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Mary Calkins
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Memory
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Leta Stetter Hollingworth
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Child Development
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Margaret Washburn
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Animal Behavior
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June Downy
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Personality Traits
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Karen Horney
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Cultural/ Social Psychology
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Anna Freud
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Treatment of abnormal behavior
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5 Main Psychological Perspectives
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Neuroscience: biological functioning
Behavioral: observable behavior Psychodynamic: unconscious forces Cognitive: Peoples views and thoughts of their world Humanistic: People have full conscious control over their behavior. |
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4 Main Issues in Psychological Theory
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Nature / Nurture : Genetics / Environment
Conscious / Unconscious Observable Behavior / Mental Processes Individual Differences / Universal Principles |
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Steps in the Scientific Method
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Identify questions of interest
Theorize/Hypothesize Carry out research Communicate findings |
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Theory
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Broad proposed explanation that may explain a process
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Hypothesis
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Prediction that can be tested
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Descriptive Research
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Can investigate a group of people, or behavior based on archival sources, naturalistic observation, or surveys, no hard scientific evidence
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Experimental Research
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Determination of Causality
a scientist has full control over one variable and uses hard evidence to determine a correlation between two or more variables. |
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Correlational Research
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Determines a relationship between two variables.
Positive correlation as one variable increases the other increases negative correlation: as one variable increases the other decreases. descriptive techniques |
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Ethical guidelines in research
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Participants do not undergo any physical or metal harm
privacy about their behaviors Participation is fully voluntary Aware of the nature of the study and everything that is being investigated. |
