Eight Fundamental Questions for WWW Research Project

1. Definitions of psychology. How has psychology been defined and why do people have different opinions about what psychology is and what it should be?

2. Psychological explanation. What is an adequate psychological explanation?

3. Fields of psychology. What do psychologists in different fields do?

4. History of basic psychology. What historical events influenced the way basic psychological science is conducted today?

5. History of applied psychology. What historical events influenced the way applied psychological science is conducted today?

6. Experimental research in psychology. How can psychological experiments add to what we already know by common sense?

7. Nonexperimental research in psychology. How can nonexperimental research in psychology add to what we already know by common sense?

8. Dualisms in psychology. Psychology can be characterized by a number of dualisms: mind/behavior, internal/external causes, basic/applied goals, experimental/nonexperimental methods. For any one of these dualisms, why would a psychologist focus on one side of the dualism? On the other side?