What you’ll learn6 learning objectivesChoose one objective for a focused lesson, or study the complete topic.1.1.1Bias• Understand bias as a limitation in objective thinking and in research, theory, diagnosis and everyday decisions.• Consider researcher, participant, sampling, confirmation, publication, gender, cultural and cognitive biases.Syllabus objective1.1.2Causality• Understand how psychologists investigate cause-and-effect relationships between variables.• Recognize that behaviour often results from interacting factors, not one simple cause.Syllabus objective1.1.3Change• Understand how psychology explains and promotes change in behaviour, health, learning and development.• Consider planned, unplanned, gradual and sudden change, plus resistance to change.Syllabus objective1.1.4Measurement• Understand challenges in observing and measuring human behaviour.• Apply ideas such as operationalization, validity, reliability, triangulation, quantitative and qualitative data.Syllabus objective1.1.5Perspective• Understand that biological, cognitive and sociocultural perspectives each explain behaviour differently.• Evaluate how multiple perspectives can give a fuller understanding of human behaviour.Syllabus objective1.1.6Responsibility• Understand ethical and social responsibility in psychological research and application.• Consider informed consent, deception, anonymity, harm, withdrawal, animal research, stigma and advocacy.Syllabus objective
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