PSYC 101 / Introduction to Psychology Questions and Answers with Complete Solutions

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Psychology ✔✔The SCIENCE of behavior and mental processes. The scientific method is used to study behavior. Scientific Method ✔✔A self-correcting process for evaluating ideas with observatio... n and analysis. It is a SYSTEMATICAL approach. (Step-by-Step) Where can experiments be conducted? ✔✔Laboratories or field. Laboratories include: ✔✔Animal labs, sleep labs, child observation labs, etc. The field includes: ✔✔Real world settings - Schools, playgrounds, nurseries, work sites, etc. When, where, and by who was the first psychological laboratory founded? ✔✔Founded by Wilhelm Wundt in 1879, in the University of Leipzig, Germany. What three skills are acquired by studying psychology? ✔✔1) Insight into emotions, thought processes, abnormal and criminal behaviors, and more. 2) Brain structure and function! What part of the brain is active when you are happy for example, and why that is. 3) Enhance respect and tolerance of individual differences [Show More]

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