Introduction and Research MethodsWhat is psychology?What is science?What makes psychology “harder” (in a way) than sciences such as chemistry, physics, or biology?What is hindsight bias?Define the following:Naturalistic (direct) observationSurveysIndirect observationWhat are the strengths and weaknesses of each of the above techniques?What are variables?What are the mean and standard deviation?What is a correlation coefficient, and does the value of a correlation (from -1 to 1) mean?What is a representative sample?What is statistical significance, and what makes a scientific finding statistically significant?What is the difference among these three types of research questions:DescriptiveCorrelationalExperimentalWhat are the three possible interpretations of a correlation between two variables?What are the components of an experiment?Nature and NurtureAt its most basic, what is evolution?What are evolutionary adaptations for survival, and what are some examples of such adaptations humans share with almost all other animals?What are evolutionary adaptations for reproduction, and what are some examples of such adaptations humans share with almost all other animals?What adaptations are (almost) uniquely human?How do the adaptations humans share with other animals affect human behavior?What are some cautions to keep in mind about evolutionary explanations for human behavior?What are genetic individual differences?What does it mean for a trait to be heritable?What techniques do behavioral geneticists use to determine whether how heritable a given trait might be?What are some examples of genetic individual differences in thought and behavior?When do environmental influences on the mind and behavior begin?How can parents affect their children’s minds and behavior?How can peers affect children’s minds and behavior?What are some examples of ways in which thinking and behavior varies across different cultures?NeuroscienceThe Nervous SystemWhat are the parts of a neuron, and how do these reflect neurons’ unique function?What is a synapse, and what are neurotransmitters?What do neurons that use each of the following neurotransmitters tend to do?AcetylcholineNorepinephrineDopamineSerotoninGABAWhat does it mean for a chemical to be an agonist or an antagonist in the nervous system?What is the difference between afferent and efferent neurons?What is the difference between somatic and autonomic neurons?What is the difference between sympathetic and parasympathetic neurons, and how are they related to somatic or autonomic neurons?More specifically, what are the differing functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems?What are hormones?How do the nervous and endocrine systems interact?The BrainWhat are lesions, and how can they help us understand the brain?Broadly speaking, how do the following brain scanning techniques work?EEGPETfMRIWhat are the relative advantages and disadvantages of each of those techniques?What is the function of each of the following non-cortical brain areas:MedullaReticular formationThalamusCerebellumAmygdala(e)HippocampusHypothalamusWhat are sulci and gyri?What are the four lobes of the cerebral cortex?What are the motor cortex and the sensory cortex?Where in the brain are vision and hearing processed?What are the association areas of the brain?What are Broca’s and Wenicke’s areas?What is the importance of the prefrontal cortex?What is the Social Brain hypothesis, and what is the evidence for