The purpose of this assignment is to review your knowledge of the major areas in this course thus far based on the course competencies. Use your text and lecture readings to support your work. For this assignment no outside sources will be accepted as cited references (e.g. Wiki, web pages, other textbooks, newspapers, magazines and journal articles).
For this essay you will need to incorporate the following:
Apply the appropriate terms and concepts used in psychology.
Utilize APA format and style.
Write a 4-5 page essay that covers the following:
Define psychology and explain what makes it a science.
Briefly explain the history of psychology and its impact on modern psychology.
Describe scientific research in psychology.
Independent and dependent variables
Hypothesis formation
Theory