Intro to Psychology

The study of behavior and mental processes is called ______:

• Sociology

• Psychology

• Pseudoscience

• Psychiatry

Psychologists seek to do ____ things.

• Four

• Five

• Three

• Two

The four things psychologists are seeking to do are: _____, _____, _____, and _____ behavior

_____ is the biological science and characteristic life processes of an organism.

_____ is the manner or way in which one acts.

Psychology is derived from the Greek word ____ meaning mind or soul, and _____ meaning "to study."

• Pathos, Logos

• Psyche, Ethos
• Psyche, Logia

• Ethos, Pathos

_____ was the first person to use the scientific approach when he set up the first laboratory in Germany in 1879.

• Albert Einstein
• Wilhelm Wundt
• Sigmund Freud
• Isaac Newton

Some people consider psychology to be a ________ which is a system of theories, assumptions, and methods that are erroneously regarded as scientific.

• basic science

• applied science

• pseudoscience

• hard science

To ensure that data is collected accurately, psychologists rely on the __________.

Some scientists believe that you should only study behavior that you can see or __________, and measure directly