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icse psychology syllabus icse psychology syllabus sectio a 1 the subject psychology i definition of psychology nature ­ bio science social science or pure science schools of thought ­ structuralism functionalism behaviourism psychoanalysis gestalt psychology definition of psychology subject matter nature of psychology as a bio science social science or pure science the eclectic approach of modern psychology emergence of psychology as an independent discipline different views regarding the nature of this new subject approaches of james watson and freud main features of the schools of structuralism functionalism and behaviourism psychoanalysis gestalt psychology ii interpretation of research results ­ use of statistics in interpretation of data -understanding of why statistics is used descriptive inferential basic statistical concepts ­ statistics sample population why statistics is used in psychology interpretation of findings describing and summarizing data comparing individuals groups investigating relationships between variables predicting descriptive know more about icse board biotechnology syllabus boards.edurite.com page 1/3

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statistics for summarizing scores inferential statistics to determine whether observed differences between groups are likely/unlikely to have occurred by chance how scores are grouped into frequency distributions central tendency of a frequency distribution mean median mode and when each measure is used dispersion the extent to which scores are spread out range variance standard deviation why both central tendency and variability are important 2 methods of psychology i scientific methods in psychology -observation case study surveys psychological tests experimentation ­ steps psychological tests and their uses the application of scientific methods in the study of behaviour what is meant by scientific observation field study controlled and uncontrolled observation longitudinal and cross-sectional studies the case history method the experimental method variables and controls steps in an experiment surveys and use of questionnaires/self reports meaning of samples random biased representative ­ population psychological tests definition uses iiierrors in perception illusions of size and shape what is meant by extra-sensory perception esp false interpretations illusions muller-lyer height -width ponzo zoellner poggendorf esp perceptions not based on any of the known senses general understanding of esp 3 attention and perception i nature of attention its inner and outer determinants the importance of attention in perception how both physical factors such as size colour movement change intensity contrast and psychological factors such as need interest and emotion determine attention and perception read more about icse biotechnology syllabus boards.edurite.com page 2/3

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