Introduction to Psychology: Study of Behavior and Mental Processes
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What is the primary focus of psychology?

  • Investigating external environmental factors
  • Improving people's lives
  • Analyzing physical and emotional states
  • Studying behavior and mental processes (correct)

What is the main goal of psychology according to the text?

  • Changing and improving people's lives
  • Diagnosing and treating mental or emotional problems
  • Conducting laboratory studies of learning and cognition
  • Describing, predicting, and explaining human behavior and mental processes (correct)

Which category of psychology involves studying rules and principles governing behavior?

  • Applied psychology
  • Basic psychology (correct)
  • Experimental psychology
  • Clinical psychology

Which subfield of psychology helps people deal with health problems due to psychological factors?

<p>Health Psychology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does clinical psychology involve?

<p>Diagnosing, treating, and studying mental or emotional problems and disabilities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which field of psychology aims to find out about rules and principles governing behavior?

<p>Basic Psychology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered the creator of the Psychodynamic perspective in psychology?

<p>Freud (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which early psychological approach stressed the analysis of immediate experience into basic elements and relied heavily on introspection?

<p>Structuralism (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Educational Psychology study, according to the given text?

<p>Learning in educational systems (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which area of psychology is concerned with group decision making, employee morale, and work motivation?

<p>Industrial / Organizational Psychology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany?

<p>Wilhem Wundt (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of the Psychodynamic perspective in psychology?

<p>Unconscious dynamics within the individual (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main emphasis of the early psychological approach called Functionalism?

<p>Purpose of behavior and consciousness (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did School psychology work to enhance, according to the text?

<p>Students' performance and emotional development (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Empirical' means:

<p>Relying on or derived from observation, experimentation, or measurement (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Psychometric psychology design and evaluate, according to the given text?

<p>Tests of mental abilities and personality traits (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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