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psychology Ξ -:- the science of behavior and mental processes nature-nurture issue Ξ -:- the long-standing controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors natural selection Ξ -:- the principle that, among ...

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AP Psychology ALL Terms Questions &
100% correct Answers- Latest Test |
Graded A+ | Passed
psychology

Ξ -:- the science of behavior and mental processes



nature-nurture issue

Ξ -:- the long-standing controversy over the relative contributions that genes and

experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors



natural selection

Ξ -:- the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those

contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding

generations



neuroscience

Ξ -:- the perspective of psychological science that deals with how the body and brain

create emotions, memories, and sensory experiences



evolutionary

Ξ -:- the perspective of psychological science that deals with how nature selects traits

that promote the perpetuation of one's genes



behavior genetics

Ξ -:- the perspective of psychological science that deals with how much our genes,

and our environment, influence our individual differences




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psychodynamic

Ξ -:- the perspective of psychological science that deals with how behavior springs

from unconscious drives and conflicts



behavioral

Ξ -:- the perspective of psychological science that deals with how we learn observable

responses



cognitive

Ξ -:- the perspective of psychological science that deals with how we encode,

process, store, and retrieve information



social-cultural

Ξ -:- the perspective of psychological science that deals with how behavior and

thinking vary across situations and cultures



basic research

Ξ -:- pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base



applied research

Ξ -:- scientific study that aims to solve practical problems



clinical psychology

Ξ -:- a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with

psychological disorders



psychiatry




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Ξ -:- a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders, practiced by

physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as

psychological therapy



hindsight bias (I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon)

Ξ -:- the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have

foreseen it



critical thinking

Ξ -:- thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it

examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions



theory

Ξ -:- an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes and predicts

observations



hypothesis

Ξ -:- a testable prediction, often implied by a theory



operational definition

Ξ -:- a statement of the procedures (operations) used to define research variables. For

example, intelligence may be operationally defined as what an intelligence test measures



replication

Ξ -:- repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in

different situations, to see whether the basic finding generalizes to other participants and

circumstances




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case study

Ξ -:- an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of

revealing universal principles



survey

Ξ -:- a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of people,

usually by questioning a representative, random sample of them



false consensus effect

Ξ -:- the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and

behaviors



population

Ξ -:- all the cases in a group, from which samples may be drawn for a study



random sample

Ξ -:- a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal

chance of inclusion



naturalistic observation

Ξ -:- observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying

to manipulate and control the situation



correlation coefficient

Ξ -:- a statistical measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus

of how well either factor predicts the other



scatterplot




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