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psychodynamic - unconscious problems from the past that cause internal tension

behaviorism - observable behaviors are result of experience

humanistic - individuals potential of personal growth

cognitive - mental processes of thinking, perception, learning, remembering

biological - our biology (chemicals,hormones,transmitters) impacts our behavior

social cultural - impacts of culture,family,friends,society impact our behavior

evolutionary - impact of our ancestors on behavior

hindsight bias - "I knew it all along"

overconfidence - the tendency to be more confident than correct

confidentiality - personal information about subjects should not be shared

informed consent - subjects must give written consent to participate in experiment

case study - person/group studied in depth

survey - self reporting attitudes/ behavior by asking questions

population - group being studied from samples may be drawn.

random sample - equal chance of being selected

representative sample - carefully chosen to represent the diversity of the population

experiment - manipulates factors to observe the effect on behavior

operational definition - names the steps or procedures that the experimenter use to control or measure the variables in the experiment

double-blind procedure - participants and staff are blind about whether the research participants have received the treatment or placebo

placebo - a fake drug used in the testing of medication

placebo effect - experimental results caused by expectations alone

experimental group - group that is exposed to the treatment

control group - group not exposed to treatment

independent variable - variable that is manipulated

dependent variable - variable that is measured

confounding variable - a factor other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in an experiment

mode - most frequently occurring score

mean - average

median - middle

standard deviation - a computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score

normal curve - the symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes

statistical significance - statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance (p-value less than 0.05%)

correlation - two factors vary together, thus of how well either factor predicts the other.

correlation coefficient - a statistical index of the relationship between two things (from -1 to +1)

scatterplot - a graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables