PSYC 2000 EXAM 1 (PIPER BORDES) QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Break down the word "psychology" - Answers - PSYCH- "soul, mind"
OLOGY- "scientific study of"
What is psychology - Answers - the scientific study of the mind and behavior
What does it mean to be SCIENTIFIC - Answers - it can be understood, studied, and
quantified (empirical)
What is any outward action that is directly observable - Answers - behavior
What are the perceptions, thoughts, and feelings going through our heads - Answers -
mental processes
Mental processes are considered to be what? - Answers - latent constructs
What does latent constructs mean - Answers - that something is theoretical; it cannot be
observed directly, so it can neither be measured directly
What do scientists test/study - Answers - what is perceivable and measurable
Is psychology a science - Answers - yes
What makes psychology a science? - Answers - it possesses
OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORS
& MEASURABLE THOUGHTS (latent structures)
What are the 6 branches/theories of psychology - Answers - 1. Structuralism
2. Functionalism
3. Psychoanalytic theory
4. Gestalt psychology
5. Behaviorism
6. Humanism
Who contributed to structuralism - Answers - Wilhelm Wundt
Summarize structuralism... - Answers - understanding the CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE
THROUGH INTROSPECTION
Who contributed to functionalism - Answers - William James
,Summarize functionalism... - Answers - focuses on how mental activities helped an
organism ADAPT to its environment
Who contributed to psychoanalytic theory - Answers - Sigmund Freud
Summarize the psychoanalytic theory... - Answers - focuses on the role of the
UNCONSCIOUS in affecting conscious behaviors
Who contributed to gestalt psychology - Answers - Wertheimer, Koffka, Kohler
Summarize gestalt psychology... - Answers - focuses on humans AS A WHOLE rather
than individual parts
Who contributed to behaviorism - Answers - Pavlov, Watson, Skinner
Summarize behaviorism... - Answers - focuses on OBSERVING AND CONTROLING
behaviors
Who contributed to humanism - Answers - Maslow & Rogers
Summarize humanism... - Answers - emphasizes the POTENTIAL FOR GOOD that is
INNATE to all humans
Who is the "father of psychology" and the first pyschologist - Answers - Wilhelm Wundt
What is the first book Wundt published on psychology - Answers - Principles of
Physiological Psychology
Who founded the 1st experimental psychology laboratory - Answers - Wundt
How did Wundt view psychology - Answers - as the scientific study of the CONSCIOUS
EXPERIENCE
What does consciousness consist of - Answers - thoughts, experiences, and emotions
How did Wundt study consciousness - Answers - through introspection
Define introspection - Answers - process by which someone examines their own
conscious experience as objectively as possible
What is the goal of introspection - Answers - to make the human mind like any other
aspect of nature that a scientist observes
Who is Wundt's student that translated many of Wundt's work into English and
expanded on Wundt's views, eventually developing structuralism - Answers - Edward
Titchner
, Define structuralism - Answers - understanding the CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE
through introspection
What does structuralism focus on - Answers - the basic elements (contents) of the mind
Is introspection objective or subjective? - Answers - HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE, it allows for
very little agreement between individuals
Who was a Harvard professor of anatomy and physiology and is the 1st AMERICAN
psychologist - Answers - William James
What did William James lead - Answers - functionalism
What focuses on how mental activities help an organism ADAPT TO ITS
ENVIRONMENT - Answers - functionalism
Define functionalism - Answers - the study of the FUNCTION of consciousness (how the
mind allows people to work, play, and adapt to new circumstances)
What were functionalists most interested in - Answers - the operation of the entire mind
rather than of its individual parts
Who is the Austrian neurologist fascinated by patients' suffering from "hysteria" and
neurosis - Answers - Sigmund Freud
What did Freud theorize that caused many of his patients problems - Answers - their
UNCONSCIOUS MIND, a repository of feelings and urges of which we have no
awareness
What is the part of our mind outside of our awareness, where we push down our dark
urges and desires - Answers - unconscious
What focuses on the role of the unconscious in affecting behavior - Answers - the
psychoanalytic theory
Be familiar with the iceberg comparison - Answers - pic ^
What therapy is based on Freud's ideas and what does it focus on - Answers -
psychoanalysis & it focuses on early childhood development
When would one know that they are cured from psychoanalysis - Answers - whenever
they are able to understand their unconscious desires/conflicts
WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Break down the word "psychology" - Answers - PSYCH- "soul, mind"
OLOGY- "scientific study of"
What is psychology - Answers - the scientific study of the mind and behavior
What does it mean to be SCIENTIFIC - Answers - it can be understood, studied, and
quantified (empirical)
What is any outward action that is directly observable - Answers - behavior
What are the perceptions, thoughts, and feelings going through our heads - Answers -
mental processes
Mental processes are considered to be what? - Answers - latent constructs
What does latent constructs mean - Answers - that something is theoretical; it cannot be
observed directly, so it can neither be measured directly
What do scientists test/study - Answers - what is perceivable and measurable
Is psychology a science - Answers - yes
What makes psychology a science? - Answers - it possesses
OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORS
& MEASURABLE THOUGHTS (latent structures)
What are the 6 branches/theories of psychology - Answers - 1. Structuralism
2. Functionalism
3. Psychoanalytic theory
4. Gestalt psychology
5. Behaviorism
6. Humanism
Who contributed to structuralism - Answers - Wilhelm Wundt
Summarize structuralism... - Answers - understanding the CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE
THROUGH INTROSPECTION
Who contributed to functionalism - Answers - William James
,Summarize functionalism... - Answers - focuses on how mental activities helped an
organism ADAPT to its environment
Who contributed to psychoanalytic theory - Answers - Sigmund Freud
Summarize the psychoanalytic theory... - Answers - focuses on the role of the
UNCONSCIOUS in affecting conscious behaviors
Who contributed to gestalt psychology - Answers - Wertheimer, Koffka, Kohler
Summarize gestalt psychology... - Answers - focuses on humans AS A WHOLE rather
than individual parts
Who contributed to behaviorism - Answers - Pavlov, Watson, Skinner
Summarize behaviorism... - Answers - focuses on OBSERVING AND CONTROLING
behaviors
Who contributed to humanism - Answers - Maslow & Rogers
Summarize humanism... - Answers - emphasizes the POTENTIAL FOR GOOD that is
INNATE to all humans
Who is the "father of psychology" and the first pyschologist - Answers - Wilhelm Wundt
What is the first book Wundt published on psychology - Answers - Principles of
Physiological Psychology
Who founded the 1st experimental psychology laboratory - Answers - Wundt
How did Wundt view psychology - Answers - as the scientific study of the CONSCIOUS
EXPERIENCE
What does consciousness consist of - Answers - thoughts, experiences, and emotions
How did Wundt study consciousness - Answers - through introspection
Define introspection - Answers - process by which someone examines their own
conscious experience as objectively as possible
What is the goal of introspection - Answers - to make the human mind like any other
aspect of nature that a scientist observes
Who is Wundt's student that translated many of Wundt's work into English and
expanded on Wundt's views, eventually developing structuralism - Answers - Edward
Titchner
, Define structuralism - Answers - understanding the CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE
through introspection
What does structuralism focus on - Answers - the basic elements (contents) of the mind
Is introspection objective or subjective? - Answers - HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE, it allows for
very little agreement between individuals
Who was a Harvard professor of anatomy and physiology and is the 1st AMERICAN
psychologist - Answers - William James
What did William James lead - Answers - functionalism
What focuses on how mental activities help an organism ADAPT TO ITS
ENVIRONMENT - Answers - functionalism
Define functionalism - Answers - the study of the FUNCTION of consciousness (how the
mind allows people to work, play, and adapt to new circumstances)
What were functionalists most interested in - Answers - the operation of the entire mind
rather than of its individual parts
Who is the Austrian neurologist fascinated by patients' suffering from "hysteria" and
neurosis - Answers - Sigmund Freud
What did Freud theorize that caused many of his patients problems - Answers - their
UNCONSCIOUS MIND, a repository of feelings and urges of which we have no
awareness
What is the part of our mind outside of our awareness, where we push down our dark
urges and desires - Answers - unconscious
What focuses on the role of the unconscious in affecting behavior - Answers - the
psychoanalytic theory
Be familiar with the iceberg comparison - Answers - pic ^
What therapy is based on Freud's ideas and what does it focus on - Answers -
psychoanalysis & it focuses on early childhood development
When would one know that they are cured from psychoanalysis - Answers - whenever
they are able to understand their unconscious desires/conflicts
