SS10.P.2

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 09-12 - Psychology

Students know:

Students are able to:

Cite evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary descriptions of research.
Provide an accurate summary of primary and secondary descriptions of research, identifying the essential elements of the particular research being conducted.
Analyze primary and secondary descriptions of research to determine whether the research conducted best suited the question posed.
Decipher key terms or jargon used by psychologists when writing up research for publication and public consumption.
Evaluate whether a researcher's or participant's biases influenced the outcome, description of, or conclusions drawn for the research.
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information to determine if the research conducted was accurate and representative of the population being studied.
Cite supporting or contradicting evidence for various research descriptions.
Integrate research findings to explain a particular psychological phenomena.

Students understand that:

The scientific method plays a role in understanding behavior and mental processes.
Different research methods are appropriate for different empirical questions about behavior and mental processes.
You can conduct research using different methodologies.
Simple statistics can be calculated using data collected from research.
Different statistics derived from research can be interpreted.
There are important ethical guidelines for working with human and non-human participants in research.

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