Social Studies 12
Ms. Currey
Psychology Unit 1 Test Review
Answer the following questions in your own words:
1. What is the difference between a cognitive activity and a behavior?
2. What are the 4 goals of psychology?
3. List and explain what each of the 6 perspectives of psychology are:
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4. What is the difference between correlation and causation?
Short Answers: Answers the questions completely. Always define any vocabulary
words you use and explain examples!!!
Is Psychology a science? (5 points)
Professor Popham wants to investigate whether eating a healthy breakfast causes high
school students to perform better on standardized tests. What steps would he need to
go through to do a reliable scientific experiment following the scientific method?
Hint: There should be 8 steps. (10 points)
Give an example of a specific Psychologist who you think made a big impact on the
field of Psychology. What did they do? Why are they important to know about? (5
points)