PSY 2510 Learning Objectives Chapter 1 Modules 2 6 1 Define psychology 2 What s empirical evidence Also give an example 3 Test yourself on the true and false questions in the Critical Thinking section You may see one of those questions on the quiz 4 List psychology s goals 5 Define description 6 Define understanding 7 Define prediction 8 Define control 9 Define critical thinking 10 List the five basic principles of critical thinking 1 11 Define pseudopsychology and list a few examples PSY 2510 Learning Objectives 12 Define hypothesis 13 Define operational definition and be able to give an operational definition like we practiced in class 14 Define theory 15 Define structuralism 16 Define functionalism 17 Define behaviorism 18 Define psychoanalysis 19 Define humanism 20 List the three contemporary psychological perspectives 21 Define biological perspective and be able to identify examples of it 2 22 Define psychological perspective and be able to identify examples of it PSY 2510 Learning Objectives 23 Define sociocultural perspective and be able to identify examples of it 24 Too often what has been the unstated standard for judging what is average normal or correct 25 Define experiment and tell why it is the most powerful research tool 26 Define independent variable and be able to identify examples of it 27 Define dependent variable and be able to identify examples of it 28 Define experimental group 29 Define control group and tell why it s really needed 30 Define placebo 31 Define naturalistic observation 32 Define correlational study 3 33 Define coefficient of correlation PSY 2510 Learning Objectives 34 Define causation and tell which type s of research allow s us to determine causation you may need to come back to the second part of this question after you ve read all of Module 5 35 Define case study 36 Define survey method Don t forget to answer the Knowledge Builder questions at the end of each module Module s to skip None Terms to skip scientific observation research method superstition uncritical acceptance confirmation bias Barnum effect scientific method stimulus introspection natural selection response cognitive behaviorism Gestalt psychology unconscious neo Freudian psychodynamic theory determinism free will self actualization neuroscience evolutionary psychology positive psychology cultural relativity social norms psychologist animal model clinical psychologist counseling psychologist psychiatrist psychoanalyst counselor psychiatric social worker experimental subjects participants variable extraneous variables random assignment statistically significant research participant bias placebo effect single blind experiment researcher bias self fulfilling prophecy double blind experiment observer effect observer bias anthropomorphic error observational record correlation representative sample population 4