UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
PSYCHOLOGY 1010 EXAM 1 2026
THEORY SCRIPT SOLVED
QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS A+
◉ James' functionalism.
Answer: •brain works to adapt the person to the environment
•Put brain in a situation to see how it works, adapting to world
•Continuous flow of consciousness
◉ Freud's influence: the unconscious.
Answer: •Influenced by Darwin
•Can study humans like any other animal
•If you have a bad experience it can't just disappear, thoughts and
experiences stored in our head
• Energy conservation
•Behavior and our experiences are driven not just by environment but by
things we aren't even aware are affecting us
•If cant see it then how is it true
◉ Behaviorism.
Answer: •Psychology should only study observabal behavior
•Can measure behavior and observe, can see what causes those
behaviors
,◉ Methodological behaviorism.
Answer: •We can't t observe mental processes
•Should simply describe the relationship between stimuli and responses
◉ Reactions to Freud.
Answer: •There wasn't concrete proof that you could see, people were
skeptical
•Anyone can say something to explain an experience
◉ The cognitive revolution.
Answer: •psychology can study hidden mental processes such as
memory, attention, stereotypes, beliefs, etc
•mind may work like a computer (hidden processes)
•maybe we have representations and should study those
◉ Falsifiability.
Answer: scientific theories must be testable
If a theory doesnt make predictions, it isn't good science
If something can be proven wrong it is good science
♣You know its wrong, start over, make progress
◉ what scientific theories should do.
Answer: make predictions
, be as explicit as possible
be deterministic
be public
be communal
◉ variables.
Answer: something that is changing in experiment that might affect the
outcome
◉ dependence.
Answer: one variable affects the other
◉ independence.
Answer: there is no relationship between variables
◉ dependent variable.
Answer: -What is measured in the experiement
-Looking for relationship between independent and dependent variable
◉ independent variable.
Answer: -Factor of interest to experimenter
-Often controlled by experimenter, at least measured
PSYCHOLOGY 1010 EXAM 1 2026
THEORY SCRIPT SOLVED
QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS A+
◉ James' functionalism.
Answer: •brain works to adapt the person to the environment
•Put brain in a situation to see how it works, adapting to world
•Continuous flow of consciousness
◉ Freud's influence: the unconscious.
Answer: •Influenced by Darwin
•Can study humans like any other animal
•If you have a bad experience it can't just disappear, thoughts and
experiences stored in our head
• Energy conservation
•Behavior and our experiences are driven not just by environment but by
things we aren't even aware are affecting us
•If cant see it then how is it true
◉ Behaviorism.
Answer: •Psychology should only study observabal behavior
•Can measure behavior and observe, can see what causes those
behaviors
,◉ Methodological behaviorism.
Answer: •We can't t observe mental processes
•Should simply describe the relationship between stimuli and responses
◉ Reactions to Freud.
Answer: •There wasn't concrete proof that you could see, people were
skeptical
•Anyone can say something to explain an experience
◉ The cognitive revolution.
Answer: •psychology can study hidden mental processes such as
memory, attention, stereotypes, beliefs, etc
•mind may work like a computer (hidden processes)
•maybe we have representations and should study those
◉ Falsifiability.
Answer: scientific theories must be testable
If a theory doesnt make predictions, it isn't good science
If something can be proven wrong it is good science
♣You know its wrong, start over, make progress
◉ what scientific theories should do.
Answer: make predictions
, be as explicit as possible
be deterministic
be public
be communal
◉ variables.
Answer: something that is changing in experiment that might affect the
outcome
◉ dependence.
Answer: one variable affects the other
◉ independence.
Answer: there is no relationship between variables
◉ dependent variable.
Answer: -What is measured in the experiement
-Looking for relationship between independent and dependent variable
◉ independent variable.
Answer: -Factor of interest to experimenter
-Often controlled by experimenter, at least measured
