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PSYCH 102 Chapter 1 (Areas & Perspectives of Psychology,Research Methods)
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functionalism (perspective)
functionalism (perspective)
stressed the importance of how behavior functions to allow people and animals to adapt to their environments
biological perspective
biological perspective
studies physical bases of behavior (nervous system, endocrine system, genetics)
cross-cultural perspective
cross-cultural perspective
studies diversity of behavior across cultures, and the different way's one's background could alter symptoms and behavior
survey
survey
- Designed to investigate the opinions, behaviors, or characteristics of a group, and could be administered via the Internet, over the phone, or in person
-Participants are randomly selected from a larger group in order to obtain a representative sample
random assignment
random assignment
assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups
experimental group
experimental group
The group in a clinical research study that receives the drug, vaccine, or other intervention being tested
dependent variable
dependent variable
the factor that is observed and measured for a change in an experiment
single-blind study
single-blind study
when the researchers, but not the subjects are aware of the condition assigned
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