AP PSYCHOLOGY TEST 1
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
structuralism - Correct Answers -used introspection to explore the structural elements of
the human mind
functionalism - Correct Answers -focused on how our mental and behavioral processes
function- how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish
behaviorism - Correct Answers -view that psychology should be an objective science/
studies behavior without reference to mental processes
humanistic psychology - Correct Answers -emphasis on the growth potential of healthy
people, and the individual's potential for personal growth
hindsight bias - Correct Answers -tendency to believe that finding that something has
happened makes it seem inevitable
"I-knew-it-all-along" phenomenon
case study - Correct Answers -observation technique in which one person is studied in
depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
survey - Correct Answers -looks at many cases in less depth
biopsychosocial approach - Correct Answers -considers the influences of biological,
psychological, and social-cultural factors
biological perspective - Correct Answers -how genes combine with environment to
influence individual differences
evolutionary perspective - Correct Answers -how the natural selection of traits promoted
the survival of genes
psychodynamic perspective - Correct Answers -how behavior springs from unconscious
drives and conflicts
behavioral perspective - Correct Answers -how we learn observable responses
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
structuralism - Correct Answers -used introspection to explore the structural elements of
the human mind
functionalism - Correct Answers -focused on how our mental and behavioral processes
function- how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish
behaviorism - Correct Answers -view that psychology should be an objective science/
studies behavior without reference to mental processes
humanistic psychology - Correct Answers -emphasis on the growth potential of healthy
people, and the individual's potential for personal growth
hindsight bias - Correct Answers -tendency to believe that finding that something has
happened makes it seem inevitable
"I-knew-it-all-along" phenomenon
case study - Correct Answers -observation technique in which one person is studied in
depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
survey - Correct Answers -looks at many cases in less depth
biopsychosocial approach - Correct Answers -considers the influences of biological,
psychological, and social-cultural factors
biological perspective - Correct Answers -how genes combine with environment to
influence individual differences
evolutionary perspective - Correct Answers -how the natural selection of traits promoted
the survival of genes
psychodynamic perspective - Correct Answers -how behavior springs from unconscious
drives and conflicts
behavioral perspective - Correct Answers -how we learn observable responses
