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Introduction:

The Foundations

of Psychology

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PREVIEW QUIZ

True or False

1. TFModern psychology is defined as the science of the mind.


2. TFThe goals of scientific psychology are to (1) describe, (2) explain, (3) pre-
   dict, and (4) control behavior.


3. TFSigmund Freud was the principal founding personality of psychoanalysis.


4. TFThe biological viewpoint assumes that most behavior is learned.


5. TFClinical psychology, a field that stresses psychotherapy and psycholog-
   ical testing, is the single largest field of psychology.

(Answers can be found on page 15.)

Objectives

After completing this chapter, you will be able to

• define psychology;


• state the goals of scientific psychology;