A. Study of the mind
B. Study of personality and mental illness
C. Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- The definition of memory is that it is an active system that receives, organizes, and: ______________?
A. stores information
B. decays information
C. filters all incoming information
D. discards old information - The goals of psychology are to: __________?
A. develop effective methods of psychotherapy
B. describe, predict, understand, and control behavior
C. explain the functioning of the human mind
D. compare, analyze, and control human behavior - Behaviorism helped make psychology a __________?
A. fad
B. science
C. specialty
D. hoax - The world “Psychology” comes from the ______________?
A. Greek
B. Latin
C. Arabic
D. German - Which goal of psychology is the most powerful?
A. Describe
B. Explain
C. control
D. Predict - Psychology is: _____________?
A. the study of human origins evolution, and cultures
B. the scientific study of behavior and mental processes of any living creature.
C. a natural science integrating physiology and neurology
D. the deductive study of forms and functions of human group - who is considered the “father of psychology” ?
A. Ebbinghaus
B. Freud
C. Wundt
D. Pavlov - The most frequently used method in psychology to explore cause and effect relationship between variables is: _____________?
A. Correlational method
B. Experimental method
C. Naturalistic observation method
D. Participant observer method - Some topics in psychology are difficult to study because:
A. they overlap with other fields, such as law and business.
B. of ethical considerations
C. advanced technology that measures brain waves is not available.
D. of a lack interest in human behavior. - Which area in psychology would most likely to study the phenomenon of “peer influence”?
A. social
B. comparative
C. physiological
D. school
