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Module 01 Journal

 

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Section 1.01	Psychology Defined: What is Psych? Pages 2-5
1. Explain the four primary goals of Psychology?	•         Description- •          Explanation •         Prediction- •        Control-

 

Section 1.02	Psych History & Modern: Then & Now Pages 6-19
2. How did Wilhelm Wundt contribute to the study of  Psychology? Explain how Objective Introspection was used.
3. Explain structuralism and Edward Titchener’s contribution to psychology.
4. Explain functionalism and William James’ contribution to psychology.
5. Identify some of the notable minority contributors to the study of Psychology.	Mary Whiton Calkins: Francis Cecil Sumner: Kenneth and Mamie Clark- Jorge Sanchez:
6. Explain Gestalt psychology and Max Wertheimer’s contribution to psychology.
7. What did the Gestaltists mean by “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”?
8. Explain Freud’s theory of Psychoanalysis and Freud’s contribution to psychology.
9. Why did John Watson reject structuralism, functionalism, psychoanalysis?
10. Identify key contributors to the Behavioral perspective.	Ivan Pavlov- John Watson- Mary Cover Jones-
11. Explain how the psychodynamic perspective is different from the psychoanalytic perspective.
12. How did BF Skinner influence the Behavioral perspective?
13. What criticisms did the humanistic perspective have for the other perspectives?
14. Identify the major contributors to Humanism.
15. Why has the cognitive perspective become a major influence in Psychology? What does it emphasize?
16. What is emphasis for the sociocultural perspective?
17. How does biological perspective explain human behavior and thought processes?
18. Explain how the biopsychosocial perspective is different from the other perspectives.
19. How is the evolutionary perspective different from the other perspectives?
20. What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?

 

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Section 1.03	Descriptive Methods: How to Describe? Pages 20-26
19. Summarize the steps in the scientific method.	•         Question: •         Hypothesis: •         Testing: •         Conclusions: •         Reporting: •                    Replication:
20. Use the chart to summarize the Descriptive Methods of Research.   **Highlight ALL relevant vocabulary as it is used**	Method Advantages Disadvantages Naturalistic Observation     Laboratory Observation     Case Studies     Surveys

 

Please take the reading comprehension quiz on 1.03 and type your quiz score here:

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Section 1.04	Correlations: Finding Relationships Pages 27-29
20. Explain the concept of correlation.
21. What information does a correlation coefficient provide?
22. Give examples of the following correlation coefficients:	•         Strong positive- •         Weak positive- •         Strong negative- •                    Weak negative-
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Section 1.05	Experiments: Do I Need A Microscope? Pages 29-31
23. What is the purpose of an experiment?
24. Establishing your variables in an experiment is a critical step. Explain the following terms used in this step.	•         Operational definition: It gives an explanation of •         Independent variable: •                    Dependent variable-.
25. Explain the Hawthorne Effect.
26. What are confounding variables and how are they detrimental to experiments?

 

Section 1.06	Experimental Hazards: The Road Bumps in Psychological Experiments Pages 31-33
27. One control for confounding variables is random assignment of participants into groups. Explain these groups.	•         Experimental group– •                    Control group–
28. Explain the difference between random selection and random assignment.
29. Explain how the following are problematic in the experimentation process.	•         Placebo effect– •                    Experimenter effect–
30. How are observer bias and experimenter effect different?
31. Explain the single-blind method of experimentation.
32. How did Rosenthal & Jacobsen’s research lead to the development of the double-blind method of research?

 

Please take the reading comprehension quiz on 1.04, 1.05 and 1.06 and type your quiz score here:

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STATISTICS	Pages 33- 42
33. Explain the 2 main types of Descriptive Statistics.	•        Measures of Variability: •                     Measures of Central Tendency:
34. Define the following tables and graphs:	•         Frequency distribution: •         Histogram: •         Normal curve:   •        Skewed distribution:
35. Describe what mean is and how to calculate it.
36. What influence do outliers have on the mean value?
37. Which measure of central tendency is not affected by extreme scores? How is it calculated?
38. What is the mode of a distribution?
39. What information does the spread of scores provide?
40. Summarize the two ways variability is measure:	•         Range: •                    Standard deviation:
41. How does standard deviation relate to the normal curve?	Answer here:
42. What is the purpose of Inferential statistics?
43. Explain Statistical Significance.
44. What does p < 0.05 represent?

 

Section 1.07	Ethics: Can I Do This? Pages 42-51
45. What is an IRB?
46. Summarize the 8 Guidelines for doing Research with People with a 1 sentence summary for each one.
47. What ethical considerations must be taken when doing research with animals?.

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