Psychology Basics Flashcard

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Which perspective focuses on how we think, learn, and remember?

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Cognitive

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Who is known as the father of psychology?

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Wilhelm Wundt

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What does the biological perspective study?

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The role of genes and the brain

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What is the dependent variable in an experiment?

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The factor that is measured

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What does random assignment help prevent?

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Bias in experiments

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Which psychologist created the hierarchy of needs?

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Abraham Maslow

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What is a placebo effect?

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Real improvement from fake treatment

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What perspective did John B. Watson help develop?

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Behaviorism

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What does an operational definition do?

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Defines variables in measurable terms

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Which perspective studies unconscious drives and childhood?

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Psychoanalytic