PSYC-105 FA4 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Headache, Object Permanence, Classical Conditioning

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Psychology: the scientific study of the behavior of organisms: four goals, describe something we"re interested in. E. g. anxiety decreases test performance: understand what is going on. E. g. concentration disruption related to test-taking anxiety: predict the results. E. g. measure anxiety and predict who will not do well: control/application. Control: things we control about a study to get more info: limitations to the science of psychology: Biological: influence of electrical impulses on behavior, feelings, etc. Sociocultural: social and cultural rules guide one"s behavior. Scientific research: four main goals, description: e. g. socially anxious=anxiety in social situations, prediction: e. g. more social anxiety=fewer friends, understanding: e. g. cause, social anxiety is caused by fne. Fne: fear of negative evaluation: application: influence future occurrences, reduce anxiety by reducing. Science: system of procedures to gain knowledge and learn the truth: non-empirical approaches (non-data) Tenacity: accept something because it"s repeated often enough. Representative samples: random: everyone has a chance of being selected, stratify: sample in proportion to larger sample.