What is the scientific method; and what are the key ethical issues in psychological research?
1. Define basic and applied research (pp 17-18) 2. Describe the first four basic steps involved in scientific research (pp. 17-20). 3. Name the last two basic steps in research, and describe the relevance of publication and replication, in determining the legitimacy of research results (pp. 20-21). 4. Describe the guidelines for respecting the rights of human and non-human animal participants in research (pp. 21-23). 5. Describe the rights of psychotherapy patients (p. 23). What are the four major methods of psychological research? 1. Define experiment, and describe how independent and dependent variables, and experimental and control groups are important to the experimental method (pp. 25-27). 2. Describe researcher and participant problems in research and the experimental safeguards related to them (pp. 27-29). 3. Define non-experimental research and contrast the merits and limitations of naturalistic observations, surveys, and case studies (pp. 25, 30-33). 4. Define correlational re
