Introduction to DP Psychology

Which of the following units will we explore in DP Psychology?

• Research Methodology

• Biological approach to behavior

• Cognitive Approach to behavior

• Sociocultural approach to behavior

• Abnormal psychology

The scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of individuals, and how it is affected by an organism’s physical state, mental state, and external environment.

• sociology

• psychology

• cognitive approach to behavior

• abnormal behavior

Experiments are often used to test _____ - variables are manipulated and measured.

• theories

• behaviors

• hypotheses

• ideas

Unfounded opinions based on popular beliefs. Often called “urban legend.”

• psychology

• Freud's theories

• Bigfoot

• psychobabble

evidence collected in a casual or informal manner and relying heavily or entirely on personal experience

• anecdotal evidence

• empirical evidence

evidence collected through the scientific method - based on observation and/or experimentation

• anecdotal evidence

• empirical evidence

In psychology, theories are used to provide a model for understanding ________.

• understanding human thoughts

• emotions

• biological functions

• behaviors

Based on a series of assumptions or principles that define a way of thinking of behavior - what IB calls an

Based on the assumption that human behavior has its roots in physiological processes

• biological theories

• cognitive theories

• sociocultural theories

Based on the assumption that our behavior is influenced by other people and the environment

• biological theories

• cognitive theories

• sociocultural theories