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Psychology 200 NOVA EXAM 1 Study
Guide ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE (A+
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VERSION 2025! !!
Psychology
Ans: the scientific study of mind and behavior
Mind
Ans: The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts ,
memories, and feelings.
Behavior
Ans: Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman
animals.
3 Key Questions in Psychology
Ans: How do we perceive the electrical and chemical activity in
our brains as things like thoughts, feelings, a nd behavior?
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How do our minds respond to, and learn from, the world around
us so quickly, and in ways that ensure our survival?
What leads the mind to function so ineffectively in some
people, such as in those who experience hallucinations,
dramatic mood swings, or intense urges to end their own lives?
Nativism
Ans: The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge
are innate or inborn.
Does Nativism reflect "Nature" or "Nurture"?
Ans: Nuture
How did work with brain damaged patients help establish a mind- body
connection?
Ans: When Paul Broca worked with a patient who had suffered
damage to a small part of the left side of the brain the patient
was virtually unable to speak yet was able to understand
everything that was said and could communicate using
gestures. Broca had the crucial insight that damage to a specific
part of the brain impaired a specific mental function, clearly
demonstrating that the mind and body are linked.
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Who is credited as being the founder of psychology including teaching
its first course and opening its first lab in 1879?
Ans: Wilhelm Wundt
consciousness
Ans: A person's subjective experience of the world and the
mind.
How did Wundt study consciousness using stimuli and reaction time?
Ans: He would train his human participants to respond after he
applied pressure. He would then use the time of the stimul us to
the time reacted as his basis for how long nerve impulses took
to reach the brain and respond.
Structuralism
Ans: The analysis of the basic elements that constitute the
mind.
Introspection
Ans: The subjective observation of one's own experience.
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What is the problem with using introspection as a research method?
Ans: People see things differently due to their own
experiences so using this method for research would pose a
problem since there would be no consistency.
Functionalism
Ans: The study of how mental processes enable people to
adapt to their environments.
William James ideas on how consciousness should be studied?
Ans: He thought of consciousness like a flowing stream and to
understand it, you needed to understand it in its entirety.
Wundt's ideas on how consciousness should be studied?
Ans: He thought consciousness could be broken down into
separate elements.
Charles Darwin's Theory (Natural Selection)
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Psychology 200 NOVA EXAM 1 Study
Guide ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE (A+
GRADED 100% VERIFIED) LATEST
VERSION 2025! !!
Psychology
Ans: the scientific study of mind and behavior
Mind
Ans: The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts ,
memories, and feelings.
Behavior
Ans: Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman
animals.
3 Key Questions in Psychology
Ans: How do we perceive the electrical and chemical activity in
our brains as things like thoughts, feelings, a nd behavior?
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How do our minds respond to, and learn from, the world around
us so quickly, and in ways that ensure our survival?
What leads the mind to function so ineffectively in some
people, such as in those who experience hallucinations,
dramatic mood swings, or intense urges to end their own lives?
Nativism
Ans: The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge
are innate or inborn.
Does Nativism reflect "Nature" or "Nurture"?
Ans: Nuture
How did work with brain damaged patients help establish a mind- body
connection?
Ans: When Paul Broca worked with a patient who had suffered
damage to a small part of the left side of the brain the patient
was virtually unable to speak yet was able to understand
everything that was said and could communicate using
gestures. Broca had the crucial insight that damage to a specific
part of the brain impaired a specific mental function, clearly
demonstrating that the mind and body are linked.
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Who is credited as being the founder of psychology including teaching
its first course and opening its first lab in 1879?
Ans: Wilhelm Wundt
consciousness
Ans: A person's subjective experience of the world and the
mind.
How did Wundt study consciousness using stimuli and reaction time?
Ans: He would train his human participants to respond after he
applied pressure. He would then use the time of the stimul us to
the time reacted as his basis for how long nerve impulses took
to reach the brain and respond.
Structuralism
Ans: The analysis of the basic elements that constitute the
mind.
Introspection
Ans: The subjective observation of one's own experience.
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What is the problem with using introspection as a research method?
Ans: People see things differently due to their own
experiences so using this method for research would pose a
problem since there would be no consistency.
Functionalism
Ans: The study of how mental processes enable people to
adapt to their environments.
William James ideas on how consciousness should be studied?
Ans: He thought of consciousness like a flowing stream and to
understand it, you needed to understand it in its entirety.
Wundt's ideas on how consciousness should be studied?
Ans: He thought consciousness could be broken down into
separate elements.
Charles Darwin's Theory (Natural Selection)
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