1 Complete the following sentences.
1. The aim of psychology is ...
2. ... is interested in a large variety of topics.
3. While early philosophers used observation and logic, modern psychologists ...
4. ... and ... are linked in the treatment of mental disorder.
5. ... looks at people during all their lifetime.
6. ... is involved in language acquisition.
2 Correct the mistakes in the following sentences.
1. Psychology only studies the mind.
2. Psychology and philosophy are similar sciences.
3. Contemporary psychology concentrates on one topic.
4. Today’s psychologists use empirical methods.
3 Which branch of psychology would be involved in the situations below?
1. A specialist is needed to explain unexpected changes in someone’s personality after an accident: ...
2. A skilled psychologist is needed for research on adolescents’ problems: ...
3. A psychologist is needed to assess and make a diagnosis for a person with an apparent mental disorder: ...
4. A psychologist has been asked to visit a three-year boy with a brain as large as that of a male adult: ...
5. A group of specialists want to discover the relationship between perception and memory in language acquisition: ...
4 Find the synonyms of the following words in the text on the previous page.
1. aspects: ...
2. big: ...
3. connected: ...
4. includes: ...
5. large: ...
6. lesion: ...
7. major: ...
8. subjects: ...
GLOSSARY
- assessment: valutazione
- decision-making: processo decisionale
- (the) elderly: gli anziani
- to embrace: abbracciare
- issue: aspetto, problematica
- range: gamma
- to rely on: fare affidamento su
- setting: situazione