PSYC 101 2026 FINAL PAPER STUDY GUIDE
VERIFIED Q&A
◉Where did psychology branch out from?. Answer: Physiology and
Philosophy
◉Structuralism. Answer: Focused on the structure of consciousness
and the mind (not identified with anymore)
◉2 Structuralists. Answer: Wundt and Titchener
◉Functionalism. Answer: Focused on the function of the mind in
helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with
anymore)
◉2 Functionalists. Answer: Darwin and James
◉3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena.
Answer: Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted
Methods of Observation
◉Modern Perspectives. Answer: Psychodynamic, Behaviorist,
Cognitive, Evolutionary
,◉Psychodynamic. Answer: started by Sigmund Freud; case studies,
not easy to test or prove because of small sample size
◉Behaviorist. Answer: Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental
processes are byproducts of environmental events; experiment
◉Behaviorist Metaphor. Answer: People are like machines
◉Cognitive. Answer: Wundt; focuses on how people perceive,
process and retrieve information (Perspective)
◉Cognitive Metaphor. Answer: Brain like a computer
◉Evolutionary. Answer: Darwin; behaviors have come about
because they helped our ancestors survive
◉Evolutionary Metaphor. Answer: runners in a race
◉Biopsychology. Answer: Physical bases of psychological
phenomena (sub-discipline)
, ◉Developmental psychology. Answer: How thought, feeling, and
behavior develops through life span
◉Social Psychology. Answer: Influence of real or imagined others
influence on the individual
◉Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Answer: Human behavior
within an organization as well as organizational problems (sub-
discipline)
◉Educational Psychology. Answer: Psychological processes in
learning environments (sub-discipline)
◉Health Psychology. Answer: Psychological factors involved in
health and disease
◉Clinical Psychology. Answer: Nature and treatment of
psychological processes leading to emotional distress
◉Cognitive Psychology. Answer: Nature of mental process such as
thought, memory, language
VERIFIED Q&A
◉Where did psychology branch out from?. Answer: Physiology and
Philosophy
◉Structuralism. Answer: Focused on the structure of consciousness
and the mind (not identified with anymore)
◉2 Structuralists. Answer: Wundt and Titchener
◉Functionalism. Answer: Focused on the function of the mind in
helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with
anymore)
◉2 Functionalists. Answer: Darwin and James
◉3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena.
Answer: Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted
Methods of Observation
◉Modern Perspectives. Answer: Psychodynamic, Behaviorist,
Cognitive, Evolutionary
,◉Psychodynamic. Answer: started by Sigmund Freud; case studies,
not easy to test or prove because of small sample size
◉Behaviorist. Answer: Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental
processes are byproducts of environmental events; experiment
◉Behaviorist Metaphor. Answer: People are like machines
◉Cognitive. Answer: Wundt; focuses on how people perceive,
process and retrieve information (Perspective)
◉Cognitive Metaphor. Answer: Brain like a computer
◉Evolutionary. Answer: Darwin; behaviors have come about
because they helped our ancestors survive
◉Evolutionary Metaphor. Answer: runners in a race
◉Biopsychology. Answer: Physical bases of psychological
phenomena (sub-discipline)
, ◉Developmental psychology. Answer: How thought, feeling, and
behavior develops through life span
◉Social Psychology. Answer: Influence of real or imagined others
influence on the individual
◉Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Answer: Human behavior
within an organization as well as organizational problems (sub-
discipline)
◉Educational Psychology. Answer: Psychological processes in
learning environments (sub-discipline)
◉Health Psychology. Answer: Psychological factors involved in
health and disease
◉Clinical Psychology. Answer: Nature and treatment of
psychological processes leading to emotional distress
◉Cognitive Psychology. Answer: Nature of mental process such as
thought, memory, language
