1: History & Scope

Emphasizes the role that thoughts play in determining behavior

• evolutionary perspective

• cognitive perspective

• biological perspective

• all of the above

Emphasizes the influences of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socio-economic status on behavior and mental processes

• evolutionary perspective

• biological perspective

• sociocultural perspective

• all of the above

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

The evolutionary perspective is rooted in the ideas of Sigmund Freud.

• True
• False

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

• True

• False

Psychiatry is a psychological field that

• requires a medical degree.
• focuses more on mental processing than behavior.
• primarily studies disorders.
• is based in science as opposed to sociology.

Developed the first research laboratory for systematic study of Psychology.

• Aristotle

• Freud

• James

• Wundt

Considered to be the 'father of Psychology' 

• Descartes
• Wundt
• Freud
• Klein

The goals of Psychology are

• to study mental processing and behavior.
• Describe, explain, predict and control human behavior/mental processing. 
• similar to the goals of sociology and other humanities courses. 
• best described in chapter two of our textbook.