Basics of Psychology

Match the correct term to the following definition: Systematic study of the structure and behavior or the physical and natural world through observation and experiment

• Science

• Pseudoscience

• Psychology

• Behavior

Match the correct term to the following definition: Consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that are claimed to be both scientific and factual, but are incompatible with the scientific method

• Science

• Pseudoscience

• Behavior

• Psychology

Is the following scenario science or pseudoscience? Phil wanted to know if a person's situation would change their behavior. He asked students to be jail guards and prisoners for a few days to see what would happen. They really became their roles and started acting like jailers and prisoners. This showed how powerful situations can be.

• Science

• Pseudoscience

Is the following scenario science or pseudoscience? Ari and his friends thought that people who were born during different times of the year were affected by the stars and constellations. They categorized and mapped different personality traits to match the different constellations.

• Science

• Pseudoscience

Is the following scenario science or pseudoscience? Al wondered if kids could learn something just by watching other people do it. He asked adults to beat up a doll and video taped it. He had the kids watch the video, then waited to see if the kids would act like the adults toward the doll. He observed that the children began to act like the adults and even invented new abusive behavior.

• Science

• Pseudoscience

Which perspective of modern psychology believes that genetics, biological structures of anatomy, and environmental changes on those structures determines behavior?

• Biological

• Cognitive

• Developmental

• Psychodynamic

Which perspective of modern psychology looks at how humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives (infant, child, teen, adult)?

• Biological

• Developmental

• Cognitive

• Humanistic

Which perspective of modern psychology looks at memory, thinking, problem-solving, language, and decision-making as a scientific way to uncover internal thought processes?

• Biological

• Developmental

• Cognitive

• Humanistic

Which perspective of modern psychology believes that unconscious fears, repressed memories, feelings of inadequacies, and conflict between the id, ego, and superego, determine behavior?

• Socio-cultural

• Psychodynamic

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

Which perspective of modern psychology takes a holistic approach to psychology, believing that all people are inherently good, and that reaching self-actualization is what determines behavior?

• Trait

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

• Psychodynamic