Introduction to psychology

What is psychology?

• Psychology is the scientific study of the mental process and behavior.

• Psychology is the study of weather patterns.
• Psychology is the art of cooking.
• Psychology is the study of plants and animals.

'Everything that can be directly observed' refers to?

• Mental Process

• Motivation

• Behaviour

• Scientific approach

Pseudoscience can be defined as?

• Facts based on scientific evidence
• Logical reasoning supported by data
• Superstitions presented as facts
• Beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method

These are examples of pseudoscience, except?

• Numerology
• Palmistry
• Astrology
• Biology

The four attitudes core to the scientific approach are?

• skepticism, objectivity critical thinking, and curiosity

• trust, close-mindedness, acceptance, and conformity
• doubt, rigidity, conformity, and imagination
• belief, curiosity, conformity, and tradition

This aspect cannot be observed directly, and is experienced privately.

• Objective observation
• Behaviour

• External perception
• Mental process

IMRAD in scientific paper refers to?

• Introduction, Methods, Results, and Data
• Introduction, Methodology, Results, and Discussion
• Introduction, Materials, Results, and Discussion
• Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion

Part of a scientific article that summarizes the whole point and provides keywords is?

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Conclusion
• Hypothesis

What kind of scientific paper should you read, if you want to find newest update and general overview of the theory?

• Review paper
• Experimental paper
• Case study
• Research paper

After finishing this course, what can you do with the knowledge?

• Conduct supervised research

• Giving psychological services

• Stating a diagnosis to yourself or other

• Provide advice to psychological issues