Psychology CHapter 1

Scientific study of observable behavior.

• Structuralism
• Functionalism
• Psychoanalysis
• Behaviorism

Concerned with the importance of unconscious motives and internal conflicts to determine human behavior. 

• Structuralism
• Functionalism
• Psychoanalysis
• Behaviorism

Which type of psychologist would most likely study a subject group from kindergarten to adulthood?

• Human-Factors
• Clinical
• Neuro
• Developmental

Psychiatrists differ from psychologists in that they 

• Help people cope with challenges and crisis 
• conduct research
• are medical doctors licensed to prescribe medicine 
• explore how we view and affect one another

approach in psychology in which the psychologist studies how unconscious motives & conflicts determines human behavior

• behaviorist
• functionalist
• structuralist
• psychoanalyst

What is Psychology?

• The study of humans and their behavior. 
• The study of the psyche.
• The study of how humans think about the world. 
• The systematic study of human behavior and mental processing. 

What is the first step in the Scientific Method?

• conducting a survey 
• forming the hypothesis 
• Forming the question
• naturalistic observation

psychology

• the study of human matter
• the study of mental processes and behavior
• the study of intelligence
• the study of personality and emotions

cognitive activities

• mental processes
• intelligence processes
• emotional processes
• behavioral processes

structuralism

• concerned with discovering the basic elements of consciousness
• analyzing subjective feelings
• the study of sight, taste, and touch to observe the outside world
• studying the structure of family life