Introduction

Question 1

Define Psychology

Answer 1

The discipline concerned with behaviour and mental processes and how they are affected by an organisms’s physical state, mental state, and external environment. Biopsychosocial, empirically derived.

Question 2

What does Empirically Derived mean?

Answer 2

Relying on or derived from observation, experimentation, or measurement, free from personal biases.

Question 3

What do effective psychologists learn to do?

Answer 3

Effective psychologists learn to differentiate accurately when it comes to the application of their knowledge.

Question 4

Define Psychobabble

Answer 4

Psychobabble confirms unsupported popular opinion.

Question 5

What is Empirical Psychology?

Answer 5

Empirical Psychology makes use of research evidence and challenges opinion.