GA Psychology Jurisprudence Exam (Latest 2024/
2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers|
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Normal Distribution - ANSWERa bell-shaped curve, describing the spread of a
characteristic throughout a population
Mean - ANSWERAverage
Median - ANSWERMiddle
Mode - ANSWERMost
Standard Deviation - ANSWERA measure of how spread out the numbers are
Regression to the Mean - ANSWERExtreme values tend to return to the average over
time
Statistical Significance - ANSWERHow likely it is that an obtained result occurred by
chance
Sample Size - ANSWERThe number of subjects used in an experiment or study.
Generally, the larger the better.
Random Sampling - ANSWERA method of poll selection that gives each person in a
group the same chance of being selected
Psychology - ANSWERScientific study of behavior and mental processes
Biopsychosocial - ANSWERAn integrated approach that incorporates biological,
psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
Dualism (Descartes)
Mind-Body Problem - ANSWERMind and body are separate
Materialism (Hobbes) - ANSWERThe view that all mental phenomena are reducible
to physical phenomena
Nagel - ANSWERAn organism has consciousness if it is like itself (bats)
Idealism - ANSWERReal world is just manifestation of mental state
Psychoanalysis - ANSWERFreud - How unconscious processes affect behavior
, Structuralism - ANSWERWundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the
structure of the human mind; Senses
Functionalism - ANSWERWilliam James - Principles of Psychology - The purpose of
the functions of mind
Empirical Approach - ANSWEREvidence and observation based
Curiosity - ANSWERDesire to learn or know
Skepticism - ANSWERAn attitude of doubt
Humility - ANSWERThe ability to question own beliefs
Philosophical Empiricism - ANSWERThe view that all knowledge is acquired through
experience
Philosophical Nativism - ANSWERThe view that some knowledge is innate rather
than acquired
Freud - ANSWERPsychoanalysis, unconscious mind and childhood experiences affect
behavior
Behaviorism - ANSWERPavlov and Watson - The approach to psychology that
restricts scientific inquiry to observable behavior
Pavlov and Watson - Classical Conditioning - ANSWERStimulus-response
Skinner - Operant Conditioning - ANSWERPositive reinforcement
Chomsky - ANSWERNot learning by reinforcement (nativism)
Late 1800s
Early 1900s
Late 1900s
Early 2000s - ANSWERTowards a science of mind
Psychoanalysis -> Behaviorism -> Resistance
The cognitive revolution
Imaging and neuroscience
Humanistic Psychology - ANSWERHuman growth potential (Maslow's need pyramid)
Cognitive Revolution - ANSWERLate 1900s - Shift to focus on cognition
Cognitive psychology - ANSWERThe scientific study of all the mental activities
associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers|
100% Correct| Grade A
Normal Distribution - ANSWERa bell-shaped curve, describing the spread of a
characteristic throughout a population
Mean - ANSWERAverage
Median - ANSWERMiddle
Mode - ANSWERMost
Standard Deviation - ANSWERA measure of how spread out the numbers are
Regression to the Mean - ANSWERExtreme values tend to return to the average over
time
Statistical Significance - ANSWERHow likely it is that an obtained result occurred by
chance
Sample Size - ANSWERThe number of subjects used in an experiment or study.
Generally, the larger the better.
Random Sampling - ANSWERA method of poll selection that gives each person in a
group the same chance of being selected
Psychology - ANSWERScientific study of behavior and mental processes
Biopsychosocial - ANSWERAn integrated approach that incorporates biological,
psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
Dualism (Descartes)
Mind-Body Problem - ANSWERMind and body are separate
Materialism (Hobbes) - ANSWERThe view that all mental phenomena are reducible
to physical phenomena
Nagel - ANSWERAn organism has consciousness if it is like itself (bats)
Idealism - ANSWERReal world is just manifestation of mental state
Psychoanalysis - ANSWERFreud - How unconscious processes affect behavior
, Structuralism - ANSWERWundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the
structure of the human mind; Senses
Functionalism - ANSWERWilliam James - Principles of Psychology - The purpose of
the functions of mind
Empirical Approach - ANSWEREvidence and observation based
Curiosity - ANSWERDesire to learn or know
Skepticism - ANSWERAn attitude of doubt
Humility - ANSWERThe ability to question own beliefs
Philosophical Empiricism - ANSWERThe view that all knowledge is acquired through
experience
Philosophical Nativism - ANSWERThe view that some knowledge is innate rather
than acquired
Freud - ANSWERPsychoanalysis, unconscious mind and childhood experiences affect
behavior
Behaviorism - ANSWERPavlov and Watson - The approach to psychology that
restricts scientific inquiry to observable behavior
Pavlov and Watson - Classical Conditioning - ANSWERStimulus-response
Skinner - Operant Conditioning - ANSWERPositive reinforcement
Chomsky - ANSWERNot learning by reinforcement (nativism)
Late 1800s
Early 1900s
Late 1900s
Early 2000s - ANSWERTowards a science of mind
Psychoanalysis -> Behaviorism -> Resistance
The cognitive revolution
Imaging and neuroscience
Humanistic Psychology - ANSWERHuman growth potential (Maslow's need pyramid)
Cognitive Revolution - ANSWERLate 1900s - Shift to focus on cognition
Cognitive psychology - ANSWERThe scientific study of all the mental activities
associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
