PSYC 1001 MIDTERM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Science that studies behaviour and
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the physiological and cognitive processes beneath it.
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What is research/experimental psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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psychologists who are studying people (or animals) to try and determine basic
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human characteristics (influences on behaviour)
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What is applied psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-therapists and other
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psychologists who are using the knowledge gained through research to make a
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difference in the real world | | | |
How does a Clinical Psychologist differ from a Counsellor and Psychiatrist? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A clinical psychologist has a masters and Ph.D. in clinical
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psych.
A councillor has a masters in counselling.
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A psychiatrist has a M.D.
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What is Cognitive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Studies higher mental
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processes.
What is Personality Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Studies behaviour that
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shows personality.
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, What is Developmental Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Psych across the
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lifespan
What is Behavioural Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Study of the
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connection between our minds and our behaviours
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What is Social Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Studies interpersonal
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behaviours
What is Cross-Cultural Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of human
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behavior and mental processes under diverse cultural conditions.
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What is Physiological Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Studies genetic factors
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in psych
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What is Comparative Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of animals in
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order to find out about humans.
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What is Health Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Studies how psych
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contributes to physical health and treatment/prevention of illness
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What is Clinical Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Branch of psychology that
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studies diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems
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CORRECT ANSWERS
What is Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Science that studies behaviour and
| | | | | | | | | |
the physiological and cognitive processes beneath it.
| | | | | |
What is research/experimental psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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psychologists who are studying people (or animals) to try and determine basic
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human characteristics (influences on behaviour)
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What is applied psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-therapists and other
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psychologists who are using the knowledge gained through research to make a
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difference in the real world | | | |
How does a Clinical Psychologist differ from a Counsellor and Psychiatrist? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A clinical psychologist has a masters and Ph.D. in clinical
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psych.
A councillor has a masters in counselling.
| | | | | |
A psychiatrist has a M.D.
| | | |
What is Cognitive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Studies higher mental
| | | | | | | | |
processes.
What is Personality Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Studies behaviour that
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shows personality.
|
, What is Developmental Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Psych across the
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lifespan
What is Behavioural Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Study of the
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connection between our minds and our behaviours
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What is Social Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Studies interpersonal
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behaviours
What is Cross-Cultural Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of human
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behavior and mental processes under diverse cultural conditions.
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What is Physiological Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Studies genetic factors
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in psych
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What is Comparative Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of animals in
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order to find out about humans.
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What is Health Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Studies how psych
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contributes to physical health and treatment/prevention of illness
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What is Clinical Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Branch of psychology that
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studies diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems
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