Psychology Is Defined as the Discipline Concerned With

question 21

Multiple Choice

Psychology is defined as the discipline concerned with:

• A) the study of all physical stimuli that affect human sensations and perceptions.
• B) behavior and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism's physical state, mental state, and external environment.
• C) the study of humankind and the importance of culture in explaining the diversity in human behavior.
• D) maladaptive human behaviors and cognitions that are incorporated into a person's self-worth during childhood.

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Definitions:

Parent Involvement

Parent involvement describes the active engagement of parents in their children’s education, encompassing activities from helping with homework to participation in school committees.

Inductive Thinking

Inductive Thinking is a reasoning process that involves making generalizations based on specific observations or instances.

Deductive

A logical process in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises; involves reasoning from the general to the specific.

Preoperational

A stage in Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, where children from about 2 to 7 years old learn through pretend play but still struggle with logic and taking the perspective of other people.