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These flashcards cover essential vocabulary and concepts from the General Psychology lecture notes, highlighting definitions and key terms.
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First-person perspective
Study of subjective experience from the inside.
Third-person perspective
Study of behavior and biology from the outside using measurement.
Empirical
Based on data that can be observed and measured.
Structuralism
Approach that tried to break consciousness into basic components.
Functionalism
Approach that asked what mental processes do and why they exist.
Psychology's grand challenge
Integrating first-person meaning with third-person measurement.
Validity
Whether a study measures what it claims and whether conclusions are trustworthy.
Independent variable (IV)
The factor that the researcher manipulates.
Dependent variable (DV)
The outcome the researcher measures.
Random assignment
Participants have equal chance of entering any condition.
Confound
Uncontrolled factor that differs between groups and affects the dependent variable.
Agonist
Drug that increases neurotransmitter activity.
Antagonist
Drug that blocks neurotransmitter activity.
Cerebral cortex
Outer layer of brain involved in complex processing.
Neurotransmitter
Chemical messenger released at synapses.
Replication
Repeat a study to see if findings hold.
Meta-analysis
Combine results from many studies to estimate overall effect.