PSYC 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Quantitative Trait Locus, Statistical Inference, Sociobiology

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Psychology learning objectives: outline the philosophical roots of psychology, define empiricism and rationalism, explain structuralism and functionalism in relation to empiricism, describe how psychology fits with other sciences, summarize how psychology is relevant to many different professions. Week 2: explain the five principal steps of the scientific method, describe the principles (validity, reliability, generalizability) of good experimental design, distinguish between independent and dependent variables, explain the difference between an experiment and a correlational study. 5: describe the proper procedures for the selection of participants for an experiment and. Identify the utility, advantages, and disadvantages of correlational studies. their assignment to conditions. Identify ethical issues involved in psychological research and participants" rights. Week 11: describe the difference between language and communication. Identify the skills required in learning how to read: describe the sequence of language development milestones (cooing, babbling, single. Identify some of the controversies surrounding intelligence testing: explain what intelligence is and how it is measured.