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Describe why it is important to understand research methods. - ANSWERA background in research methods will help you read these reports critically, evaluate these reports critically, evaluate the methods employed and decide whether the conclusions are reasonable; learning about research methods will help you think critically Describe the scientific approach to understanding behavior, and contract it with pseudoscientific research. - ANSWERThe scientific approach has 4 characteristic that are: ...

Psychology - ANSWERthe scientific study of behavior and mental process The field of psychology studies: - ANSWERboth healthy and unhealthy behavior; both observable and unobservable behavior j Aristotle - ANSWERInfluence of Philosophy: wrote of sleep, dreams, memory, mankind and learning Descartes - ANSWERinfluence of philosophy: dualism-mind of brain are two separate entities Locke - ANSWERinfluence of philosophy: tabula rasa- emphasizes the importance of nurture Rousseau - ANSWE...

Scientific method - ANSWER-abstract concept that refers to the ways in which questions are asked and the logic and methods used to gain answers. Two characteristics of the scientific method - ANSWER-empirical approach (using direct observation and experimentation to answer scientific questions) must be falsifiable (unlike Freud) and measured and observed to be scientific psychology -skeptical attitude Historical Context - ANSWER-an empirical approach was critical for the development of th...

psychology - ANSWERthe scientific study of mind and behavior mind - ANSWERthe private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings behavior - ANSWERobservable actions of human beings or nonhuman animals nativism - ANSWERthe philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn philosophical empiricism - ANSWERthe view that all knowledge is acquired through experience phrenology - ANSWERa now discredited theory that specific mental abilities a...

what are the 3 memory processes - ANSWERencoding storage retrieval encoding - ANSWERprocess of transforming what we perceive, think, or feel into an enduring memory storage - ANSWERthe process of maintaining information in memory over time retrieval - ANSWERthe process of bringing to mind information that has been previously encoded and stored 3 stages of memory - ANSWERsensory memory short-term memory long-term memory sensory memory - ANSWERa type of storage that holds senso...

Psychology - ANSWERThe scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Goals of Psychology - ANSWERTo describe, explain, predict and control the events studied (mental processes and behaviors) Critical Thinking - ANSWER1. Skepticism about explanations and conclusions 2. Ability to inquire about cause/effect 3. Increased behavioral curiosity 4. Knowledge of research 5. Ability to analyze arguments Steps of Scientific Method - ANSWER1. Hypothesis based on observation 2. Test hypo...

The branch of psychology that studies the relationship between behavior and bodily processes and systems is known as... - ANSWERbiological psychology Biological psychology is the scientific study of the ___ bases of behavior and ___ processes. - ANSWERbiological; mental Toby's specialty in his graduate program is the study of the nervous system. Toby is likely training to be a(n)... - ANSWERneuroscientist The principle that either a neuron is sufficiently stimulated and an action poten...

what is a psychological disorder - ANSWERAre deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings and actions what are some of the criteria used for determination - ANSWERcan be defined by culture and context- different cultures in different contexts have varying judgments on what constitutes a psychological disorder what is the DSM-5 and what is it used for - ANSWERMain tool of diagnostic classification: diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edition ...

Psychology - ANSWERThe science of behavior and mental processes science - ANSWERThe use of systematic methods to observe the natural wolrd, including human behavior and to draw conclusions behavior - ANSWERA field of psychology that concentrates on observable, measurable behaviors and not on mental processes mental processes - ANSWERThe thoughts, feelings, and motives that each of us experiences privately but that cannot be observed directly critical thinking - ANSWERThe process of r...