Definitions and Issues in Psychology
CONTENTS
MODULE 1 DEFINITIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY
- Psychology as Both Science and Art
- Origin of the Term "Psychology"
- Definitions of Psychology
- Research vs. Applied Fields
MODULE 2 ISSUES AND ASSUMPTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY -- PART I
Fields of Philosophy
Different Attempts to Categorize the Assumptions
Major Issues in Psychology
What is the Nature of the Data
Kinds of Data
Sources of Data
Processes and Structures
Objective vs. Subjective
MODULE 3 ISSUES AND ASSUMPTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY -- PART II
What are the Methods Used?
How are the Phenomena Brought About?
Indeterminism vs. Determinism
Centralism vs. Peripheralism
Nativism vs. Environmentalism
What are the Goals?
Nomothetic vs. Idiographic
Research vs. Applied
BIBLIOGRAPHY
KEY
True False questions at end.
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RONALD W. MAYER
San Francisco State University
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January 20, 2008