Intro to Psychology

What is psychology? 

• The study of behavior. 
• The study of mental processes.
• The study of the mind.
• All of the above. 

Psychologists are interested in a number of things, such as_________________________.

• How a person grows and matures. 
• Learning, memory, growth and development. 
• What someone has inherited from their parents. 

What is "behaviorism"?

• A psychologist that helps people improve their behavior. 
• An area of psychology that focuses on the relationship between a stimuli and the way a person responds to that behavior. 
• An area of psychology that works with the criminal justice system to help criminals behave better.

 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

The national collection of researchers and professionals who educate others about psychology and review research is known as the _________.

• American Psychological Association

• Therapist Collective

• World Psychology Conference

• Psychedelics

TRUE or FALSE: One difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist is that a psychiatrist has a medical degree.

• TRUE

• FALSE