E-tutorial 1 History of Psychology - OUM

The word psychology comes from the Greek word “psyche” which means?

• Study

• Soul

• Science

• Behavior

Psychology can be defined as the study of behavior and mental disorder.

• true

• false

Answer explanation

•Current known definition: Scientific study of behaviour and mental processes.

What separates psychology as a science rather than philosophy?

• modern science technologies

• the usage of scientific method to study psychology

• The 5 central goals of psychology

• Laws of psychology

Laws of psychology have been found to be correct in every time and place, under the same conditions. This shows that?

• Laws of psychology are always correct

• Laws of Psychology are Veridical

• The Laws of Psychology are Universal

• Psychology Discovers the Cause and Effect

Which of the following best describes determinism?

• Idea that events happen randomly

• where everything that happens has its cause or determinant in the external world

• Mind is a product of brain activity

• Roles of heredity (Nature) and environment (Nurture)

What is nature vs nurture debate is all about?

• relationships between our brain activities with our psychological events

• The debate between Determinism and Indeterminism

• The roles of heredity and environment in the development of various behaviours.

• All of the above

The Scientific era in psychology began with?

• plato and aristotle debating about logic

• establishment of first laboratory by wilhem wundt in germany

• the discovery of MRI Scan

• Behaviorism

School of though that studied the perceptual organization is known as?

• structuralism

• functionalism

• gestalt

• cognitive

select the father of psychology

• Wilhelm Wundt

• sigmund freud

• J. B watson

• jean piaget