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| 1. | the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
| 7. | in research, repeating a study or experiment to see if the same results will be obtained in an effort to demonstrate reliability of results |
| 8. | tentative explanation of a phenomenon based on observations |
| 12. | study in which the subjects do not know if they are in the experimental or the control group |
| 14. | the process of examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities |
| 16. | subjects in an experiment who are subjected to the independent variable |
| 17. | a measure of the relationship between two variables |
| 18. | a social worker with some training in therapy methods who focuses on the environmental conditions that can have an impact on mental disorders |
| 19. | perspective that focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share |
| 21. | early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of study in the structure or basic elements of the mind |
| 22. | tendency of people or animals to behave differently from normal when they know they are being observed |
| 25. | modern version of psychoanalysis that is more focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of other motivations behind a person's behavior that sexual motivations |
| 26. | a number derived from the formula for measuring a correlation and indicating the strength and direction of a correlation |
| 30. | a naturalistic observation in which the observer becomes a participant in the group being observed |
| 31. | variable in an experiment that is manipuated by the experimenter |
| 32. | randomly selected sample of subjects from a larger population of subjects |
| 34. | tendency of the experimenter's expectations for a study to unintentionally influence the results of the study |
| 35. | either a psychiatrist or a psychologist who has special training in the theories of Sigmund Freud and his method of psychoanalysis |
| 36. | system of gathering data so that bias and error in measurement are reduced |
| 37. | the science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only |
| 38. | variable in an experiment that represents the measurable response or behavior of the subjects in the experiment |
| 39. | a deliberate manipulation of a variable to see if corresponding changes in behavior reuslt, allowing the determination of cause-and-effect relationships |