Introduction to psychology/Questions one: Definition and History

/1.01/ You tell your friend that you are studying psychology. He replies "I'll have to watch what I say, you psychologists are always analyzing people's personality problems." What is wrong with your friend's statement?

/1.02/ What is the purpose of psychology?

/1.03/ A psychologist shows a picture of a frog and tells the subject to think of a color. The subject thinks of green. Is this an example of prediction or manipulation?

/1.04/ What are the major reasons for studying animals?

/1.05/ Describe a study in which it would be difficult to have human subjects.

/1.06/ How does heredity affect a person?

/1.07/ List the areas of study.

/1.08/ Is the year 1879 when researchers first started studying subject's behavior and cognition?

/1.09/ List the systematic systems that developed after structuralism.

/1.10/ What trend developed in psychology as the importance of systems diminished?

/1.11/ What is the difference between clinical and counseling psychology?

/1.12/ What is the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist? (Hint, it is in the training and degree that they recieve)

/1.13/ What is the difference between applied psychology and theoretical psychology?

/1.14/ What are the major concerns of developmental psychologists?

/1.15/ A group of parents is unhappy with the education that their children are recieving at school. They decide to hire a psychologist. What type of psychologist would they hire?

/1.16/ Describe social psychology.

Also, the first person to do this, will you answer these questions in the link and also create a link for any of the terms where they appear in lecture 1? Thank you.