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Scientific method - ✔✔A source of knowledge based on the assumption that
knowledge comes from the objective, systematic observation and measurement
of particular variables and the events they affect.
Hypothesis - ✔✔A testable prediction about the relationship between two or
more events or characteristics.
Nativism - ✔✔The philosophical position that heredity provides individuals
with inborn knowledge and abilities.
Rationalism - ✔✔The philosophical position that true knowledge comes
through correct reasoning.
Empiricism - ✔✔The philosophical position that true knowledge comes
through the senses.
Developmental psychology - ✔✔the branch of psychology that studies the
social and mental development of children
Cognition - ✔✔the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing,
remembering, and communicating
Phobia - ✔✔an anxiety disorder characterized by irrational fear
, Informed consent - ✔✔an ethical principle that research participants be told
enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate
Placebo - ✔✔A harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the
psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect.
Theory - ✔✔well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
Altruism - ✔✔the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
Catharsis - ✔✔purging of emotional tensions
Conformity - ✔✔Correspondence in form, type, or appearance
Credibility - ✔✔the quality of being trusted and believed in
Displacement - ✔✔the change in position of an object
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