The word "psychology" comes from:
a. Latin
b. Spanish
c. Greek
d. Italian
C. Greek
'psyche', meaning the mind, soul or spirit and 'logos', meaning discourse or to. study.
Darwin’s theory of ______ argued that physiological characteristics evolve because they are useful to the
c. natural selection
Aerophobia is a fear of what?
Fear of flying
Psychology is defined as the scientific study of:
a. people and things
b. emotions and beliefs
c. perception and religion
d. mind and behaviour
d. mind and behaviour
______ is the belief that the mind is fundamentally different from the body.
b. dualism
Which one of these words means fear of heights?
A. Algophobia
B. Anthrophobia
C. Acrophobia
C. Acrophobia
The school of psychology whose goal was to identify the basic elements of experience was called:
d. structuralism
______ is to nature as ______ is to nurture
a. Plato, Aristotle
b. Aristotle, Plato
c. Pliny, Archimedes
d. Stavros, Pliny
a. Plato, Aristotle
Ophidiophobia is defined as the fear of what?
Snakes
Which school of psychology believes that it is impossible to objectively study the mind?
b. behaviorism
The Greek philosopher ______ believed that knowledge is acquired through experience and learning.
d. Aristotle
Someone who has turophobia is afraid of what?
Cheese
Evolutionary psychology has its roots in:
c. functionalism
______ was to structuralism as ______ was to functionalism.
a. Wundt, Titchener
b. Wundt, James
c. James, Titchener
d. Milner, Thompson
b. Wundt, James
What is the word for fear of Friday the 13th?
A. Triskaidekaphobia
B. Trieigiornophobia
C. Typanophobia
A. Triskaidekaphobia