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1 Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods
Chapter 1 Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

2 Psychology Science of behavior and mental processes
Goal is to describe, understand, predict and control behavior

3 History of Psychology Began as a science in 1879
Wundt (“the father of psychology”) built the first psychology lab Structuralism Functionalism Behaviorism Psychoanalytic Humanistic

4 Scientific method Making observations Defining a problem
Proposing a hypothesis Gathering evidence/testing the hypothesis Publishing the results Theory building

5 Research Methods Naturalistic observation Correlational studies
Experiment Case study Survey method

6 Research Terms Independent variable: altered by the experimenter
Dependent variable: reveals the effects of the independent variable Control group Placebo effect Experimenter effect

7 Research Ethics Zimbardo’s prison study Milgram’s obedience study

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