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Chapter 1 Terms 1. Psychology—the science of behavior and mental process. 2. Wundt—founder of psychology 3. Critical thinking—thinking for yourself on a subject without the preconceptions, drawing your own conclusions from evidence, considering other explanations 4. Case study—investigations of an individual thoroughly usually to investigate rare, unusual or extreme conditions 5. Operational definition- precise description of how variables in a study will be measured. 6. Representative sample—selected segment that closely parallels the larger group being studied 7. Random assignment –people of the study have an equal chance to be assigned to any of the groups in the experiment 8. Statistically significant—mathematically indicates that results are not by chance 9. Empirical evidence—evidence that is the result of objective observation and measurement 10. James—wrote the Principles of Psychology, functionalism 11. Hall—established the first psychology research laboratory, founded the American Psychological Association 12.
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Title: terms
Words: 673
Rating: None
Pages: 2.7
submitted by: willnpc
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