i heard that "experiment method could be said as the jewel among social psychology methods" 1.why they said that? 2.is it always true? 3.what should we keep in mind to choose the best method?

and also i want to ask about... 1.what is psychology? 2.what is mind? 3.why we study psychology? 4.why we study about history of psychology?

thanks for the answers...

-- Putri Indriawan (cemens_13@yahoo.com), September 26, 2003

Answers

On experiment, you might have a look at:

Winston, Andrew S. and Blais, Daniel J. (1996) What counts as an experiment?: A transdisciplinary analysis of textbooks, 1930-1970. American Journal of Psychology 109(4):599-616

which can be found on-line at:
http://htpprints.yorku.ca/archive/00000034/

As for your other question, have a look at the first chapter or two of an introductory psychology text, or at previous questions on this list.

-- Christopher Green (christo@yorku.ca), September 26, 2003.