PSYC 2000 DANIEL CAPRON- LSU FINAL CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Wundt. Answer: -father of modern psychology -developed the technique of object
introspection -believed consequences could be broken into thought, experiences, emotions,
and other basic elements
● Titchener. Answer: -brought psychology in the form of structuralism to America
● James. Answer: -functionalism -"Principles of Psychology" -"stream of consciousness"
● Watson. Answer: -disagreed with structuralism -associated with behaviorism -believed
behavior is a result from a stimulus
● psychologists. Answer: -academic degrees and can do counseling, teaching, research,
and may specialize in any large area of psychology
● psychiatrists. Answer: -medical doctors who provide diagnosis and therapy for a person
with a mental disorder
● are all psychologists therapists?. Answer: No
● do all therapists have doctoral degrees?. Answer: No
● what does it mean to say something is "correlated" with something else?. Answer:
-statistical technique that allows researchers to discover and predict relationships between
variables of interest -positive correlations exist when increases in one variable are matched by
increases in the other variable -cannot be used to prove cause & effect relationships
● what special kind of conclusion can we make based on an experiment that we can't
make with other types of research designs?. Answer: -experiments are tightly controlled
manipulations of variables that allows researchers to determine cause & effect relationships
-this proves causation bc you can control one of the groups and use the other group as
comparison
● what features of experiments allow us to make that type of conclusion?. Answer:
dependent variable
● measured behavior or the response of participants. Answer: independent variable
, ● the variable that is deliberately manipulated by the experimenter to see if related
changes occur in the behavior or the responses of the participants and is given to the
experimental group. Answer: random assignment
● -helps control for individual differences both within and between the groups that
might otherwise interfere with the experiments. Answer: control groups
● -receives either a placebo treatment or nothing. Answer: main function of hippocampus
● -part of the brain responsible for the formation of long-term declarative memories.
Answer: main function of hypothalamus
● -controls hunger, thirst, sexual behavior, sleeping and waking, and emotions
-controls pituitary gland. Answer: main function of thalamus
● -relay station that sends sensory information to the proper areas of the cortex.
Answer: main function of amygdala
● -controls our fear responses and memory in fearful stimuli. Answer: main function of
cerebellum
● -coordinates fine, rapid motor movement, learned reflexes, posture and muscle tone
-involved in some cognitive and emotional functions. Answer: main function of frontal
cortex
● -motor cortex -contains voluntary muscles and are also where all mental functions
occur (planning, language, complex decision). Answer: main function of parietal cortex
● -somatosensory area, processes our sense of touch, temperature, and body
position. Answer: main function of temporal cortex
● -primary auditory area -involves understanding language. Answer: main function of
occipital cortex
● -process vision and contains the primary visual cortex. Answer: what structure
connects the two hemispheres and what purpose does it serve?
● -corpus callosum -integrates motor, sensory, and cognitive performances. Answer:
sensation
● -the activation of receptors located in the eyes, ears, skin, nasal cavities, and tongue.
Answer: perception
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Wundt. Answer: -father of modern psychology -developed the technique of object
introspection -believed consequences could be broken into thought, experiences, emotions,
and other basic elements
● Titchener. Answer: -brought psychology in the form of structuralism to America
● James. Answer: -functionalism -"Principles of Psychology" -"stream of consciousness"
● Watson. Answer: -disagreed with structuralism -associated with behaviorism -believed
behavior is a result from a stimulus
● psychologists. Answer: -academic degrees and can do counseling, teaching, research,
and may specialize in any large area of psychology
● psychiatrists. Answer: -medical doctors who provide diagnosis and therapy for a person
with a mental disorder
● are all psychologists therapists?. Answer: No
● do all therapists have doctoral degrees?. Answer: No
● what does it mean to say something is "correlated" with something else?. Answer:
-statistical technique that allows researchers to discover and predict relationships between
variables of interest -positive correlations exist when increases in one variable are matched by
increases in the other variable -cannot be used to prove cause & effect relationships
● what special kind of conclusion can we make based on an experiment that we can't
make with other types of research designs?. Answer: -experiments are tightly controlled
manipulations of variables that allows researchers to determine cause & effect relationships
-this proves causation bc you can control one of the groups and use the other group as
comparison
● what features of experiments allow us to make that type of conclusion?. Answer:
dependent variable
● measured behavior or the response of participants. Answer: independent variable
, ● the variable that is deliberately manipulated by the experimenter to see if related
changes occur in the behavior or the responses of the participants and is given to the
experimental group. Answer: random assignment
● -helps control for individual differences both within and between the groups that
might otherwise interfere with the experiments. Answer: control groups
● -receives either a placebo treatment or nothing. Answer: main function of hippocampus
● -part of the brain responsible for the formation of long-term declarative memories.
Answer: main function of hypothalamus
● -controls hunger, thirst, sexual behavior, sleeping and waking, and emotions
-controls pituitary gland. Answer: main function of thalamus
● -relay station that sends sensory information to the proper areas of the cortex.
Answer: main function of amygdala
● -controls our fear responses and memory in fearful stimuli. Answer: main function of
cerebellum
● -coordinates fine, rapid motor movement, learned reflexes, posture and muscle tone
-involved in some cognitive and emotional functions. Answer: main function of frontal
cortex
● -motor cortex -contains voluntary muscles and are also where all mental functions
occur (planning, language, complex decision). Answer: main function of parietal cortex
● -somatosensory area, processes our sense of touch, temperature, and body
position. Answer: main function of temporal cortex
● -primary auditory area -involves understanding language. Answer: main function of
occipital cortex
● -process vision and contains the primary visual cortex. Answer: what structure
connects the two hemispheres and what purpose does it serve?
● -corpus callosum -integrates motor, sensory, and cognitive performances. Answer:
sensation
● -the activation of receptors located in the eyes, ears, skin, nasal cavities, and tongue.
Answer: perception
