What is Psychology?

Question 1

scientific study of the mind and behavior

Answer 1

psychology

Question 2

Which philosopher believed thought originated in the heart?

Answer 2

Aristotle

Question 3

Which philosopher believed thought originated in the brain?

Answer 3

Plato

Question 4

Which philosopher argued for dualism between the mind and body?

Answer 4

Rene Decartes

Question 5

Which philosopher argued against Descartes and believed in materialism?

Answer 5

Thomas Hobbes

Question 6

Which scientist believed that specific mental abilities and characteristics were localized in specific regions of the brain?

Answer 6

Franz Joseph Gall

Question 7

Which scientist surgically removed brain pieces and was against Gall’s methods?

Answer 7

Pierre Flourens

Question 8

Which scientist studied brain damaged patients to link localization to ability?

Answer 8

Paul Broca

Question 9

Which scientist was the first to take a scientific approach to study psychology?

Answer 9

William James

Question 10

Which scientist opened the first psychological lab in 1879?

Answer 10

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 11

Which scientist set up the first psychology lab in North America, focused on development and education, and founded the American Journal of Psychology?

Answer 11

G. Stanley Hall

Question 12

What are the 5 pillars of psychology?

Answer 12

Biological, cognitive, developmental, social and personality, and mental and physical health

Question 13

how our biology influences behavior

Answer 13

biopsychology

Question 14

Which domain of psychology involved behavioral neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and neuropsychology?

Answer 14

Biological

Question 15

how human behavior has evolved

Answer 15

evolutionary psychology

Question 16

physiological aspects of sensory systems, psychological experience of sensory information

Answer 16

sensation & perception

Question 17

Which domain focuses on thoughts and their relationship to experiences and actions?

Answer 17

Cognitive

Question 18

What does the cognitive domain study?

Answer 18

language, cognition, memory, and intelligence

Question 19

Which domain involves behavioral psychology and learning/conditioning?

Answer 19

Developmental

Question 20

scientific study of development across a lifespan

Answer 20

developmental psychology

Question 21

Which type of psychology looks at the stages and milestones of development?

Answer 21

developmental

Question 22

scientific study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagines, or implied presence of others

Answer 22

social psychology

Question 23

study of pattern of thoughts and behavior that make each individual unique

Answer 23

personality psychology

Question 24

consistent pattern of thought and behavior

Answer 24

personality trait

Question 25

Which domain includes psychopathology, clinical psychology, and health psychology?

Answer 25

Mental & Physical Health

Question 26

focuses on abnormal thoughts and behaviors

Answer 26

psychopathology

Question 27

diagnosis and the treatment of psychological disorders and other problematic patterns of behavior

Answer 27

clinical psychology

Question 28

how health is affected by the interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors

Answer 28

health psychology

Question 29

What are the 3 ongoing questions/problems of psychology?

Answer 29

mind/body problem, self-knowledge, and nature versus nurture

Question 30

What is the mind/body problem?

Answer 30

A question of what the true relationship between the mind and body is.

Question 31

What is the question of self-knowledge?

Answer 31

A question of how well a person truly knows themselves.

Question 32

What is the problem of nature versus nurture?

Answer 32

The question of how much a person’s characteristics are formed by either nature or nurture.