Psychological Science & Research Methods 1. What are some of the basic characteristics of science that we discussed in class (e.g., non- dogmatic, falsifiability, etc.)? 2. What were the three types of descriptive study we discussed in class? 3. Be familiar with the case study of Phineas Gage. 4. What are self-report studies? Understand the difference between a sample and a population. Why is representative sampling important?