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What is psychology?
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Scientific study of behavior and mental process
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The conception of apparent relationships among observed events?
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Theory
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Diagnosing the severity of mental illness and behavior problems is usually the job of a ________ psychologist?
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Clinical psychologist
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John B Watson argued for a psychology based on the study of what?
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Measurable behavior or observable behavior
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Mr. B.F. Skinner made major contributions to the school or psychology known as _________
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Behaviorism
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At the center of psychodynamic theory of human motivation is the ________ ?
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Unconscious
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___ oriented psychologists use techniques to show that specific sites in the brain mediate thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
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Biological
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Cognitive pshchologists are specifically interested in studying human _____ and ____
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Thinking and memory
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The ____ perspective unites self-fulfillment and free choice as central principles to its approach.
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Humansitic existential
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The issues of ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status are the concerns of ____ perspective
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Sociocultural
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Empirical research must be supported by ______.
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Evidence
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A ____ is a segment of population that is targeted for the study
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Sample
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_____ studies are information we collect about individuals or small groups.
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Case
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In___ ___ researchers study behavior where it actually happens, or in the field.
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Naturalistic observation
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By using the ___ method, researchers investigate whether observed behavior or a measured trait is related to another trait or characteristic
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Correlational method
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