Aspects of Psychology

Fundamental Psychology Questions

  1. How has psychology been defined and why do people
    have different opinions about what psychology is and what psychology should
    be?
  2. What is an adequate psychological explanation?
  3. What do psychologists in different fields do?
  4. What historical events influenced the way basic psychological
    science     is conducted today?
  5. What historical events influenced the way applied
    psychological science     is conducted today?
  6. How can psychological experiments add to what
    we already know by common sense?
  7. How can nonexperimental research in psychology
    add to what we already know by common sense?
  8. Psychology can be characterized by a number of dualisms:
  9. MIND / BEHAVIOR
  10. INTERNAL / EXTERNAL CAUSES
  11. BASIC / APPLIED GOALS
  12. EXPERIMENTAL / NONEXPERIMENTAL METHODS
    13.

For any one of these dualisms, why would a psychologist focus
on one side of the dualism? On the other side?

Psychology: Aspects and Questions — taken from Dr.
John A. Johnson’s PSY 2 World Wide Web Project.

Aspects of Psychology

Fundamental Psychology Questions

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