Final exam review psych 2000 lsu
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Study of diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders - ✔✔Clinical psychology
study of how genes/genetics makeup influences behavior - ✔✔behavioral genetics
study of how behavior is a result of adaptations over time which help people
function/survive in their environment - ✔✔evolutionary psychology
application of psychology to workplace settings - ✔✔industrial-organizational
psychology
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes - ✔✔psychology
field of study which believes the whole is more than the sum of its parts - ✔✔gestalt
study of how the presence of other people influences thoughts, feelings, and behavior -
✔✔social psychology
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,study of how individual, dispositional characteristics which make people unique from
one another and explain why a person behaves in similar ways across time -
✔✔personality psychology
study of how emotional, social, vocational, and health-related outcomes for individuals
without psychological disorders - ✔✔counseling psychology
study of changes across the lifespan along with important influences throughout life -
✔✔developmental psychology
true or false
The independent variable is the outcome variable, and the dependent variable is the
variable which the experimenter manipulates. - ✔✔FALSE
true or false
A positive correlation means that one variable causes another, and a negative
correlation means that one variable does not cause another. - ✔✔TRUE
watching behavior in a normal environment, not in a lab - ✔✔naturalistic observation
watching behavior in a structured, controlled setting, not the real world - ✔✔laboratory
observation
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, collecting questionnaire data from a large group of people by phone, mail, online, or in
person - ✔✔survey
detailed study of a single person or small group of people - ✔✔case study
study of how variables are related to each other - ✔✔correlational research
study of how manipulation of a variable causes changes in another variable -
✔✔experimental research
review of already-collected records such as medical records - ✔✔archival research
part of the peripheral nervous system which prepares the body for stress, the "fight or
flight" part of the nervous system
BEFORE STRESS - ✔✔sympathetic nervous system,
part of the peripheral nervous system which controls voluntary movement - ✔✔somatic
nervous system
part of the peripheral nervous system which calms down the body after stress, the "rest
and digest" part of the nervous system
AFTER STRESS - ✔✔parasympathetic nervous system
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Study of diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders - ✔✔Clinical psychology
study of how genes/genetics makeup influences behavior - ✔✔behavioral genetics
study of how behavior is a result of adaptations over time which help people
function/survive in their environment - ✔✔evolutionary psychology
application of psychology to workplace settings - ✔✔industrial-organizational
psychology
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes - ✔✔psychology
field of study which believes the whole is more than the sum of its parts - ✔✔gestalt
study of how the presence of other people influences thoughts, feelings, and behavior -
✔✔social psychology
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,study of how individual, dispositional characteristics which make people unique from
one another and explain why a person behaves in similar ways across time -
✔✔personality psychology
study of how emotional, social, vocational, and health-related outcomes for individuals
without psychological disorders - ✔✔counseling psychology
study of changes across the lifespan along with important influences throughout life -
✔✔developmental psychology
true or false
The independent variable is the outcome variable, and the dependent variable is the
variable which the experimenter manipulates. - ✔✔FALSE
true or false
A positive correlation means that one variable causes another, and a negative
correlation means that one variable does not cause another. - ✔✔TRUE
watching behavior in a normal environment, not in a lab - ✔✔naturalistic observation
watching behavior in a structured, controlled setting, not the real world - ✔✔laboratory
observation
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, collecting questionnaire data from a large group of people by phone, mail, online, or in
person - ✔✔survey
detailed study of a single person or small group of people - ✔✔case study
study of how variables are related to each other - ✔✔correlational research
study of how manipulation of a variable causes changes in another variable -
✔✔experimental research
review of already-collected records such as medical records - ✔✔archival research
part of the peripheral nervous system which prepares the body for stress, the "fight or
flight" part of the nervous system
BEFORE STRESS - ✔✔sympathetic nervous system,
part of the peripheral nervous system which controls voluntary movement - ✔✔somatic
nervous system
part of the peripheral nervous system which calms down the body after stress, the "rest
and digest" part of the nervous system
AFTER STRESS - ✔✔parasympathetic nervous system
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