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Using Common Experience Video Clip. Psychology as a Science. What is science ? Why is a class on research methods important? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=F8UFGu2M2gM. What is Science?. Systematic means to answer questions Observations Experiments Unbiased
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Psychology as a Science • What is science? • Why is a class on research methods important? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=F8UFGu2M2gM
What is Science? • Systematic means to answer questions • Observations • Experiments • Unbiased • Objective
To understand a concept, go back and research how it was discovered • Intelligence is inherited • How could this be studied? • What was really discovered? • What does that mean for any individual person?
Approaching Psychology as a Science • What are some psychological questions that you have? • What are unscientific ways to answer these questions? • How can we find scientific answers to these questions?
Approaching Psychology as a Science • What are some psychological questions that you have? • What are unscientific ways to answer these questions? • Anecdotes • Fictional examples • How can we find scientific answers to these questions? • Evidence from systematic observations, experiments
Science of Psychology • Scientific method • Systematic • Unbiased • Specific, testable predictions • Operational definitions • Falsifiable
Language • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yRMbH36HRE&feature=BFa&list=UUsooa4yRKGN_zEE8iknghZA
Defining Language • What is language? • What is not language? • Is music a language? • Do other animals have language?
How is Language Learned? Nativist Empiricist • Humans are innately prepared for language • Noam Chomsky • Language acquisition device (LAD) • Humans learn language through experience • B. F. Skinner
Early Language Deprivation • Critical and sensitive periods • Genie • Victor of Aveyron • What do theses cases suggest about language learning? • Based on this, how should we approach learning of a second language?