Quiz 1

Question 1

What is psychology?

Answer 1

The scientific study of behavior and mental process

Question 2

What is the definition of behavior?

Answer 2

Any action that other people can observe or measure

Question 3

Name the 5 cognitive activities (mental processes)

Answer 3

Dreams, perceptions, thoughts, memories, and emotions

Question 4

Psychological Constructs-

Answer 4

Used by researchers to learn more about human behavior; used to talk about something we cannot see, touch, and measure directly

Question 5

What are the 5 main goals of a psychologist?

Answer 5

Observe, describe, explain, predict, and control behavior

Question 6

What are the 2 research methods that psychologists use?

Answer 6

Surveys and experiments

Question 7

Psychology is a ___ science but it’s closely related to the ___ sciences because…

Answer 7

1. Social
2. Natural
   - it’s concern with the biological functions of the brain
   - the way it analyzes data and draws conclusions
   - the way it conducts experiments

Question 8

Which psychologists makes up the largest group of psychologist?

Answer 8

Clinical Pyschologist

Question 9

Where do Clinical psychologists work?

Answer 9

Hospitals, prisons, colleges, and private practices

Question 10

What is a psychiatrist?

Answer 10

A medical doctor who is able to prescribe medication

Question 11

How do clinical psychologists identity their clients problems?

Answer 11

Interviews and tests

Question 12

What do clinical psychologists do?

Answer 12

Help people with psychological problems and disorders

Question 13

Who do counseling psychologists treat?

Answer 13

Treat people with adjustment problems, not people with psychological disorders

Question 14

Where are counseling psychologists employed?

Answer 14

Business and colleges

Question 15

How many types of psychologists are there?

Answer 15

8

Clinical, Counseling, School, Educational, Developmental, Personality, Social, and Experimental

Question 16

What do school psychologists do?

Answer 16

Identify and help students who have problems that interfere with learning

Question 17

What tests do school psychologists administer to the students?

Answer 17

Achievement and intelligence tests

Question 18

Why do educational psychologists do?

Answer 18

Focus on measurement ability, learning, and child and adolescent development

Question 19

What test do educational psychologists help write?

Answer 19

SAT tests

Question 20

What do developmental psychologists do?

Answer 20

Study the changes that occur during a persons lifespan such as physical, emotional, cognitive, and social
-Also study the influences on heredity and the environment on development

Question 21

What do personality psychologists do?

Answer 21

Study the development of traits - shyness and friendliness

• study the origins of the psychological problems/disorders
• Focus on the internal for explanations for behavior

Question 22

What do social psychologists do?

Answer 22

Study people’s behavior in social situations

- Focus on external influences

Question 23

What do experimental psychologists do?

Answer 23

• Conduct research into basic processes such as the function of the nervous system, sensation, perception, learning and memory, and thinking and motivation