Introduction to Experimental Psychology

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Introduction to Experimental Psychology

• Sara Crump
• Tuesday, January 9th

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Outline

• 1) Introductions
• 2) Research in the Real World
• 3) Brief Introduction to Topics
• 4) Review of the Syllabus
• 5) Research Requirement

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Introductions
Professor Sara Crump
TA Dina Eliezer
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Research in the Real World

• Here are some examples of research findings Ive
  recently come across
• How about you?

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Brief Intro to Topics

• Introduction to experimental psychology and
  research methods
• How to study and measure behavior
• How to design non-experimental and experimental
  studies
• Generalizing results to the real world

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Review of the Syllabus

• Class Website
• http//mentor.lscf.ucsb.edu/course/winter/psyc007

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Thursday

• The science of psychology
• Fundamentals of the scientific approach