Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology

Question 1

psychology

Answer 1

scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Question 2

behavior

Answer 2

outward or overt actions and reactions

Question 3

mental processes

Answer 3

internal, covert activity of our minds

Question 4

psychology’s 4 goals

Answer 4

1. description: what is happening?
2. explanation: why is it happening?
3. prediction: will it happen again?
4. control: **how can it be changed? **

Question 5

structuralism

Answer 5

focused on structure or basic elements of the mind (died out in early 1900s)