Psychology - Intro, History, and Approaches

What is the systematic, scientific study of behaviors and mental process called?

• Creative Thought

• Psychology

• Sociology

• Approaches

Which of the following is not a goal of psychology?

• Describe

• Predict

• Explain

• Eliminate

This approach to psychology focuses on how we process, store, use information and other things that are going on inside our heads.

• Biological

• Cognitive

• Behaviorial

• Psychoanalytical

In which approach is the focus more on behavior being an effort to adapt and survive in an environment or how our behaviors are influenced by those around us?

• Biological Approach

• Cognitive Approach

• Humanistic Approach

• Social Approach

This approach examines how the physical structure of the brain, our genes, hormones, and nervous system make us who we are.

• Biological Approach

• Sociobiological Approach

• Humanistic Approach

• Behavioral Approach

This approach emphasizes on the individual and that each individual has great freedom in directing his or her future.

• Behavioral Approach

• Cognitive Approach

• Psychoanalytical Approach

• Humanistic Approach

This approach is based on the belief that childhood experiences greatly influence the development of later personality traits and psychological problems.

• Humanistic Approach

• Psychoanalytical Approach

• Behavioral Approach

• Cognitive Approach

This approach analyzes how organisms learn new behaviors or modify existing ones, depending on whether events in their environments reward or punish these behaviors.

• Behavioral Approach

• Humanistic Approach

• Cognitive Approach

• Biological Approach

Who was nicknamed the "Father of Psychology"?

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Edward Titchener

• William James

• Sir Francis Bacon

The first modern psychologist who was interested in the uncounsious minds was

• Wilhelm Wundt
• Francis Galton
• Sigmund Freud
• Ivan Pavlov