U1A3   pp. 2-17     1.  What are the different fields of study in Psychology, what do they investigate and what types of questions do they ask and try to answer?   2.  Psychology shares common goals and methods with other scientific disciplines, what are they?   3.  What are the different research methods in psychology, what are each areas strengths and weaknesses and what type of research is each best suited to?   4.  Define the following in your own words: a. hypothesis                                            f. control group b. subjects                                               g. experimental bias c. independent variable                            h. causation and correlation d. dependent variable                               i. reliability e. experimental group                               j. validity   5. Why is good sampling so important?   6. Why has the impartiality of the scientist been called into question?