Ch 1 Vocab list section 1.1 What is psychology

Question 1

What Is Psychology

Answer 1

Psychology—the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Question 2

what is Empiricism

Answer 2

a philosophical term related to epistemology (how do we know what we know). States that we know something is true if we can observe/experience it (use our five senses). The basis for the scientific method and experimentation

Question 3

what is Science

Answer 3

the use of systematic methods to observe the natural world, including human
behavior, and to draw conclusions

Question 4

Critical Thinking

Answer 4

the process of thinking deeply and actively, asking questions, and
evaluating the evidence