LSU PSYC 2000 FINAL KNAPP
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ What is Critical Thinking? and What are the 3 main characteristics?.
Answer: Applying a set of skills to information for a greater understanding
of that Information1. Curiosity2. Skepticism3. Humility
◍ What is structuralism?.
Answer: 'Atoms of the mind' - How we consciously Experience the world
around us
◍ Who are the important researchers of structuralism?.
Answer: Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Tichener
◍ Wundt.
Answer: -father of modern psychology -developed the technique of object
introspection-believed consequences could be broken into thought,
experiences, emotions, and other basic elements
◍ Titchener.
Answer: -brought psychology in the form of structuralism to America
◍ When was the first psychological lab Established?.
Answer: 1879
◍ James.
Answer: -functionalism-"Principles of Psychology"-"stream of
consciousness"
◍ Introspection.
, Answer: A method of self-observation in which participants report their
thoughts and feelings based on a stimulusEx: A participant is handed an
apple and asked what comes to mind. Red, round, light weight, etc.
◍ Watson.
Answer: -disagreed with structuralism-associated with behaviorism-believed
behavior is a result from a stimulus
◍ psychologists.
Answer: -academic degrees and can do counseling, teaching, research, and
may specialize in any large area of psychology
◍ What are the criticisms of Structuralism?.
Answer: 1. Very subjective- Lacks reliability2. Too concerned with internal
behavior- Participants may lie to give a desired answer
◍ What is Functionalism?.
Answer: Focuses on how mental activities help an organism in its
environment. - Mental activities require an adaptive valueEx: why do we
love our babies?
◍ psychiatrists.
Answer: -medical doctors who provide diagnosis and therapy for a person
with a mental disorder
◍ are all psychologists therapists?.
Answer: No
◍ do all therapists have doctoral degrees?.
Answer: No
◍ What is Psychoanalytic (freudian) Psychology?.
Answer: Focuses on the role a persons unconscious and early childhood
experiences
◍ Who is a main researcher of Psychoanalytic (freudian) Psychology?.
Answer: Sigmund Freud
◍ What is Gestalt Psychology?.
, Answer: Assumes a sensory experience can be broken down into individual
parts. Focuses on how these parts relate to the whole (whole being and
individuals perception)
◍ what does it mean to say something is "correlated" with something else?.
Answer: -statistical technique that allows researchers to discover and predict
relationships between variables of interest-positive correlations exist when
increases in one variable are matched by increases in the other
variable-cannot be used to prove cause & effect relationships
◍ what special kind of conclusion can we make based on an experiment that
we can't make with other types of research designs?.
Answer: -experiments are tightly controlled manipulations of variables that
allows researchers to determine cause & effect relationships-this proves
causation bc you can control one of the groups and use the other group as
comparison
◍ Who are the main researchers of Gestalt Psychology?.
Answer: Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohler
◍ What is Behaviorism?.
Answer: Study of observable behavior- Study without reference to mental
processes
◍ Who are the important researchers of Behaviorism?.
Answer: Ivan Pavlov, John B. Watson, and B.F. Skinner
◍ dependent variable.
Answer: measured behavior or the response of participants
◍ What is Humanistic Psychology?.
Answer: Emphasizes the potential GOOD that is INNATE to all humans.
◍ independent variable.
Answer: the variable that is deliberately manipulated by the experimenter to
see if related changes occur in the behavior or the responses of the
participants and is given to the experimental group
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ What is Critical Thinking? and What are the 3 main characteristics?.
Answer: Applying a set of skills to information for a greater understanding
of that Information1. Curiosity2. Skepticism3. Humility
◍ What is structuralism?.
Answer: 'Atoms of the mind' - How we consciously Experience the world
around us
◍ Who are the important researchers of structuralism?.
Answer: Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Tichener
◍ Wundt.
Answer: -father of modern psychology -developed the technique of object
introspection-believed consequences could be broken into thought,
experiences, emotions, and other basic elements
◍ Titchener.
Answer: -brought psychology in the form of structuralism to America
◍ When was the first psychological lab Established?.
Answer: 1879
◍ James.
Answer: -functionalism-"Principles of Psychology"-"stream of
consciousness"
◍ Introspection.
, Answer: A method of self-observation in which participants report their
thoughts and feelings based on a stimulusEx: A participant is handed an
apple and asked what comes to mind. Red, round, light weight, etc.
◍ Watson.
Answer: -disagreed with structuralism-associated with behaviorism-believed
behavior is a result from a stimulus
◍ psychologists.
Answer: -academic degrees and can do counseling, teaching, research, and
may specialize in any large area of psychology
◍ What are the criticisms of Structuralism?.
Answer: 1. Very subjective- Lacks reliability2. Too concerned with internal
behavior- Participants may lie to give a desired answer
◍ What is Functionalism?.
Answer: Focuses on how mental activities help an organism in its
environment. - Mental activities require an adaptive valueEx: why do we
love our babies?
◍ psychiatrists.
Answer: -medical doctors who provide diagnosis and therapy for a person
with a mental disorder
◍ are all psychologists therapists?.
Answer: No
◍ do all therapists have doctoral degrees?.
Answer: No
◍ What is Psychoanalytic (freudian) Psychology?.
Answer: Focuses on the role a persons unconscious and early childhood
experiences
◍ Who is a main researcher of Psychoanalytic (freudian) Psychology?.
Answer: Sigmund Freud
◍ What is Gestalt Psychology?.
, Answer: Assumes a sensory experience can be broken down into individual
parts. Focuses on how these parts relate to the whole (whole being and
individuals perception)
◍ what does it mean to say something is "correlated" with something else?.
Answer: -statistical technique that allows researchers to discover and predict
relationships between variables of interest-positive correlations exist when
increases in one variable are matched by increases in the other
variable-cannot be used to prove cause & effect relationships
◍ what special kind of conclusion can we make based on an experiment that
we can't make with other types of research designs?.
Answer: -experiments are tightly controlled manipulations of variables that
allows researchers to determine cause & effect relationships-this proves
causation bc you can control one of the groups and use the other group as
comparison
◍ Who are the main researchers of Gestalt Psychology?.
Answer: Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohler
◍ What is Behaviorism?.
Answer: Study of observable behavior- Study without reference to mental
processes
◍ Who are the important researchers of Behaviorism?.
Answer: Ivan Pavlov, John B. Watson, and B.F. Skinner
◍ dependent variable.
Answer: measured behavior or the response of participants
◍ What is Humanistic Psychology?.
Answer: Emphasizes the potential GOOD that is INNATE to all humans.
◍ independent variable.
Answer: the variable that is deliberately manipulated by the experimenter to
see if related changes occur in the behavior or the responses of the
participants and is given to the experimental group
