Psychology - Intro

 emphasizes the role that thoughts play in determining behavior  

• evolutionary perspective
• cognitive perspective
• biological perspective
• all of the above

 emphasizes the influences of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socio-economic status on behavior and mental processes 

• evolutionary perspective
• biological perspective
• sociocultural perspective
• all of the above

 the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

• psychology
• biology
• morality
• behavior

psychological perspective that focuses on the interaction of biological processes, psychological dispositions, and social factors 

• humanistic perspective
• biopsychosocial perspective
• social-learning theory
• all of the above

Psychologists study human _______________________ by observing and measuring how people act. 

• behavior
• natural
• bilogy
• none of the above

Researchers use psychological constructs to describe things that cannot be seen, touched, or measured directly. 

• True
• False

The evolutionary perspective is rooted in the ideas of Sigmund Freud.

• True
• False

 a group of people who share a common religion, color, or national origin 

• human group
• psycho group
• ethnic group
• sans group

a basic truth or law

• principle
• theory
• psychology
• all of the above

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

• social interception

• psychology

• internment device

• sociology