Psychology as a Science: Concepts, Research and Ethics
This subject begins with a question: what makes an explanation of behavior scientific? It moves from the field and its history to observation, measurement and study design, then to evaluating evidence and protecting participants.
Read the whole first subject without an account: its lessons, summary and review questions.
Subject lessons
- Lesson 1 What Is Psychology? From Historical Schools to Contemporary Questions
- Lesson 2 From Impressions to Observation and Measurement
- Lesson 3 Study Design: Correlation, Causation and Reading Data
- Lesson 4 Reading Evidence, Generalization Limits and Research Ethics
- Integrated subject summary Review questions
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