Psychology

Scientific psychology, in its very beginnings...

• Tried to explain brain structures using brain scans and biopsies

• Tried to explain mental phenomena scientifically

• Was based on Greek conceptions of nature (like all things being created from water and heat)

• Was practiced by priests

Our definition of psychology comes from _____ mythology, but other cultures engaged in it as well.

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What are some branches of psychology?

• Social, clinical and educational.

• Workplace, school and leisure.

• Scientific, pseudoscientific and esoteric

• Medical, educational and religious

Do you think both psychologies contradict each other? Why?

The specialty of industrial-organizational psychology also called ...

• I/O psychology

• Pseudoscientific :V

• Psychologist

• Joker

what does industrial-organizational psychology focus on?

• Individual behavior

• Group behavior

• Organizational behavior

• Human behavior

• Animals behavior

What is behavioral psychology mainly about?

• Studying plants

• Understanding animal behavior

• Observing and changing human behavior

• Learning history

Which of the following is a mental process studied in cognitive psychology?

• Sleeping

• Eating

• Remembering

• Running

What does the term “memory” refer to in cognitive psychology?

• The ability to speak

• The ability to remember information

• The ability to run

• The ability to breathe

What is perception?

• The way we understand and interpret what we see, hear, and feel

• The ability to walk

• A form of exercise

• A way of drawing