Outline Of Psychology Paper
Learning Objectives
Chapter 1: The Evolution Of Psychology
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Summarize Wundt’s accomplishments and contributions to psychology.
Summarize Hall’s accomplishments and contributions to psychology.
Describe structuralism and its impact on the subsequent development of psychology.
Describe functionalism and its impact on the subsequent development of psychology.
Summarize Watson’s views on the appropriate subject matter of psychology, nature versus nurture, and animal research.
6. Summarize Freud’s principal ideas and why they inspired controversy.
7. Summarize Skinner’s work, views, and influence.
8. Summarize Rogers’ and Maslow’s ideas and the contributions of humanistic psychology.
9. Describe important contributions …show more content…
Explain why Western psychology traditionally had scant interest in other cultures and why this situation has begun to change.
15. Use the Featured Study to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of some research methods. 16. Summarize the basic tenets of evolutionary psychology.
17. Describe how positive psychology represents a novel trend in psychological theory and research. 18. Discuss the growth of psychology and the most common work settings for contemporary psychologists. 19. List and describe seven major research areas in psychology.
20. List and describe the four professional specialties in psychology.
21. Summarize the text’s three unifying themes relating to psychology as a field of study.
22. Summarize the text’s four unifying themes relating to psychology’s subject matter.
23. Discuss three important considerations in designing a program to promote adequate studying. 24. Describe the SQ3R method and explain what makes it effective.
25. Summarize advice provided on how to get more out of lectures.
Chapter 7: Human Memory
1. Describe the three basic human memory processes.
2. Discuss the role of attention for memory.
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7. Explain the major advantages and disadvantages of the experimental method.
Learning Objectives for Psych 101 2013
8. Discuss three descriptive/correlational research methods: naturalistic observation, case studies, and surveys.
9. Explain the major advantages and disadvantages of descriptive/correlational research.
10. Describe three measures of central tendency and one measure of variability.
11. Describe the normal distribution, and how to understand how test scores and percentile ranks relate to one another.
12. Distinguish between positive and negative correlations.
13. Discuss correlation in relation to prediction and causation.
14. 14. Explain the meaning of statistical significance.
15. Explain the importance of replication, and of meta-analysis.
16. Explain what makes a sample representative, and discuss the problem of sampling bias.
17. Explain when placebo effects are likely to be a problem.
18. Describe the typical kinds of distortions that occur in self-report data and discuss the methods that have been developed recently to deal with these
Chapter 1: The Evolution Of Psychology
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Summarize Wundt’s accomplishments and contributions to psychology.
Summarize Hall’s accomplishments and contributions to psychology.
Describe structuralism and its impact on the subsequent development of psychology.
Describe functionalism and its impact on the subsequent development of psychology.
Summarize Watson’s views on the appropriate subject matter of psychology, nature versus nurture, and animal research.
6. Summarize Freud’s principal ideas and why they inspired controversy.
7. Summarize Skinner’s work, views, and influence.
8. Summarize Rogers’ and Maslow’s ideas and the contributions of humanistic psychology.
9. Describe important contributions …show more content…
Explain why Western psychology traditionally had scant interest in other cultures and why this situation has begun to change.
15. Use the Featured Study to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of some research methods. 16. Summarize the basic tenets of evolutionary psychology.
17. Describe how positive psychology represents a novel trend in psychological theory and research. 18. Discuss the growth of psychology and the most common work settings for contemporary psychologists. 19. List and describe seven major research areas in psychology.
20. List and describe the four professional specialties in psychology.
21. Summarize the text’s three unifying themes relating to psychology as a field of study.
22. Summarize the text’s four unifying themes relating to psychology’s subject matter.
23. Discuss three important considerations in designing a program to promote adequate studying. 24. Describe the SQ3R method and explain what makes it effective.
25. Summarize advice provided on how to get more out of lectures.
Chapter 7: Human Memory
1. Describe the three basic human memory processes.
2. Discuss the role of attention for memory.
Learning Objectives for Psych 101 …show more content…
7. Explain the major advantages and disadvantages of the experimental method.
Learning Objectives for Psych 101 2013
8. Discuss three descriptive/correlational research methods: naturalistic observation, case studies, and surveys.
9. Explain the major advantages and disadvantages of descriptive/correlational research.
10. Describe three measures of central tendency and one measure of variability.
11. Describe the normal distribution, and how to understand how test scores and percentile ranks relate to one another.
12. Distinguish between positive and negative correlations.
13. Discuss correlation in relation to prediction and causation.
14. 14. Explain the meaning of statistical significance.
15. Explain the importance of replication, and of meta-analysis.
16. Explain what makes a sample representative, and discuss the problem of sampling bias.
17. Explain when placebo effects are likely to be a problem.
18. Describe the typical kinds of distortions that occur in self-report data and discuss the methods that have been developed recently to deal with these