Discovering Psychology  Episode 1

Vocabulary :

Explain some  of the following words and phrases  :

heredity

crucible for mental illness

to attempt

eager anticipation at a novel event

cutting –edge material

 problems that plague mankind

 to counteract violence

 to yield data

candid camera

 sexually aroused

self-conscious

adolescent

adolescence

to feel uneasy

 misled perception

 empathise

 voyeur’s guilt

 tittilation

 redundant

to predict

 Questions - please write your answers on the wiki 

 Define   dispositional factors and situational factors.

 Define three levels on which psychology works and give examples .

 Explain what Implicit Attitude Test is .

Find out  what Functional Magnetic Imagery is .

Additional materials : www.learner.org/discoveringpsychology/history/index.html

Try the true false questions 

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007243404x/student_view0/chapter1/true_or_false.html

reading on types of research methods

 http://allpsych.com/psychology101/experiment.html

quiz on research methods