NUR166 CONCEPTS OF FAMILY CENTERED
NURSING EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Nativism. Answer: Everything we know is inherited through out
genes
◉ Empiricism. Answer: Everything we know we know from our
experiences
◉ Structuralism. Answer: Wilhelm Wundt( father of psychology),
Introspections, limitations: subjective, not verifiable, people differ
◉ Functionalism (William James). Answer: Anatomy and physiology,
studied how mental activities help an organism fit into its
environment, Limitation's: uses introspection.
◉ Psychoanalytic theory (Frued). Answer: Studied
conscious/unconscious mind through drea analysis, slips of the
tongue
, ◉ Gestalt Psychology (Max Wertheimer). Answer: a psychological
approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather
than the sum of the parts
◉ Behaviroism (Watson). Answer: focus on observing and
controlling behavior
◉ Cognitive psychology (miller). Answer: The study of how people
think, learn, and remember.
◉ Humanism (Maslow). Answer: Hierarchy of needs, such as
physiological, safety, love/belonging/ esteem, and self actualization
◉ Psychology is the scientific study of BLANK and BLANK processes.
Answer: Behavior and mental
◉ Compare and contrast nativism and empiricism? Are we who we
are because of our genes or our environment?. Answer: -nativism-
we are who we are because of our nature
-Empiricism- we are who be are because of are nurture
(environmental factors).
◉ basic research. Answer: Aim to increase the scientific knowledge
base
NURSING EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Nativism. Answer: Everything we know is inherited through out
genes
◉ Empiricism. Answer: Everything we know we know from our
experiences
◉ Structuralism. Answer: Wilhelm Wundt( father of psychology),
Introspections, limitations: subjective, not verifiable, people differ
◉ Functionalism (William James). Answer: Anatomy and physiology,
studied how mental activities help an organism fit into its
environment, Limitation's: uses introspection.
◉ Psychoanalytic theory (Frued). Answer: Studied
conscious/unconscious mind through drea analysis, slips of the
tongue
, ◉ Gestalt Psychology (Max Wertheimer). Answer: a psychological
approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather
than the sum of the parts
◉ Behaviroism (Watson). Answer: focus on observing and
controlling behavior
◉ Cognitive psychology (miller). Answer: The study of how people
think, learn, and remember.
◉ Humanism (Maslow). Answer: Hierarchy of needs, such as
physiological, safety, love/belonging/ esteem, and self actualization
◉ Psychology is the scientific study of BLANK and BLANK processes.
Answer: Behavior and mental
◉ Compare and contrast nativism and empiricism? Are we who we
are because of our genes or our environment?. Answer: -nativism-
we are who we are because of our nature
-Empiricism- we are who be are because of are nurture
(environmental factors).
◉ basic research. Answer: Aim to increase the scientific knowledge
base
