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Know the steps and the order of the scientific method and how they can apply to a specific research question (hypothesis). Do psychologists study mental processes or behavioral processes? Are mental and behavioral processes linked? If so, how? Why is it important to study animal behavior as well as human behavior? What is dualism? What was the problem with early philosophers? What is determinism? What is structuralism? What are the problems with structuralism? What was the major contribution of psychoanalysis? What approach brought human sexuality into psychology? Who is the founder of behaviorism? Why was behaviorism so different from psychological approaches taken prior to its invention? Approach to psychology that argues that the whole of an experience is different from the sum of its parts. Know what Humanistic psychology is. Know the fields of specialization within contemporary psychology that are mentioned in the book. Know the difference between clinical and counseling psychology & educational and school psychology What are the goals of psychology? What is the purpose of psychological research? Why are theories and hypotheses important? What is the difference between non-experimental and experimental research methods? Know the types of non-experimental research methods and why they may be useful for some research questions, also know their limitations. Know the Correlational method: what does a strong correlation look like? a weak correlation? What are ethics? Why are they important? Know the difference between an independent variable and a dependent variable. Know the difference between an experimental and control group. Review the examples of experimental research designs that we discussed Know the limitations of the experimental research methods. Know the types of statistics. Know the measures of central tendency. Know the measures of variability.