TMA05 D120 PART A ENCOUNTERING
PSYCHOLOGY IN CONTEXT
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● Goals of Psychology
Answer: To describe, explain, predict, and influence human and animal
behavior.
●● Hypothesis
Answer: An assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested
through scientific research and experimentation.
●● Theory
Answer: A set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered
for scientific study
●● Basic Science
Answer: Te pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own
sake
●● Applied Science
, Answer: Discovering ways to use scientific finding to accomplish
practical goals
●● Scientific Method
Answer: A systematic approach to gathering information and answering
questions so that errors and biases are minimized
●● Wihelm Wundt
Answer: Known as the "Father of Psychology," he established first
psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.
●● Phrenology
Answer: The practice of studying the bumps on a person's head to make
judgements about that person's personality/mental state.
●● Pseudoscience
Answer: Purported "scientific discoveries" which have little actual basis
in science. (ex. Fidget Spinners help ADHD)
●● Structuralism
Answer: the psychological study of the basic elements that make up
conscious mental experiences
●● Introspection
PSYCHOLOGY IN CONTEXT
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● Goals of Psychology
Answer: To describe, explain, predict, and influence human and animal
behavior.
●● Hypothesis
Answer: An assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested
through scientific research and experimentation.
●● Theory
Answer: A set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered
for scientific study
●● Basic Science
Answer: Te pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own
sake
●● Applied Science
, Answer: Discovering ways to use scientific finding to accomplish
practical goals
●● Scientific Method
Answer: A systematic approach to gathering information and answering
questions so that errors and biases are minimized
●● Wihelm Wundt
Answer: Known as the "Father of Psychology," he established first
psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.
●● Phrenology
Answer: The practice of studying the bumps on a person's head to make
judgements about that person's personality/mental state.
●● Pseudoscience
Answer: Purported "scientific discoveries" which have little actual basis
in science. (ex. Fidget Spinners help ADHD)
●● Structuralism
Answer: the psychological study of the basic elements that make up
conscious mental experiences
●● Introspection
