PSYC 2300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Belmont Report, Scholasticism, Social Constructionism
3 Feb 2017
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Midterm study guide psych 230 (winter 2016) The points listed below are some main topics that we"ve learned about this term. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of everything on the exam, and there may be topics covered here that aren"t on the exam, but this should help you focus your studying efforts when preparing for the exam. Know the difference between positivist and social constructionist approaches to scientific research. Know the features of the empirical approach to research (e. g. , what is black-box psychology ? what is organized skepticism ) and why we prefer this approach. Know the purposes of science (to describe, to explain, etc. Know what a theory is and what theories do. Know the steps of the research process. Know and be able to recognize examples of a hypothesis (directional and non-directional) and a. Know what plagiarism is and isn"t and be able to recognize examples of it.
