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decide if a scenario is written from the perspective of a biological, cognitive, behavioral, social, psychodynamic,(etc.) psychologist  \n􀁸 Know Wundt and James  \nUnit 2: Research Methods  \n􀁸 identify independent vs. dependent variables  \n􀁸 Confounding variables (situation and participant relevant)  \n􀁸 single vs. double blind studies  \n􀁸 Hawthorne Effect  \n􀁸 Z scores and normal standard deviation curves  \n􀁸 correlation coefficient  \n􀁸 ethical standards  \nUnit 3: Cognition  \n􀁸 heuristic (availability and representativeness)  \n􀁸 mental set  \n􀁸 cocktail party effect  \n􀁸 change blindness  \n􀁸 Language Acquisition Device  \n􀁸 Chomsky  \n􀁸 Fernald  \n􀁸 3 box model of memory  \n􀁸 George Miller’s “magic number” – short term  \n􀁸 implicit vs. explicit memory  \n􀁸 anterograde vs. retrograde amnesia  \n􀁸 Bartlett  \n􀁸 Loftus  \nmemory  \nUnit 4: Biological Psychology  \n􀁸 Brain parts:  \no cerebellum  \no thalamus  \no amygdala  \no hippocampus  \n􀁸 lobes ofthe cerebral cortex  \no 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