Post-Test Review

Proposing reasons for behaviors and mental processes

Brushing your teeth. Is this a behavior or mental process?

Identifying and classifying behaviors and mental processes as accurately as possible

Which one of these is NOT a social science?

Which one of these is NOT a natural science?

As you walk into your bedroom, you flip on a light switch. Is this a behavior or mental process?

You had an odd dream last night that you went to school without any shoes on. Is this a behavior of a mental process?

What is any action that other people can observe or measure?

Using the results of research to solve problems that involve behavior and mental processes

The detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of charater and mental abilities

Psychologists organize their research about behavior and mental processes into ...

Watching a participant and recording relevant behavior for later analysis

When you wake up in the morning, you plan your outfit while your in the shower. Is this a behavior or mental process?

Psychological theories do NOT include . . .

If a theory is inadequate for accurately explaining or predicting certain things it should be ...

You ate a burger, and now your body is digesting your lunch. Is this a behavior or mental process?

The scientific study of behaviors and mental processes is known as

Offering an educated guess about how a given condition or set of conditions will affect behaviors and mental processes

True or False: Psychology is BOTH a social science and a natural science.