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**Introduction to Psychology and Research**
Instructor: Daniel Ondich dan.ondich@sobrietyhigh.org

**What's Due for Lesson 7:**

 * < **Video Version:**
 * None ||< **On Nicenet.org:**
 * None ||< **In your wiki:**
 * Create a "Scientific Method and Research Design" page
 * Read and take notes on ch.1, lesson 2: Scientific Method and Research Designs, topics 1-3 (finish lesson 8) ||< **Vocabulary**(finish lesson 8)**:**
 * Hindsight bias
 * Critical thinking
 * Theory
 * Hypothesis
 * Operational definition
 * Case study
 * Survey
 * False consensus effect
 * Population
 * Random sample
 * Naturalistic observation
 * Correlation coefficient
 * Scatterplot
 * Illusory correlation ||< **Other:**
 * None ||

**Step 1**:
Create a new page in your wiki called "Scientific Method and Research Design". Copy and past the following into your "Scientific Method and Research Design" page and follow the link in Step 2 to find the information.

Take notes on the following in your new "Scientific Method and Research Design" wiki page:

Vocabulary:
 * Hindsight bias
 * Critical thinking
 * Theory
 * Hypothesis
 * Operational definition
 * Case study
 * Survey
 * False consensus effect
 * Population
 * Random sample
 * Naturalistic observation
 * Correlation
 * Scatterplot
 * Illusory correlation


 * 1) Why do psychologists use scientific method to study human behavior?
 * 2) Explain the steps a researcher would go through when using scientific method.
 * 3) What is a case study? When would it be appropriate to use? What are the pros and cons?
 * 4) What is a survey? When would it be appropriate to use? What are the pros and cons?
 * 5) What is naturalistic observation? When would it be appropriate to use? What are the pros and cons?
 * 6) What is laboratory observation? When would it be appropriate to use? What are the pros and cons?

**Step 2**:
Go to Hippocampus.org in a new tab and read [|Chapter 1, Lesson 2, Topics 1-3].

As you read, define the above vocabulary **in your own words** in **//your//** course wiki.

Take notes on the **main ideas** in **//your//** "Scientific Method and Research Design" wiki page.

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