Intro Psychology

 emphasizes the role that thoughts play in determining behavior  

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

 the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

• psychology
• biology
• morality
• behavior

psychological perspective that focuses on the interaction of biological processes, psychological dispositions, and social factors 

• humanistic perspective
• biopsychosocial perspective
• social-learning theory
• all of the above

Psychologists study human _______________________ by observing and measuring how people act. 

• behavior
• natural
• bilogy
• none of the above

 a group of people who share a common religion, color, or national origin 

• human group
• psycho group
• ethnic group
• sans group

a basic truth or law

• principle
• theory
• psychology
• all of the above

any action that people can observe or measure

• behavior

• psychology

• sociology

• cognition

Cognitive activities are mental processes, such as dreams, perceptions, thoughts, and memories

• True

• False

Most psychologists are interested mainly in animal behavior.

• True

• False

The fact that identical twins' IQ scores are so close together (highly correlated) even when they are raised apart suggests

• intelligence is strongly genetic
• intelligence has a strong environmental component
• Identical twins attend better schools than fraternal twins
• Adopted parents have a positive effect on intelligence.