Question: In what way is the practice of psychology closely related to the practice of the natural sciences?

Answer: It reliance on scientific research methodologies.

Question: What is the primary concern of developmental psychologists?

Answer: Studying changes that occur throughout the life span.

Question: What is the focus of the contemporary psychoanalytic perspective?

Answer: Conscious choice and self direction.

Question: How did Sigmund Freud differ from other early psychologists?

Answer: Freud gained his understanding of human behavior in consultation with patients.

Question: Which of the following might be studied by a developmental psychologist?

Answer: How a child learns right from wrong, the way people become friends, changes in the body during puberty.

Question: Which of the following is a step involved in psychological research?

Answer: Conducting surveys, collecting and analyzing data, drawing logical conclusions.

Question: Mental process, such as a dream or memory

Answer: cognitive activity

Question: school of thought founded by Sigmund Freud

Answer: psychoanalysis

Question: wrote the first modern psychology textbook

Answer: William James

Question: basic truth or law

Answer: principle