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| I. Understand the roles for and differences between basic and applied social psychological research. |
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| II. List and explain the seven steps of the research process. |
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| III. Describe the important features of correlational research and how different types are appropriately applied, what can be learned from them, and their limitations. |
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| IV. Use experimental research to determine cause-effect relationships and the different elements and approaches to experimental research. |
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| V. Describe the relative advantages and disadvantages of field and laboratory experiments. |
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| VI. Define meta-analysis and note why it is used. |
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| VII. Explore ethical challenges to studying social behavior and how studies such as Stanley Milgram's studies of obedience led to greater concern about protection of research participants. |
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| VIII. Describe the purpose of the institutional review board and explain seven important ethical principles in conducting research with human beings. |
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| IX. Contrast the value-free versus value-laden perspectives in social psychology. |