PSYC 2301: Chapter 1-4 Questions & Answers(RATED A)
Psychology - ANSWERThe science of behavior and mental processes Biopsychosocial approach - ANSWERAn approach that integrates different but complementary views from biological, psychological and social-cultural viewpoints Dual processing - ANSWERThe principle that, at the same time, gourmand processes information in separate conscious and unconscious tracks Scientific method - ANSWERA standardized way of making observations, gathering data, forming theories, testing predictions, and interpreting results Correlation - ANSWERA measure of the extent to which two events vary together, and thus of how well either one predicts the other Random assignment - ANSWERAssigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance thus minimizing any difference between the groups Confounding Variable - ANSWERIn an experiment, the factor other than the independent variable that might produce an effect Wilhem Wundt - ANSWEREstablished the first psychology laboratory in Germany William James - ANSWERA legendary teacher-writer of psychology Mary Whiton Calkins - ANSWERWas a student of William James; famous for her memory research; was the first woman president of the American Psychological Association Margaret Floy Washburn - ANSWERFirst woman to receive a psychology Ph.D
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