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def.
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Areas of psychology (clinical, counseling,
social, factors, etc.)
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Empiricism
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Wundt, introspection
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Kohler, Gestalt psychology
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structuralism, Titchner
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Functionalism, James
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Behaviorism, Watson
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Approaches: Biological, cognitive, psychoanalytic,
humanist, behaviorist
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Hypothesis
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Theory
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Elements of an experiment
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Independent/dependent variables
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Experimental/controls group...random group
assignment
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Placebo (affect)
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Single/double blind
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Counter balancing
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Methods of controlling confounding variables
(group matching randomization, etc.)
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Subject variables
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Experimenter Bias - double-blind design
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Population sample
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Interaction effects
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Ex post facto method (Quasi-experiments)
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Naturalistic observation - pros and cons
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Correlation method...What, how used
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Correlation vs. causation
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Survey method...what, how used,...sampling
error
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basic vs. applied research
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Issues surrounding animal research
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Ethics on research..APA guidelines
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Debriefing
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Scientific method - develop theory -> form
hypothesis -> observation -> test -> refine theory
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Sociocultural variables in research
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HYPOTHESIS CANNOT BE PROVEN!! WE MAKE INFERENCES
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Individual vs. Collectivist Cultures
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