Unit 1 Intro to Psych

The first psychology labratory was established when?

• 1879

• 1900

• 1901

• 1960

Psychology is best defined as the science of behavior and mental processes because psychologists_______

• use the scientific method

• study animals

• only care about things they can see

Why is Wilhelm Wundt called the "father" of modern psychology?

• because he wrote a book on it

• he developed the first psychology laboratory

• he taught the first psychology class

• he was the first person to be studied by a psychologist

An example of a behavioral process is

• thinking

• feeling

• remembering

• walking

What is a psychological perspective?

• cognitive

• behavioral

• a method of classifying ideas

• psychoanalytic

Contemporary psychology can be defined as

• a type of psychology used today

• scientific study of behavior and mental processes

• when people study animals

• observing people

Behavior genetics are a combination of which two psychological perspectives

• when scientists study your genes

• a type of neuroscience

• a psychological perspective and biology

• biological perspective and behaviorism

What type of psychologist most commonly diagnoses and treats patients?

• clinical psychologist

• psychiatrist

• sports psychologist

• counseling psychologist

Behaviorists are most concerned with studying what?

• people

• animals

• behaviors

• feelings

Evolutionary psychologists study what?

• social evolution

• what qualities have evolved through natural selection

• darwinism

• how evolution affected us