University of the West Indies at St

PSYC1001 – Introduction to Psychology

Topics – Introduction to Psychology & Research Methods 

1. The field of Psychology is defined as the                           
   1. scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
   2. study of all mental activities.
   3. methodological analysis of behavior.
   4. observational record of behaviors.

2. The nature-nurture debate might be envisioned as:
   1. the information processing analysis of psychology
   2. the associationist analysis of psychology
   3. the cognitive versus analytic debate.
   4. the genetics versus learning debate.

3. The debate about human psychology that suggests human capacities are either inborn or acquired is called the
   1. the information processing analysis of psychology.
   2. the associationist analysis of psychology
   3. the cognitive versus analytic debate.
   4. the nature-nurture debate

4. If a scientist tried to analyze your social life based on the behavioral perspective, the analysis would focus on
   1. your thoughts and other mental processes.
   2. the electrical activity of your brain cells.
   3. your unconscious motivations for the social interactions
   4. the people you interact with and your responses to them.

5. The            approach to the study of psychology focuses on the active processing and transformation of information.
   1. Humanistic
   2. Behavioral
   3. Cognitive
   4. Biological

6. Of the following schools of thought, which emphasizes the importance of unconscious processes?
   1. Humanistic
   2. Psychoanalytic
   3. Cognitive
   4. Behavioral