Introduction To Psychology Chapter 1

Question 1

What is behavior?

Answer 1

How organisms adjust to their environment

Question 2

What are the 5 mental processes?

Answer 2

1. Thinking
2. Planning
3. Reasoning
4. Creating
5. Dreaming

Question 3

What is the first goal of psychology?

Answer 3

To describe what happens

Question 4

What is the second goal of psychology?

Answer 4

To observe behavior

Question 5

What is behavioral data?

Answer 5

Reports of observations about behavior

Question 6

What are empirical studies?

Answer 6

The study of real events, not assumptions

Question 7

What are the 5 stages of psychological research?

Answer 7

1. Observe
2. Explain
3. Predict
4. Control
5. Apply

Question 8

What does it mean to observe?

Answer 8

What the behavior looks like

Question 9

What does it mean to explain?

Answer 9

Why does it happen?

Question 10

What are the three types of explanation?

Answer 10

1. Internal explanation (Biological processes etc.)
2. External explanation (Social psychology etc.)
3. Combined explanation

Question 11

What does it mean to predict?

Answer 11

Determining the likelihood that:

1. Behavior will occur
2. A given relationship will be found

Question 12

What does it mean to control?

Answer 12

1. Starting
2. Maintaining
3. Stopping
4. Influencing
   A factor which is being observed