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what is psychology?
scientific study of mind and mental processes
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who is the father of psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt (introspection)
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Wundt's student (structuralism)?
Edward Bradford Titchener
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(fundamentalism) steam of consciousness?
William James
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behavioral perspective?
environment shapes and controls behavior
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Psychoanalytic perspective?
unconscious motivation and early childhood experiences determine behavior and thought
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humanistic perspective?
individual subjective experience is key to understanding behavior
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cognitive perspective?
mental process underline behavior
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evolutionary perspective?
role of inherited tendencies that have an proven adaptive in humans
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biological perspective?
biological process, structures, and heredity explain behavior
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sociocultural perspective?
there are social and cultural influences in behavior
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naturalistic observations?
studied in everyday natural setting
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laboratory observations?
allows to exert more control, usage of precise equipment to measure response
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case study?
study of an individual case using observation, interview or psychological testing.
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survey research?
interview and questionneries used to gather information about a group of people
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cor-relational method?
method used to determine relationship between two elements, characteristics or behaviors
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experimental method?
used to test a hypothesis between two variables
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independent variables (IV)?
factor that is manipulated to determine whether it causes a change in another behavior or condition
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dependent variable (DV)?
factor that is measured at the end of an experiment and it's presumed to change as a result of the IV
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experimental group?
exposed to independent variable
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control group
does not receive independent variable; used as point of comparison
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electroencephalograph (EEG)
- captures brain activity
- records brain-wave activity
- show brain activity every millisecond
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microelectrode
- captures (single) neuron activity
- small wire inserted into neuron without damaging it
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computerized axial tomography (CT Scan)
- brain imaging technique
- rotating computerized X-ray tube
- cross-sectional images of the brain
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magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- brain imaging technique
- more detailed than CT Scan
- doesn't expose people to X-rays
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positron-emission tomography (PET Scan)
- captures information about structure and function
- maps the patterns of blood flow, oxygen use, and glucose
- one image/minute
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functional MRI (fMRI)
- captures information about structure and function
- no injection required
- preciser than PET scan
- one image/second
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