AP Psych - Unit 1

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A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other is called a

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correlation

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A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score dependent on the range and square root of total scores.

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standard deviation

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The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.

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hindsight bias

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In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the treatment being studied.

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control group

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The psychoanalytic approach in psychology believes

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much of our behavior stems from unconscious wants and desires.

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This early psychological perspective believes that the mind can be broken up into separate parts?

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structuralism

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What is the name of the technique where people would examine their own thoughts/behaviors?

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introspection

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What early perspective did not care about the "parts" of the mind but rather how the mind adapts to what we need to survive?

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functionalism

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Who was the first woman to earn her PhD in psychology?

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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Titchener believed that psychology should study the basic elements of conscious experience and belonged to which school of thought? Options: Behaviorism, Functionalism, Humanism, Structuralism

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Structuralism