Psychology Chapter 1 Quiz and Video Quiz

Health psychologists are interested in helping individuals achieve better health through __________________.

public policy, education, intervention, and research.

Forensic psychologists carry out activities related to psychology in association with _____________.

the justice system

In your text, psychology is defined as the _____.

scientific study of the mind and behavior.

The science of psychology began in Germany with Wilhelm ___________ in the year _______ when he started the first_________.

Wundt; 1879; started the first Laboratory

The ______________________ is a professional organization representing psychologists in the United States and its mission is to advance and disseminate psychological knowledge for the betterment of people.

American Psychological Association

___________________ can make predictions in some areas of human behavior, including memory, mate choice, parenting, and social organization.

Evolutionary psychology

Students who study psychology learn about basic principles that guide how we think and behave and come to recognize

the tremendous diversity that exists across individuals and across cultural boundaries.

________________ is a component of the interdisciplinary field referred to as neuroscience.

Biological psychology

In 1920, ________________ was the first African American to receive a PhD in psychology in the United States and established a psychology degree program at ___________________, leading to the education of a new generation of African American psychologists

Cecil Sumner; Howard University

The psychoanalytic perspective is associated with _____.

Freud

Developmental psychology is the scientific study of development ___________.

across a lifespan

Students who study psychology learn more about A.all of these answers are correct. B.how humans interact. C.themselves and others. D.the scientific method.

all of these answers are correct.

You are speaking to a psychologist and he states that "studying thoughts is a waste of time because thoughts cannot be observed and measured like behaviors can." This psychologist is associated with what perspective in psychology?

behaviorism

Samantha specializes in diagnosing and treating psychological disorders and other problematic patterns of behavior. Samantha is a psychologist.

clinical

Psychologists who work on research not only study scientific psychological principles, they also __________ the science.

create

In your textbook, an ____________________________ for acquiring knowledge is one based on observation, including experimentation, rather than a method based only on forms of logical argument or previous authorities.

empirical method

Forensic psychologists studies issues in the legal system such as _________.

false confessions and police interogations

According to this video, we first need to understand ______________ in order to understand psychological problems.

how healthy human minds function.

Social psychology focuses on _____________________-.

how we interact with and relate to others

A researcher interested in what factors make an employee best suited for a given job would most likely identify as a(n) _________ psychologist.

industrial-organizational

The cognitive revolution focused on ________.

interest in the mind as a focus of scientific inquiry

Relatively consistent patterns of thought and behavior are called ______________________.

personality traits

Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in ________________.

philosophy

Which of the following is the correct order for Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

physiological, security, social, esteem, and self actualization

The study of psychology helps students think more about

the perspectives of other people.