Psychology 101 Exam 1 questions and answers
2026\2027 A+ Grade
The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior - correct answer Psychology
Physiology and Philosophy - correct answer Where did psychology branch out from?
Focused on the structure of consciousness and the mind (not identified with anymore) - correct answer
Structuralism
Wundt and Titchener - correct answer 2 Structuralists
Focused on the function of the mind in helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with
anymore) - correct answer Functionalism
Darwin and James - correct answer 2 Functionalists
Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted Methods of Observation - correct answer 3
Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena
Psychodynamic, Behaviorist, Cognitive, Evolutionary - correct answer Modern Perspectives
started by Sigmund Freud; case studies, not easy to test or prove because of small sample size - correct
answer Psychodynamic
, Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental processes are byproducts of environmental events; experiment -
correct answer Behaviorist
People are like machines - correct answer Behaviorist Metaphor
Wundt; focuses on how people perceive, process and retrieve information (Perspective) - correct
answer Cognitive
Brain like a computer - correct answer Cognitive Metaphor
Darwin; behaviors have come about because they helped our ancestors survive - correct answer
Evolutionary
runners in a race - correct answer Evolutionary Metaphor
Physical bases of psychological phenomena (sub-discipline) - correct answer Biopsychology
How thought, feeling, and behavior develops through life span - correct answer Developmental
psychology
Influence of real or imagined others influence on the individual - correct answer Social Psychology
Human behavior within an organization as well as organizational problems (sub-discipline) - correct
answer Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Psychological processes in learning environments (sub-discipline) - correct answer Educational
Psychology
Psychological factors involved in health and disease - correct answer Health Psychology
2026\2027 A+ Grade
The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior - correct answer Psychology
Physiology and Philosophy - correct answer Where did psychology branch out from?
Focused on the structure of consciousness and the mind (not identified with anymore) - correct answer
Structuralism
Wundt and Titchener - correct answer 2 Structuralists
Focused on the function of the mind in helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with
anymore) - correct answer Functionalism
Darwin and James - correct answer 2 Functionalists
Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted Methods of Observation - correct answer 3
Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena
Psychodynamic, Behaviorist, Cognitive, Evolutionary - correct answer Modern Perspectives
started by Sigmund Freud; case studies, not easy to test or prove because of small sample size - correct
answer Psychodynamic
, Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental processes are byproducts of environmental events; experiment -
correct answer Behaviorist
People are like machines - correct answer Behaviorist Metaphor
Wundt; focuses on how people perceive, process and retrieve information (Perspective) - correct
answer Cognitive
Brain like a computer - correct answer Cognitive Metaphor
Darwin; behaviors have come about because they helped our ancestors survive - correct answer
Evolutionary
runners in a race - correct answer Evolutionary Metaphor
Physical bases of psychological phenomena (sub-discipline) - correct answer Biopsychology
How thought, feeling, and behavior develops through life span - correct answer Developmental
psychology
Influence of real or imagined others influence on the individual - correct answer Social Psychology
Human behavior within an organization as well as organizational problems (sub-discipline) - correct
answer Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Psychological processes in learning environments (sub-discipline) - correct answer Educational
Psychology
Psychological factors involved in health and disease - correct answer Health Psychology
