an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind

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a school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable us to adapt, survive and flourish

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the study of behavior and thinking using the (scientific) experimental method

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historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth

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an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis

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the scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicatin

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the scientific study of physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span

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the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

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The experimental factor that is manipulated--the variable whose effect is being studied

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The outcome factor -- the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable

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The most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution

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The arithmetic average of a distribution, obtaining by adding the scores and then dividing by the number of scores

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The middle score in a distribution--half the scores are above it and half are below it

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the group that is exposed to the treatment, that is, to one version of the independent variable.

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the group that is not exposed to the treatment; contrasts with the experimental group and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment.

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Jane Goodall lived among wild chimpanzees intermittently for decades, studying their social and family systems while keeping her interaction with the chimpanzees to a minimum. Her research method can most accurately be described as

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