Psychology Test One

 the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

• psychology
• biology
• morality
• behavior

 emphasizes the role that thoughts play in determining behavior  

• evolutionary perspective
• cognitive perspective
• biological perspective
• all of the above

An individual’s consistent pattern of thought and behavior is known as a(n) ________.

• psychosocial stage

• object permanence

• personality

• deception

Links between human behavior and Darwin's Theory of Evolution are part of what?

• Physiological Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Evolutionary Psychology
• Personality Psychology

Which of the following is not a main goal of psychology?

• Description
• Explanation
• Prediction
• Diagnosis 

The focus of study is the structure of the mind is the definition of what?

• Functionalism
• Structuralism 
• Titchener 
• Wundt

How do we define functionalism?

• Train of thought
• Through natural selection
• How people ‘function’ better as a result of their experience 
• Darwinism

Psychology is the ________ study of behavior and _______ processes.

• internal, cognitive 
• intuitive, cognitive 
• scientific, overt 
• scientific, mental 

Which view of behavior stresses early childhood and the unconscious mind?  

• Behaviorist
• Cognitive
• Psychoanalytic
• Humanist 

This research method is the cheapest and easiest way to study a large population. 

• Correlation 
• Case Study 
• Survey 
• Naturalistic Observation