Understanding Psychology – 50 Aesthetic
Flashcards
Flashcard 1
■ Question
What is psychology?
■ Answer
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes.
Flashcard 2
■ Question
What are mental processes?
■ Answer
Internal experiences such as thinking, remembering, feeling and imagining.
Flashcard 3
■ Question
What is behaviour?
■ Answer
Any observable action or response of a person or animal.
Flashcard 4
■ Question
Origin of the word psychology?
■ Answer
From Greek words 'psyche' (mind/soul) and 'logos' (study).
Flashcard 5
■ Question
Who established the first psychology laboratory?
, ■ Answer
Wilhelm Wundt in 1879 in Leipzig, Germany.
Flashcard 6
■ Question
What is introspection?
■ Answer
A method where people observe and report their own thoughts and feelings.
Flashcard 7
■ Question
What does psychology study today?
■ Answer
Both behaviour and mental processes.
Flashcard 8
■ Question
What is psychology as a discipline?
■ Answer
An organized body of knowledge studying behaviour scientifically.
Flashcard 9
■ Question
Why is psychology a natural science?
It studies biological processes like the brain and nervous system.
Flashcard 10
■ Question
Why is psychology a social science?
■ Answer
It studies behaviour in social and cultural contexts.
Flashcards
Flashcard 1
■ Question
What is psychology?
■ Answer
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes.
Flashcard 2
■ Question
What are mental processes?
■ Answer
Internal experiences such as thinking, remembering, feeling and imagining.
Flashcard 3
■ Question
What is behaviour?
■ Answer
Any observable action or response of a person or animal.
Flashcard 4
■ Question
Origin of the word psychology?
■ Answer
From Greek words 'psyche' (mind/soul) and 'logos' (study).
Flashcard 5
■ Question
Who established the first psychology laboratory?
, ■ Answer
Wilhelm Wundt in 1879 in Leipzig, Germany.
Flashcard 6
■ Question
What is introspection?
■ Answer
A method where people observe and report their own thoughts and feelings.
Flashcard 7
■ Question
What does psychology study today?
■ Answer
Both behaviour and mental processes.
Flashcard 8
■ Question
What is psychology as a discipline?
■ Answer
An organized body of knowledge studying behaviour scientifically.
Flashcard 9
■ Question
Why is psychology a natural science?
It studies biological processes like the brain and nervous system.
Flashcard 10
■ Question
Why is psychology a social science?
■ Answer
It studies behaviour in social and cultural contexts.
