PSY1001 Week 2 Quiz

 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

 the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

• psychology
• biology
• morality
• behavior

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

private, unmeasurable mental processes such as dreams, perceptions, thoughts, and memories

• behavior

• action initiative

• cognitive activities

• psychology

a statement that attempts to explain why something is the way it is and happens the way it does

• construct

• hypothesis

• law

• theory

the concept of right or good conduct

• theory

• morality

• constructs

• psychology

Psychology has roots in the _______________________ sciences, which attempt to explain the nature of the physical world through observation and experimentation

• social

• natural

• labratory

• fake

What makes psychology a science?

• Many psychologists have earned advanced college degrees.
• Psychologists may study the brain.
• The methods psychologists use to ask and answer questions.
• Psychologists focus on studying behavior and mental processes.