Is "What does psychology study?" idiomatic English

M56   Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:05 am GMT
On another forum, two native English speakers insisted that the questions shown below were incorrect English. Please tell me why, if the affirmative forms (answers) shown are allowed, the question form is not allowed.

What does psychology study?
What does solid state physics study?
What does quantum mechanics study?
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-Psychology studies the relationship between environments and human behaviour.
-Psychology studies the human psyche, behavior, and mental processes. This diverse field has roots in biology, medicine, philosophy, religion, and history. ...
-Solid state physics studies the processes taking place on surfaces and semi-conductors. -
-Theoretical physics above all examines the theory of quantum fields, gravitation and quantum information.
-Quantum mechanics studies the behavior of atoms and the particles that make them up.

Thanks. M56.
Guest   Sat Dec 10, 2005 2:54 am GMT
I'm not convinced that the questions are positively wrong, but I think there may be better ways to phrase them:

What is psychology?
What is psychology [all] about?
What does psychology deal with?
What's the subject matter of psychology?
Describe psychology

etc.
M56   Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:53 am GMT
Many thanks.

So, the affirmative forms are OK, IYO?