Chapter One

Question 1

What is the definition of phycology?

Answer 1

The science of behavior and mental processes

Question 2

What is empiricism?

Answer 2

conducting psychological research using an objective, evidence-based approach

Question 3

What are the domains of modern psychology?

Answer 3

biological, cognitive, developmental, social and personality, mental and physical

Question 4

Explain the biological domain

Answer 4

How does activity in your brain and body give ride to your thoughts, feelings, and actions?

Question 5

Explain the Mental and physical domain

Answer 5

what affects your mental health and physical health and how can you develop healthy behaviors

Question 6

Explain the social and personality domain

Answer 6

how social factors and your personal characteristics impact your thoughts, feelings, and actions

Question 7

Explain the cognitive domain

Answer 7

How your mental activities affect your thoughts, feelings, and actions

Question 8

Explain the developmental domain

Answer 8

how you change over your life- from birth to old age- in terms of your thoughts, feelings, and actions

Question 9

Explain the scientific method

Answer 9

formulate a theory, develop a hypothesis, test with research method, analyze the data, and share the results

Question 10

Define a theory

Answer 10

the explanation of how some mental process or behavior occurs

Question 11

define the descriptive method

Answer 11

describing what is occurring

Question 12

describe the correlation method

Answer 12

testing the relationship between variables

Question 13

Describe experimental methods

Answer 13

Investigating what causing outcome

Question 14

Describe case studies

Answer 14

Allows for an in-depth investigation of an individual or a small group in an organization