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Explain what psychology is and how it developed. Describe six contemporary approaches to psychology. Describe two movements that reflect a positive approach to psychology. Evaluate careers and areas of specialization in psychology. Apply some strategies that will help you succeed in psychology.
behaviors and mental processes. The goal of this text is to give you a step-by-step approach to designing research in psychology, from the purpose of research (discussed in this chapter) and the types of questions psychologists ask about behavior, to the methods used by psychologists to observe and understand behavior and, finally, how psycholo...
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Jun 20, 2011 · PDF | We are now in a position to address one of the key issues in this book and offer up a solution to the problem of psychology.
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Research Methods in Psychology. volume 1 Foundations, Planning, Measures, and Psychometrics. Harris Cooper, Editor-in-Chief Paul M. Camic, Debra L. Long, A. T. Panter, David Rindskopf, and Kenneth J. Sher, Associate Editors. American Psychological Association • Washington, DC.
1.1 Define psychology as a discipline and identify its goals as a science. 1.2 Describe the emergence of psychology as a scientific discipline. 1.3 Describe perspectives employed to understand behavior and mental processes. 1.4 Explain how psychology evolved as a scientific discipline.
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OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH. Part I of the text will introduce you to the research process that is followed by behavioral researchers. It contains chapters covering the research process from start to finish, high-lighting the steps to follow in conducting research.
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school of psychology that perception involves the segmentation, or “parsing,” of visual stimuli into objects and backgrounds (and just how complicated this seem - ingly easy process is). We will then turn to examine some (mostly) bottom-up models of perception. Then we will examine phenomena that have led many
