LSU PSYC 2000 FINAL KNAPP EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.Psychology - ANSWERS✔-the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
\.Behavior - ANSWERS✔-anything an organism does
\.Mental processes - ANSWERS✔-internal, personal experiences we infer from
behavior
\.critical thinking - ANSWERS✔-thinking that does not blindly accept arguments
and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values,
evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.
\.curiosity - ANSWERS✔-enthusiasm/ willingness to question/ explore
\.skepticism - ANSWERS✔-the idea that nothing can ever be known for certain
\.humility - ANSWERS✔-have to accept we could be wrong
\.Wundt and Titchener - ANSWERS✔-founders of psychology
,\.1879 - ANSWERS✔-establishment of 1st psychological lab in Germany
\.Wundt - ANSWERS✔-Structuralism
\.Structuralism - ANSWERS✔-tried to explain the structure of thought
\.Titchener - ANSWERS✔-Introspection
\.Introspection - ANSWERS✔-A method of self-observation in which participants
report their thoughts and feelings
\.Criticisms of Structualism - ANSWERS✔-too subjective, too concerned with
internal behavior
\.functionalism - ANSWERS✔-focused on how mental activities helped an
organism adapt to its environment
\.Psychoanalytic (freudian) psychology - ANSWERS✔-the study of the effects of
subconscious feelings and early childhood experiences on behavior
-emphasis on sexual and violent impulses
\.Gestalt Psychology - ANSWERS✔-the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
, \.Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohler - ANSWERS✔-founders of Gestalt
psychology and introduced it to the US
\.Behaviorism - ANSWERS✔-approach of observing and controlling behavior
\.Maslow and Rogers - ANSWERS✔-humanistic psychology
\.humanistic psychology - ANSWERS✔-focused on individual potential, growth,
and need for love and acceptance
-humans are basically good and will grow if given the chance
\.Cognitive revolution - ANSWERS✔-A shift in psychology, beginning in the 1950s,
from the behaviorist approach to an approach in which the main thrust was to
explain behavior in terms of the mind. One of the outcomes of the cognitive
revolution was the introduction of the information-processing approach to
studying the mind.
\.Cognitive Psychology - ANSWERS✔-The study of how people think, learn, and
remember.
-similar to structuralism
\.cognitive neuroscience - ANSWERS✔-study of brain activity linked with cognition
\.culture - ANSWERS✔-Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of
people.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.Psychology - ANSWERS✔-the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
\.Behavior - ANSWERS✔-anything an organism does
\.Mental processes - ANSWERS✔-internal, personal experiences we infer from
behavior
\.critical thinking - ANSWERS✔-thinking that does not blindly accept arguments
and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values,
evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.
\.curiosity - ANSWERS✔-enthusiasm/ willingness to question/ explore
\.skepticism - ANSWERS✔-the idea that nothing can ever be known for certain
\.humility - ANSWERS✔-have to accept we could be wrong
\.Wundt and Titchener - ANSWERS✔-founders of psychology
,\.1879 - ANSWERS✔-establishment of 1st psychological lab in Germany
\.Wundt - ANSWERS✔-Structuralism
\.Structuralism - ANSWERS✔-tried to explain the structure of thought
\.Titchener - ANSWERS✔-Introspection
\.Introspection - ANSWERS✔-A method of self-observation in which participants
report their thoughts and feelings
\.Criticisms of Structualism - ANSWERS✔-too subjective, too concerned with
internal behavior
\.functionalism - ANSWERS✔-focused on how mental activities helped an
organism adapt to its environment
\.Psychoanalytic (freudian) psychology - ANSWERS✔-the study of the effects of
subconscious feelings and early childhood experiences on behavior
-emphasis on sexual and violent impulses
\.Gestalt Psychology - ANSWERS✔-the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
, \.Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohler - ANSWERS✔-founders of Gestalt
psychology and introduced it to the US
\.Behaviorism - ANSWERS✔-approach of observing and controlling behavior
\.Maslow and Rogers - ANSWERS✔-humanistic psychology
\.humanistic psychology - ANSWERS✔-focused on individual potential, growth,
and need for love and acceptance
-humans are basically good and will grow if given the chance
\.Cognitive revolution - ANSWERS✔-A shift in psychology, beginning in the 1950s,
from the behaviorist approach to an approach in which the main thrust was to
explain behavior in terms of the mind. One of the outcomes of the cognitive
revolution was the introduction of the information-processing approach to
studying the mind.
\.Cognitive Psychology - ANSWERS✔-The study of how people think, learn, and
remember.
-similar to structuralism
\.cognitive neuroscience - ANSWERS✔-study of brain activity linked with cognition
\.culture - ANSWERS✔-Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of
people.
