Studylist 1 - Do you know and understand:
(from Module 1 - Introduction to the Field of Psychology)
definition of psychology and the basic goals of this discipline?
Could you recognize examples of these goals like we gave in class?
the focus, research interests and famous psychologists associated with each of the 6 modern approaches and 4 historical approaches?
(Wundt, James, Watson, & Wertheimer, Freud, Skinner, Bandura & Maslow )
the characteristics of autism, autistic savants, & the kinds of research being done on autism?
Could you give examples of studying autism from different approaches within psychology?
what training is necessary to pursue psychology (masters and various doctorates) as a career and where psychologists work??
the difference between a clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst?
the major subareas or areas of specialization of psychology?
some of the characteristics of test anxiety or those who have test anxiety

(from Module 2 - Research Methods in Psychology)
the characteristics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and controversies surrounding it
main research methods, techniques, settings (naturalistic observation, survey/questionnaire, case study, correlational research, experimental method, animal models, standardized tests)
problems with testimonial "evidence"
the characteristics of correlations and the correlation coefficient and the uses & limitations of correlations in research
research settings (naturalistic, laboratory)
the basics of these research techniques (questionnaire, interview, psychological tests, lab experiments, animal models)
the basics of the experiment (independent variable, dependent variable, random selection, random assignment,
experimental condition or group, control condition or group, operational definitions, double-blind procedure)? Could you
identify these components in an example of a study?
problems in research (representative or random samples, extraneous/confounding variables, subject and experimenter
bias, what to watch for when drawing conclusions)?
the placebo effect, self-fulfilling prophecy, and the need to control for these in research
concerns about research

(from Module 13- Intelligence and Psychological Testing)
psychometics
characteristics of a good test
validity
 reliability
standardization and norms
normal distribution of scores; average scores, extreme scores
IQ tests as an example of standardized psychological tests
what is intelligence
research approaches for studying genetic and environmental influences on behavior
twin, family & adoption studies
"nature versus nurture"
different theories about the nature of intelligence
 Spearman’s 2 factor theory
 Sternberg’s triarchic (3 part) theory
 Gardner’s mulitple intelligence theory
measuring intelligence
 Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale
    Intelligence quotient (IQ) = Mental age/chronological age
  Binet’s warnings
 Wechsler Intelligence Scales (verbal and performance tests)
    "deviation IQ score"