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Chapter 1 "What is Psychology" & related classes
Facts and concepts to understand
- What is psychology?
- Pop psychology and its problems
- Methods used in the first psychological lab
- What kinds of jobs do psychologists have?
Terms
- psychologist
- clinical psychologist
- psychiatrist
- psychoanalyist, psychoanalysis
- counselor
- psychotherapist
Chapter 2 "How Psychologists Do Research" & related
classes
Facts and concepts to understand
- Why do psychologists do research?
- In what ways is psychology a science?
- For what purposes are case studies and observational studies most
valuable?
- Correlation and causality
- What are the advantages of using experiments rather than other methods
of research?
- What are some potential drawbacks of using experiments?
Terms
- theory
- hypothesis
- empirical evidence
- falsifiability
- confirmation bias
- case study
- observational study
- survey
- correlation
- variables
- experiment
- control condition
- random assignment
- placebo
- experimenter effects
- double-blind study
- statistically significant
- longitudinal study
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