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| Question | Answer |
| Define Psychology | The systematic study of thoughts, feelings and behaviour and the factors that influence these |
| Define Behaviour | Any observable action (that is able to be seen) made by a living person or animal |
| Aim of psychology | to describe, predict and explain thoughts, feelings and behavior |
| Examples of behaviour | eating, biting nails, reading a book |
| How is behaviour distinguished from feelings and thoughts? | it is a response that can be seen and measured |
| What are the levels of behaviour? | biological, person, socio-cultural and basic process level |
| define Biological Level | focuses on the biological and chemical processes underlying behaviour (e.g. hormones) |
| Define The Basic Process Level | Psychological processes that are widespread among humans (if not common to all people) |
| Define Person Level | focuses on individual differences in behaviour (e.g. different |
| The Socio-Cultural Level | the influence other people have on behaviour (in social and cultural contexts) |
| Define Psychiatrist? | a qualified medical doctor who had obtained additional qualifications to specialise in the treatment and prevention of mental illness and emotional problems |
| how many years of study for psychiatrist? | 13 |
| Difference between Psychologist and Psychiatrist? | Psychiatrist can prescribe drugs, hospitalize involuntarily and order seculusion |
| What can psychologists not do? | perform medical procedures, prescribe medications, involuntarily hospitalise, seclusion |
| How long does a psychologist study? | 6 years |
| areas of expertise | family/marital problems, sexual/sleeping difficulties, stress/tension, anxiety attacks, phobias, shyness, eating disorders children's learning behaviour and addictions |
| Define academic psychologist | researches areas of interest in psychology and often works in university as a teacher. |
| clinical psychologist | diagnosis, prevention and treatment of mental health problems |
| Clinical Neuropsychologist | assess and diagnoses damage to brain and how it affects thinking, emotions, and behaviour |
| Community Psychologist | community issues and helping people achieve their goals (such as community health and welfare) |
| counselling psychologist | deal with personal and relationship problems and (non-life threatening) issues of concern. Works in educational or vocational settings. |
| Forensic Psychologist | assessment, intervention and research in the legal system and correctional services. criminal behaviour, child abuse and custody expert. |
| Educational and developmental psychologist | assessment, intervention and counselling relevant to management of development an educational issue throughout lifespan. Asesesing |
| Health Psychologist | promotion and maintenance of health related behaviour, the prevention and treatment of psychologically based illnesses and analysis and improvement of healthcare system. |
| Organisational Psychologist | helps people function effectively in work environments. Experts in staff recruitment, job redesign, vocational guidance and staff training. |
| Sport Psychologist | psychological assistance to help elite, professional and recreational athletes achieve peak performance and develop personal well being |
| Research Psychologist | uses skills in research design, statistics and data analysis to research for public or private sector organisations. may work in government departments, etc. |
| Define common sense psychology | where people collect information about behavior informally or unscientifically, often leading to inaccurate conclusions |
| Why is common sense psychology inaccurate? | because sources may be unreliable, people do not critically evaluate their beliefs, are often unwilling to change their beliefs and collect only information which supports pre-existing belifs |
| Define scientific method | the systematic approach for planning, conducting and reporting research that involves empirical evidence |
| Define empirical evidence | data that is collected directly by observation or, more frequently in psychology, experimentation |
| benefit of collecting empirical data? | helps draw accurate conclusions which are free from personal bias |
| Define replication | involves repeating a study to establish whether results can be duplicated and are therefore reliable and able to be generalised |
| Define psedoscience | fake or false science |
| Steps of Scientific Method | identify research problem, formulate hypothesis, design method, collect data, analyse data, interpret data, report findings |
| Parts of report | title, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, references, appendices |
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