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PSYCHOLOGY EXAM DEC. 2020

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Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base.

Gestalt Psychology

Psychological perspective that emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.

A therapeutic technique that attempts to provide insights into thoughts and actions by exposing and interpreting the underlying unconscious motives and conflicts

Humanistic Psychology

A perspective that focuses on the study of conscious experience, the individual's freedom to choose, and the capacity for personal growth

Socio-cultural perspective

School of thought that focuses on how thinking or behavior changes in different situations or as a result of cultural influences.

Evolutionary Psychology

School of thought that focuses on the principles of natural selection to study the roots of behavior and mental processes.

Who was the first American psychologist?

A sample that fairly represents a population because each member of the population has an equal chance of being included.

Correlation Study

A research project strategy that investigates the degree to which two variables are related to each other.

Positive Correlation

As the value of one variable increases (or decreases) so does the value of the other variable.

Experimental Group

The participants in an experiment who are exposed to the independent variable.

cross-sectional study

A research technique that compares individuals from different age groups at one time.

double-blind procedure

A research procedure in which both the data collectors and the research participants do not know the expected outcome of the experiment.

blind procedure

An experimental procedure where the research participants are ignorant (blind) to the purpose or expected outcome of the experiment.

Longitudinal study

A research technique that follows the same group of individuals over a long period.