List two empirical and two non empirical questions about human behavior.
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1. What are the three fundamental features of the general scientific approach? Be sure to describe each feature and provide a specific example of each.
2. People sometimes suggest that psychology cannot be a science because either a) human behavior cannot be predicted with perfect accuracy, or b) must of its subject matter (e.g., thoughts and feelings) cannot be observed directly. Tell us why psychology is a science and why both assumptions are false. What is an “empirical question”? List two empirical and two non empirical questions about human behavior.
3. What is basic research? What is applied research? Based on your own experience or on things you have already learned about psychology, list three basic research questions and three applied research questions. Be sure to identify specific variables in your examples.
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