Psychology 101 Exam questions and answers
2026\2027 A+ Grade
Psychology
- correct answer The science of processes and behaviors
What are the values of Psychology?
- correct answer 1. empirical evidence
2. critical thinking
3. systematic research methods
What are the goals of Psychology?
- correct answer 1. description
2. explanation
3. prediction
4. facilitating changes (therapy)
Aristotle
- correct answer Lived from 384 to 322. Believed that knowledge was acquired through experience
Nature Vs. Nurture
- correct answer Are a persons characteristics mostly inborn or learned?
Four Laws of Association
- correct answer 1. Law of Similarity
2. Law of Contrast
3. Law of Contiguity
4. Law of Frequency
,Descartes
- correct answer French Philosopher (1596-1650)
Believed that behavior was controlled by the mind or will; we freely choose our actions
Ernst Heinrich Weber
- correct answer (1795-1878)
- Psychologist at Leipzig.
- Introduced Just Noticeable Differences as the unit of measure (ratio of weight)
Gustav Fechner
- correct answer (1801-1887) Formalized and developed Weber's Law; showed that it implied a
relationship between stimulus intensity and the intensity of sensation.
Herman Ebbinghaus
- correct answer (1850- 1909)
- Inspired by Fechner to discover quantitative order in higher mental processes.
- Great innovator
- Influence has lasted over 100 years
- Developer of the Learning Curve (as time passes we remember less)
William James
- correct answer (1842-1910)
- Wrote "The Principles of Psychology" published in 1890
- Believed the mind was a stream of consciousness
- Studied various groups, not just individuals
- Trained as an MD
- Taught Psychology and Philosophy at Howard
- Established a teaching lab in 1875
1879
- correct answer Psychology becomes a science, first psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany.
, Wilhelm Wundt
- correct answer - First true Psychologist
- Research assistant for Hermann Helmholtz
- Wrote "Contributions Towards a Theory of Science Perception" in 1862
- Saw Psychology as falling between the physical sciences and social sciences
Introspection
- correct answer Looking inside oneself
Edward Bradford Titchener
- correct answer - Popularized Wundt's Psychology and brought it to the United States
- Used introspection to uncover components of thought
Charles Darwin
- correct answer - Evolution
- Offered an account for transmutation: Natural Selection to explain the adaptivity of traits
Mary Calkins
- correct answer - One of the first women in the field of Psychology
- Never received the PhD she earned from Harvard
Psychophysics
- correct answer Focuses on the relationship between sensory stimuli and perceptual experience
Behaviorism
- correct answer Focuses on objective and measurable behaviors
Humanistic Psychology
- correct answer Emphasizes the inner-self and the importance of subjective feelings
2026\2027 A+ Grade
Psychology
- correct answer The science of processes and behaviors
What are the values of Psychology?
- correct answer 1. empirical evidence
2. critical thinking
3. systematic research methods
What are the goals of Psychology?
- correct answer 1. description
2. explanation
3. prediction
4. facilitating changes (therapy)
Aristotle
- correct answer Lived from 384 to 322. Believed that knowledge was acquired through experience
Nature Vs. Nurture
- correct answer Are a persons characteristics mostly inborn or learned?
Four Laws of Association
- correct answer 1. Law of Similarity
2. Law of Contrast
3. Law of Contiguity
4. Law of Frequency
,Descartes
- correct answer French Philosopher (1596-1650)
Believed that behavior was controlled by the mind or will; we freely choose our actions
Ernst Heinrich Weber
- correct answer (1795-1878)
- Psychologist at Leipzig.
- Introduced Just Noticeable Differences as the unit of measure (ratio of weight)
Gustav Fechner
- correct answer (1801-1887) Formalized and developed Weber's Law; showed that it implied a
relationship between stimulus intensity and the intensity of sensation.
Herman Ebbinghaus
- correct answer (1850- 1909)
- Inspired by Fechner to discover quantitative order in higher mental processes.
- Great innovator
- Influence has lasted over 100 years
- Developer of the Learning Curve (as time passes we remember less)
William James
- correct answer (1842-1910)
- Wrote "The Principles of Psychology" published in 1890
- Believed the mind was a stream of consciousness
- Studied various groups, not just individuals
- Trained as an MD
- Taught Psychology and Philosophy at Howard
- Established a teaching lab in 1875
1879
- correct answer Psychology becomes a science, first psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany.
, Wilhelm Wundt
- correct answer - First true Psychologist
- Research assistant for Hermann Helmholtz
- Wrote "Contributions Towards a Theory of Science Perception" in 1862
- Saw Psychology as falling between the physical sciences and social sciences
Introspection
- correct answer Looking inside oneself
Edward Bradford Titchener
- correct answer - Popularized Wundt's Psychology and brought it to the United States
- Used introspection to uncover components of thought
Charles Darwin
- correct answer - Evolution
- Offered an account for transmutation: Natural Selection to explain the adaptivity of traits
Mary Calkins
- correct answer - One of the first women in the field of Psychology
- Never received the PhD she earned from Harvard
Psychophysics
- correct answer Focuses on the relationship between sensory stimuli and perceptual experience
Behaviorism
- correct answer Focuses on objective and measurable behaviors
Humanistic Psychology
- correct answer Emphasizes the inner-self and the importance of subjective feelings
