What is Psychology?

APA stands for

• American Pseudoscience Association

• American Psychological Association

• American Psychiatric Association

Psychiatrists are generally not referred to as "therapists", because they are medical doctors.

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• false

Psychology is viewed as a "soft science" because it attempts to study the inner workings of the mind.

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• False

Psychology is the study of:

• mind

• behavior

• society

• history

Psychology is a pseudoscience because all of theories are based upon opinion, not research.

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A law is

• an explanation of what happens

• an explanation of why something happens

• an educated guess

• an opinion without the backing of research

A theory is

• an explanation of what happens

• an explanation of why something happens

• an educated guess

• an opinion without the backing of research

A hypothesis is

• an explanation of what happens

• an explanation of why something happens

• an educated guess

• an opinion without the backing of research

A self-book is an example of

• a scientific law

• a scientific theory

• a pseudoscience

A medical doctor with a specialty in the treatment of mental health problems.

• clinical psychologist

• counseling psychologist

• therapist

• psychiatrist