Intro

Question 1

he study of Psychology is not limited to
humans only but any living creature.
True or false

Answer 1

True

Question 2

PSYCHOLOGY is a Science because it
involves the reliance on rigorous
scientific methods of observation
True or false

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What is psychology

Answer 3

PSYCHOLOGY is defined as the
scientific study of behaviours and
mental processes or the way the mind works

Question 4

Define behaviors

Answer 4

The term Behaviours in the definition
refers to all of a person’s actions that are directly observed by others.
• Also known as overt actions

Question 5

Define mental processes

Answer 5

he term mental processes refers to
the private thoughts, emotions, feelings,
and motives that other people cannot
directly observe.

Question 6

If mental processes are private thoughts that can’t be seen by the public then how do you know what someone is thinking?

Answer 6

using observations of public
behaviour to draw inferences about
mental processes.

Question 7

What are the goals of psychology and explain describing a behavior as a goal of psychology

Answer 7

The goals of psychology are to
describe, understand, predict, and
control or influence behaviour.(DUPI or DUPC)

To DESCRIBE BEHAVIOUR
✓ The aim is to obtain Information through
careful, scientific observation in order to
accurately describe behaviours and
mental processes.

Question 8

Describe the goals of psychology apart from to describe behavior

Answer 8

UNDERSTAND BEHAVIOUR
✓ The goal of psychologists is to be able
to understand why people behave in
certain ways.
✓ The aim is to be able to explain or state
the cause(s) of behaviour or mental
processes.

Predict behavior-PREDICT BEHAVIOUR
✓ The goal is to based on scientific
observations made in the past, predict
future behaviours quite accurately

Influence or control behavior-CONTROL OR INFLUENCE
BEHAVIOUR
✓ Based on description, understanding
and prediction of behaviours,
psychologists alter conditions in order to
affect behaviours in a beneficial way

Question 9

The Goals can be simply summarized 
into the following questions: 
✓ What is the nature of this behaviour? 
(description)
✓ Why does it occur? (understanding and 
explanation)
✓ Can we forecast when it will occur? 
(prediction)
✓ What conditions affect it? (control)
True or false

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Explain personal,learning and developmental psychology is specialties in psychology

Answer 10

ERSONALITY: study of personality 
traits, motivation, and individual 
differences. 
✓ DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: 
study of the course of human growth 
and development, from conception until 
death. 
✓ LEARNING: study of how and why 
learning occurs in humans and animals.

Question 11

Explain sensation and perception,comparative psychology and cognitive psychology as specialties in psychology

Answer 11

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION: 
investigate how we discern the world 
through our senses.
✓ COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY: study 
and compare the behaviour of different 
species, especially animals.
✓ COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: primarily 
interested in thinking

Question 12

Explain biopsychology,gender psychology and social psychology as specialties of psychology

Answer 12

IOPSYCHOLOGY: study of how 
behaviour relates to biological 
processes, especially activities in the 
nervous system.
✓ GENDER PSYCHOLOGY: study of the 
differences between females and males.
✓ SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: explore 
human social behaviour, such as 
attitudes, persuasions, riots, conformity, 
leadership, racism, and friendship.

Question 13

Explain cultural psychology,evolutionary psychology and forensic psychology as specialties in psychology

Answer 13

EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY: 
study of how our behaviour is guided by 
patterns that evolved during the long 
history of humankind.
✓ CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY: study of 
the ways in which culture affects human 
behaviour.
✓ FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY: the 
application of psychological principles to 
legal issues.