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Psychology the scientific study of behavior and mental processes determinism vs. free will -Determinists: everything that happens has an observable/measurable cause -Free Will Purists: believe every human act is voluntary mind-body problem A fundamental psychological issue: Are mind and body separate and distinct, or is the mind simply the physical brain's subjective experience? monism conscious experience is inseparable from the physical brain dualism the presumption that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact Nature vs. Nurture Heredity vs. Environment David Reimer Nurture vs. nature. Nature wins. Was raised as girl past the age of 3 despite being born boy. Ended up feeling uncomfortable, so didnt accept his assigned gender like money said he should and so turned back into a boy in his teens. service providers to individuals providing therapy or counseling to individual patients service providers to organizations serve as consultants to help organizations improve teaching/research psychologists focus efforts on teaching or doing research in their area of psychology hypothesis Clear prediction of the anticipated results of an experiment. method how a researcher tests their hypothesis results information of data collected by the researcher in an attempt to resolve their hypothesis interpretation discussion section of research paper they unpack the meaning of their results qualitative narrative description of an experience by a patient quantitative numerical results teiangulation using both qualitative and quantitative data, examining converging information from different sources in order to come to the lost accurate conclusion replicability when a study's findings are able to be duplicated, ideally by independent investigators meta-analysis a procedure for statistically combining the results of many different research studies theory hypothesis or guess that makes accurate predictions burden of proof the obligation to present evidence to support one's claim falsifiability if we claim something is scientifically true, we must be able to specify what evidence it would take to prove it wrong Parsimony (Occam's Razor) a scientific preference to explain data with the simplest possible explanation or with the explanation requiring the fewest assumptions. This leads to a preference for explanations that rely on the ordinary operation of natural law, not supernatural intervention Ganzfeld procedure laboratory procedure used to test powers of extrasensory perception by reducing the distractions of other sensory information (e.g. noise cancelling headphones, ping-pong balls over the eyes, etc.) conceptual variables the ideas that form the basis of a research hypothesis operational definitions specific procedure to manipulate or measure a conceptual variable population a group you want to know about convenience sample only members of the population who are easily accessible are selected representative sample a sample that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population as a whole random sample method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal probability of being selected cross cultural sample groups of people from at least two cultures sampling bias sample does not represent the population observational research gathering primary data by observing relevant people, actions, and situations surveys of self-report ask participants questions about themselves social desirability bias A tendency to give socially ap