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S+PRING 2018 EXAM 1 KEIKO BRYNILDSEN RUTGER ACTUAL
EXAM NEWEST VERSION -2025/2026- WITH 100+ QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% SUCCESS)
What is Introspection
Ask people to report what their individual thoughts were, when a given a stimulus
Structuralism
the analysis of mental structures, what is the mind, what are the parts of the
mind. WHAT (E.B. Titchener)
Functionalism
the study of how the mind works, why do we have a mind, how does it help us to
have thoughts and emotions and how that helps us survive. WHY (William James)
Evolutionary Perspective
-Natural selection of traits
-ancestry could explain stuff
Behavior Genetics Perspective
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-Contribution of genes and environment to behavior
Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Perspective
-unconscious dynamics within the individual, we have some unconscious process
in our mind, nothing happens at random, some underlying motive made us to do
something
Behavioral Perspective
-Learning via reinforcements and punishments
Cognitive Perspective
-How people reason, remember, interpret
Sociocultural Perspective
-How social and cultural forces shape individuals' behavior
Who made First Psychological Laboratory 1879
Wilhelm Wundt
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Hindsight Bias
Thinking you know the truth after an event happens, you think you could've
predicted it, but in reality you need research
Scientific Method
Test ideas with use of data/evidence
Scientific Method Steps
1. Form question
2. Hypothesis (testable)
3. Design study (with operational definition)
4. Perform the study
5. Interpret the data
6. Communicate the findings
Case Study
In depth analysis of one or more subject, think of how in 13 the detectives hired a
special psychologist to analyze Ivy. Hard to generalize results from a this.
S+PRING 2018 EXAM 1 KEIKO BRYNILDSEN RUTGER ACTUAL
EXAM NEWEST VERSION -2025/2026- WITH 100+ QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% SUCCESS)
What is Introspection
Ask people to report what their individual thoughts were, when a given a stimulus
Structuralism
the analysis of mental structures, what is the mind, what are the parts of the
mind. WHAT (E.B. Titchener)
Functionalism
the study of how the mind works, why do we have a mind, how does it help us to
have thoughts and emotions and how that helps us survive. WHY (William James)
Evolutionary Perspective
-Natural selection of traits
-ancestry could explain stuff
Behavior Genetics Perspective
, 2
-Contribution of genes and environment to behavior
Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Perspective
-unconscious dynamics within the individual, we have some unconscious process
in our mind, nothing happens at random, some underlying motive made us to do
something
Behavioral Perspective
-Learning via reinforcements and punishments
Cognitive Perspective
-How people reason, remember, interpret
Sociocultural Perspective
-How social and cultural forces shape individuals' behavior
Who made First Psychological Laboratory 1879
Wilhelm Wundt
, 3
Hindsight Bias
Thinking you know the truth after an event happens, you think you could've
predicted it, but in reality you need research
Scientific Method
Test ideas with use of data/evidence
Scientific Method Steps
1. Form question
2. Hypothesis (testable)
3. Design study (with operational definition)
4. Perform the study
5. Interpret the data
6. Communicate the findings
Case Study
In depth analysis of one or more subject, think of how in 13 the detectives hired a
special psychologist to analyze Ivy. Hard to generalize results from a this.
