What is Psychology class 11

What is psychology?

• Just common sense, man!
• The scientific study of the mind and behavior
• Study of how people think and feel
• What Oprah does

The main goals of psychology are to

• observe and describe feelings

• research and teach extrasensory perception

• observe and describe phenomena that science can't explain

• observe/describe, explain, predict, and control behavior

Which of these is a key difference between psychologists and psychiatrists?

• Psychiatrists study and treat mental health issues

• Psychologists can prescribe medication

• Psychiatrists all have medical degrees

• Psychiatrists study how humans think, feel, and behave

Psychology is not a Science

• True
• False

Which of these statements is most accurate?

• All psychologists treat patients

• All psychologists do research

• All psychologists either treat patients or do research

• Some psychologists neither treat patients nor do research

In Psychology, a statement that attempts to explain why things are the way that they are and happen the way they do is a

• theory

• survey

• method

• experiment

Psychologists study the way people think

• True
• False

Psychologists only study the behaviour and mental processes of humans.

• True
• False

What type of psychologist is most likely to wonder how the brain scans of someone experiencing an epileptic seizure differ from the scans of someone who has not had a seizure?

• clinical

• biological

• health

• developmental

Psychological perspectives are

• ways to explain behavior

• research methods to test hypotheses

• past historical movements that really don't have any relevance today

• things psychologists disregard