1. Contemporary perspectives used by psychologists to understand the mind

and behavior in context

a. describe and compare the biological, behavioral, cognitive and

social-cultural perspectives

2. Major subfields and career opportunities that comprise psychology

a. list and explain the major subfields that make up psychology

3. Research strategies used by psychologists to explore the mind and behavior

a. describe the elements of an experiment

b. explain the importance of using a representative sample in psychological

research

c. describe and compare the following research methods: survey,

naturalistic observation, case study, longitudinal study and

experimentation

4. Purpose and basic concepts of statistics

a. define descriptive statistics and explain how they are used by

behavioral scientists

b. explain and describe measures of central tendency

c. describe the concept of correlation and explain how it is used in

psychology

d. recognize how inferential statistics are used in psychological research

5. Ethical issues in research that are of importance to psychologists

a. examine the role of ethics in research and professional practice

b. identify ethical issues in psychological research