psychotherapy or "talk therapy" was developed by whom as a way to deal with unconscious conflicts? | sigmund freud | 30 | |
| 15089591192 | Your text defines a hypotheses as a __________ | Specific prediction about how one variable is related to another | 31 | |
| 15089596465 | A therapist may be required to break client confidentiality if the client ___________. | if patient threatens to hurt themselves or others | 32 | |
| 15089606510 | In a procedure called____, participants are placed in experimental conditions on the basis of chance, thus minimizing biases or pre-existing differences in groups | random assignment | 33 | |
| 15089611638 | The psychological perspective that emerged in the 1950s that stressed free will, self actualization, and human nature as naturally positive and groups seeking was the_____________perspectiv | humanisitic | 34 | |
| 15089619634 | debreifing | a verbal description of the true nature and purpose of a study | 35 | |
| 15089625304 | A state of self-fulfillment in which we realize our highest potential, according to Abraham Maslow, is called_____. | self actualization | 36 | |
| 15089639072 | One way to ensure less sample bias is to select a(n)____sample | representative/random | 37 | |
| 15089649520 | One way to decrease participant bias is to________ | Conduct single blind studies, offer anonymous participation, use placebo controls | 38 | |
| 15089656708 | You believe that most behaviors are a product of your environment; your best friend argues that behaviors are a result of heredity. This is an example of_____ | nature vs nuture | 39 | |
| 15089663573 | Natural selection, adaptation, and the evolution of behavior patterns are major emphasis in the______perspective of psychology | evolutionary | 40 | |
| 15089670777 | A participant agreement to take part in a study after being told what to expect is known as | informed consent | 41 | |
| 15089681501 | The psychological perspective that studies how we gather, encode, and store information is the_______perspective | cognotive | 42 | |
| 15089742003 | while studying, Marcy could not recognize a defintion on a flashcard. after turning the card over and viewing the term she told herself she knew the term all along | hindsight bias | 43 | |
| 15089789782 | a testable prediction that drives research | hypothesis | 44 | |
| 15089809935 | why are operational definitions necessary when reporting research findings? | enable researchers to replicate studies by describing the variables and how they are used. | 45 | |
| 15089866050 | which of the following best describes a strength of naturalistic observation? | it minimizes artifically, which can be a problem in labratory studies. | 46 | |
| 15089896856 | industrialized-organizational psychologist | making the workplace a better place to be | 47 |
