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Placebo effect?
a change in a participant’s illness or behavior that results from a belief that the treatment will have an effect, rather than the actual treatment
Functionalist?
a psychologist who studied the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness
Psychoanalyst?
a psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior
Explicit bias?
Explicit bias refers to a conscious and deliberate prejudice or preference towards a particular group, individual or idea
Hypothesis?
an assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through scientific research
Correlation?
the measure of a relationship between two variables or sets of data
Cognitive?
having to do with an organism’s thinking and understanding
Self-fulfilling prophecy?
a situation in which a researcher’s expectations influence that person’s own behavior, and thereby influence the participant’s behavior
Scientific method?
a general approach to gathering information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized
Theory?
a set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study
Double-blind experiment?
an experiment in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know which participants received which treatment
Behaviorist?
a psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment
Implicit bias?
Implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that unconsciously affect our understanding, actions, and decisions towards individuals or groups, often without our awareness or conscious control
Psychology?
Psychology is the study of the human mind and human behavior
Variable?
any factor that is capable of change