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 modern approaches in psychology?
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 do psychologists work??
the difference between a clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst?
the 8 major subareas or areas of specialization of psychology?

(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" and single case studies
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, standardized psychological tests, lab experiments, animal models)
the basics of the experiment (independent variable, dependent variable,  random assignment,
experimental condition or group, control condition or group?
 Could you identify these components in an example of an experiment?
operational definitions of the IV and DV
double-blind procedure
(review note-taking experiment on p 16 and Ritalin experiment on p. 37)
problems in research (representative or random samples, extraneous/confounding variables that could affect research results)
participant and experimenter bias, what to watch out for when drawing conclusions)?
the placebo effect, self-fulfilling prophecy, and the need to control for these in research