PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology - Textbook

• Explain how scientific research addresses questions about behavior
• Discuss how scientific research guides public policy
• Appreciate how scientific research can be important in making personal decisions
• Describe the different research methods used by psychologists
• Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of case studies, naturalistic observation, surveys, and archival research
• Compare longitudinal and cross-sectional approaches to research
• Explain what a correlation coefficient tells us about the relationship between variables
• Recognize that correlation does not indicate a cause-and-effect relationship between variables
• Discuss our tendency to look for relationships between variables that do not really exist
• Explain random sampling and assignment of participants into experimental and control groups
• Discuss how experimenter or participant bias could affect the results of an experiment
• Identify independent and dependent variables"
• Discuss how research involving human subjects is regulated
• Summarize the processes of informed consent and debriefing
• Explain how research involving animal subjects is regulated

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     2.1 Why Is Research Important?
     2.2 Approaches to Research
     2.3 Analyzing Findings
     2.4 Ethics

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