Research in Psychology Quiz 1

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

Studying Psychology

doesn't help with practical solutions to everyday problems. True or False?

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Studying Psychology

help with practical solutions to everyday problems!

Psychologists use the _______ to make observations

• scientific method

• experimental research

• case research

• critical method

A. Based on FINDINGS that are subjected to scrutiny

B. Based on GROUNDED FACTS

Psychology is also considered a SOCIAL SCIENCE. True or False?

• True

• False

Psychologists seek to:

• seeks to observe, assess, explain, contemplate,

  and modify behavior and mental process

• seeks to observe, describe, explain, predict,

  and modify behavior and mental process

• seeks to think, describe, explain, predict,

  and modify behavior and criticical process

It relies on ______ to learn whether certain methods will

work before they use them to help people

4 GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY

behaviors are explained by conducting experiments

• Explanation

• Description

• Prediction

• Change

when behavior is being studied we determine what will happen in the future, this goal is?

• Description

• Explanation

• Change

• Prediction