Which of the following is an accurate list of the goals of psychology?
A. To explore, to understand, and to influence the functions of the human mind
B. To describe, to explain, to predict, and to control behavior
C. To categorize, to understand, and to manipulate human thought processes
D. To understand, to improve, and to assist the well-being of the human species
Answer: B
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At the end of the 19th century, the young field of psychology was a subdiscipline of
A. medicine. B. neuroscience. C. philosophy. D. theology
Identify the movement that was launched in 1963 by President John Kennedy to provide coordinated mental health services to people in local facilities.
A. The patients' rights movement B. The community mental health movement C. The mental hygiene movement D. The deinstitutionalization movement
Three-year-old Hamid knows what the words "cat" and "dog" mean. One day his babysitter comes in with a box of kittens and a hamster and says, "Isn't he furry?" Since Hamid does not know the words "hamster" and "furry," he will most likely a. classify the hamster as a "cat."
b. classify the hamster as a "dog.". c. classify the hamster as a "furry.". d. be unable to come up with a label for the hamster.
Why is the terminally ill patient considered a deviant in the medical subculture?
a. They are always fussy and difficult to handle. b. Death poses a threat to the image of the "physician as healer.". c. Death creates embarrassing and emotionally upsetting disruptions in the scientific objectivity of the medical system. d. Both b and c. e. None of the above.