PSYC 4310 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
INTRODUCTION - Correct answers✔✔
Name 3 areas that have at one time or another historically defined psychology - Correct
answers✔✔1. mind
2.spirit
3.counciousness
4.behavior
What is the major goal of science: - Correct answers✔✔To discover the cause of natural
phenomena.
Why is writing a history of Psychology difficult
(3 areas) - Correct answers✔✔1. where to start?
2. what do you include?
3. Choice of approach
List 3 components of the traditional view of science - Correct answers✔✔1. empirical
observations
2. theory formulation, testing & revision
3. search and lawful relationships
4.assumption of determinism
5. prediction and control of outcome
,what are the 2 ways Popper disagree with the traditionla approach of science - Correct
answers✔✔1. science starts with recognition of a problem which determines what observations
to make.
2. propose solutions and find fault with solutions.
According to Kuhn, a ----- determines what constitutes a research problem and how a solution to
that problem is sough. - Correct answers✔✔Paradigm
Psychoanalysis - Correct answers✔✔
Name 1 person and what component of his theory that served as an antecedent to Freud's
Psychoanalysis - Correct answers✔✔Fechner -
described the mind as an iceberg, most of it is submerged and unconcius.
Freud's and Breuer's book, "studies on Hysteria" marked the beginning of the school of - Correct
answers✔✔Psychoanalysis
They concluded that Hysteria is caused by - Correct answers✔✔suppressed trauma manifesting
as physical symptoms
What 2 primary methods did Freud use to tap the unconscious - Correct answers✔✔1. dream
analysis
2. psychoanalysis
Who was the client Breuer and Freud worked with by using hipnosis to tap into the unconcious: -
Correct answers✔✔Anna O.
, In Freud's dream analysis, what is:
a. manifest content: - Correct answers✔✔actual images in the dream
In Freud's dream analysis, what is:
b. Latent Content: - Correct answers✔✔what those images mean
be able to list 2 examples of Psychopathology in everyday life. - Correct answers✔✔1.slips of
the tongue
2. use of humor
the purpose of defense mechanism is to reduce--- - Correct answers✔✔anxiety
name 1 contribution and 1 criticism of Psychoanalysis - Correct answers✔✔Contribution:
1. expansion of Psychology's domain
Criticism:
1. overemphasis on sex
Anna Freud's -----described the child's gradual transition from dependence on external controls
to mastery of internal and external reality. - Correct answers✔✔Developmental Lines
Jung's --- is the deepest and most powerful componest of the personality, reflecting the
cumulative experiences of humans throughout their entire evolutionary past - Correct
answers✔✔Collective Counciousness
CORRECT ANSWERS
INTRODUCTION - Correct answers✔✔
Name 3 areas that have at one time or another historically defined psychology - Correct
answers✔✔1. mind
2.spirit
3.counciousness
4.behavior
What is the major goal of science: - Correct answers✔✔To discover the cause of natural
phenomena.
Why is writing a history of Psychology difficult
(3 areas) - Correct answers✔✔1. where to start?
2. what do you include?
3. Choice of approach
List 3 components of the traditional view of science - Correct answers✔✔1. empirical
observations
2. theory formulation, testing & revision
3. search and lawful relationships
4.assumption of determinism
5. prediction and control of outcome
,what are the 2 ways Popper disagree with the traditionla approach of science - Correct
answers✔✔1. science starts with recognition of a problem which determines what observations
to make.
2. propose solutions and find fault with solutions.
According to Kuhn, a ----- determines what constitutes a research problem and how a solution to
that problem is sough. - Correct answers✔✔Paradigm
Psychoanalysis - Correct answers✔✔
Name 1 person and what component of his theory that served as an antecedent to Freud's
Psychoanalysis - Correct answers✔✔Fechner -
described the mind as an iceberg, most of it is submerged and unconcius.
Freud's and Breuer's book, "studies on Hysteria" marked the beginning of the school of - Correct
answers✔✔Psychoanalysis
They concluded that Hysteria is caused by - Correct answers✔✔suppressed trauma manifesting
as physical symptoms
What 2 primary methods did Freud use to tap the unconscious - Correct answers✔✔1. dream
analysis
2. psychoanalysis
Who was the client Breuer and Freud worked with by using hipnosis to tap into the unconcious: -
Correct answers✔✔Anna O.
, In Freud's dream analysis, what is:
a. manifest content: - Correct answers✔✔actual images in the dream
In Freud's dream analysis, what is:
b. Latent Content: - Correct answers✔✔what those images mean
be able to list 2 examples of Psychopathology in everyday life. - Correct answers✔✔1.slips of
the tongue
2. use of humor
the purpose of defense mechanism is to reduce--- - Correct answers✔✔anxiety
name 1 contribution and 1 criticism of Psychoanalysis - Correct answers✔✔Contribution:
1. expansion of Psychology's domain
Criticism:
1. overemphasis on sex
Anna Freud's -----described the child's gradual transition from dependence on external controls
to mastery of internal and external reality. - Correct answers✔✔Developmental Lines
Jung's --- is the deepest and most powerful componest of the personality, reflecting the
cumulative experiences of humans throughout their entire evolutionary past - Correct
answers✔✔Collective Counciousness
