Approaches to Psychology?

1. Define Psychology
2. According to your book, what are the "grand issues" for psychology?
3. Contrast rationalism and empiricism
4. What is the mind-brain problem (i.e., dualism)?
5. Describe the nature-nurture debate
6. Briefly describe the following approaches to psychology:
7. Structuralism
8. Functionalism
9. Gestalt
10. Behaviorism
11. Psychodynamic
12. Humanism/Phenomenological
13. Biological
14. sociobiology
15. Comparative
16. Cognitive

Scientific Methods

1. What are the four basic goals of science?
2. What are the four essential components of the scientific method?
3. What is an operational definition?
4. What are the different types of biases that can occur in an experimental setting, and how are they controlled?
5. What is a correlation coefficient and what does it tell us about the relationship between two variables?