age 1 of 40
MAJOR FIELD TEST POLITICAL SCIENCE STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT SOLUTIONS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS <RECENT VERSION>
Introspection ......ANSWER........Focusing on inner sensations,
images and feelings.
Wundt used this approach as did James with the stream of
consciousness.
Behaviorists ......ANSWER........John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner
dismissed introspection and redefined psychology as the
scientific study of observable behavior.
Humanistic Psychology ......ANSWER........Rebelled against both
Behaviorism and Freudian psychology. Pioneers Carl Rogers and
,age 2 of 40
Maslow emphasized the importance of current environmental
influences on our growth potential.
Psychology ......ANSWER........Science of behavior and mental
processes.
Nature-nurture issue ......ANSWER........The controversy over the
relative contributions of biology and experience to the
development of our traits and behaviors.
Biopsychosocial approach ......ANSWER........Considers the
influences of biological, psychological, and social-cultural
factors.
Applied research ......ANSWER........practical research- industrial
organizational psychologists
,age 3 of 40
Hindsight bias ......ANSWER........The tendency to believe after
learning an outcome, that we would have foreseen it. The I knew
it all along phenomenon)
Overconfidence ......ANSWER........Humans tend to think they
know more than they do.
Theory ......ANSWER........An explanation using an integrated set
of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors
or events
Hypothesis ......ANSWER........Testable prediction
Case study ......ANSWER........Examines one individual in depth in
hope of revealing things true of us all
, age 4 of 40
Naturalistic observation ......ANSWER........Observing and
recording behavior in a naturally occurring situation without
trying to manipulate or control the situation
Correlation ......ANSWER........the extent to which two factors vary
together. Positive/negative ranges from -1 to 1. Correlation
does not imply causation.
Experiment ......ANSWER........Enable to the researcher to focus on
the possible effects of one or more factors by 1) manipulating
the factors of interest and 2) holding constant other factors
Experimental group ......ANSWER........receives a treatment
Control group ......ANSWER........receives a pseudotreatment
MAJOR FIELD TEST POLITICAL SCIENCE STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT SOLUTIONS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS <RECENT VERSION>
Introspection ......ANSWER........Focusing on inner sensations,
images and feelings.
Wundt used this approach as did James with the stream of
consciousness.
Behaviorists ......ANSWER........John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner
dismissed introspection and redefined psychology as the
scientific study of observable behavior.
Humanistic Psychology ......ANSWER........Rebelled against both
Behaviorism and Freudian psychology. Pioneers Carl Rogers and
,age 2 of 40
Maslow emphasized the importance of current environmental
influences on our growth potential.
Psychology ......ANSWER........Science of behavior and mental
processes.
Nature-nurture issue ......ANSWER........The controversy over the
relative contributions of biology and experience to the
development of our traits and behaviors.
Biopsychosocial approach ......ANSWER........Considers the
influences of biological, psychological, and social-cultural
factors.
Applied research ......ANSWER........practical research- industrial
organizational psychologists
,age 3 of 40
Hindsight bias ......ANSWER........The tendency to believe after
learning an outcome, that we would have foreseen it. The I knew
it all along phenomenon)
Overconfidence ......ANSWER........Humans tend to think they
know more than they do.
Theory ......ANSWER........An explanation using an integrated set
of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors
or events
Hypothesis ......ANSWER........Testable prediction
Case study ......ANSWER........Examines one individual in depth in
hope of revealing things true of us all
, age 4 of 40
Naturalistic observation ......ANSWER........Observing and
recording behavior in a naturally occurring situation without
trying to manipulate or control the situation
Correlation ......ANSWER........the extent to which two factors vary
together. Positive/negative ranges from -1 to 1. Correlation
does not imply causation.
Experiment ......ANSWER........Enable to the researcher to focus on
the possible effects of one or more factors by 1) manipulating
the factors of interest and 2) holding constant other factors
Experimental group ......ANSWER........receives a treatment
Control group ......ANSWER........receives a pseudotreatment
