Review of What Psychology Is

 

By now, you should be able to do the following from memory. If you can't, you can get a hint by clicking on the link.

 

  1. Define psychology.
  2. State the defining characteristic of the scientific approach.
  3. List at least one advantage and one disadvantage of using the scientific approach to studying human behavior.
  4. Explain why psychology uses the scientific approach.
  5. Identify the four major goals of psychology.
  6. Give examples to illustrate the point that psychology is a broad field.
  7. State at least two reasons why knowing about psychology will help you.
  8. Describe common career options for psychology majors.
  9. Understand this concept map about objectivity.
  10. Review this concept map showing how broad psychology is.
  11. Try this interactive quiz.

In addition, you might review the following concept map.

 


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