Introduction to Psychology

What makes psychology a science?

• Many psychologists have earned advanced college degrees.

• Psychologists may study the brain.

• The process/steps psychologists use to ask and answer questions.

• Psychologists focus on studying behavior and mental processes.

What is psychology?

• The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

• The study of human behavior, especially the study of origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.

True or false: Mental processes include everything people can do with their mind.

• True

• False

What is an example of a mental process?

• someone's perception

• thinking

• a memory

• all of them

True or false: Behavior is something a person does that can be observed by other people.

• True

• False

All of the following are examples of a behavior EXCEPT

• Thinking

• Yawning

• Stretching

• Cursing at someone

Which type of psychologist studies the effects of the environment on behavior?

• Environmental psychologist

• Health psychologist

• Social psychologist

What do Counseling Psychologists help people with?

• Challenges

• Their marriages

• Both

Which psychologist can help students with problems learning?

• School psychologist

• Counseling psychologist

• Social psychologist

Which psychologist can prescribe medicine?

• Clinical psychologist

• Psychiatrist psychologist

• Health psychologist