LSU PSYC 2000 EXAM 1 EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Functionalism.
Answer: Created by William James; Focuses on how the mind allows
people to function in every day life.
●● Humanism.
Answer: Focuses on the whole person. Looks at human behavior through
the perspective of the observer and the subject
●● Behaviorism.
Answer: Science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only
●● William Wundt.
Answer: First person to apply scientific principles to the study of the
human mind, in 1879. Believed that consciousness could be broken
down into thoughts, experiences, emotions, and other basic elements.
His process was called objective introspection.
●● Edward Titchener.
Answer: Student of Wundt. Known for Structuralism.
, ●● William James.
Answer: First professor to teach psychology in at Harvard. Known for
Functionalism.
●● Mary Whiton Calkins.
Answer: Student of William James; Completed all the courses at
Harvard University but was denied a PHD because she was a woman.
●● Francis Cecil Summer.
Answer: First African American to earn a PHD in psychology from
Clark University in 1920.
●● Causation.
Answer: One variable's effect on another variable (s)
●● True Experiment.
Answer: Used to establish cause and effect through the use of control
groups and experimental groups.
●● Quasi-Experiment.
Answer: Used when random assignment cannot be used, such as with
smokers, when the variable is specific to a certain group.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Functionalism.
Answer: Created by William James; Focuses on how the mind allows
people to function in every day life.
●● Humanism.
Answer: Focuses on the whole person. Looks at human behavior through
the perspective of the observer and the subject
●● Behaviorism.
Answer: Science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only
●● William Wundt.
Answer: First person to apply scientific principles to the study of the
human mind, in 1879. Believed that consciousness could be broken
down into thoughts, experiences, emotions, and other basic elements.
His process was called objective introspection.
●● Edward Titchener.
Answer: Student of Wundt. Known for Structuralism.
, ●● William James.
Answer: First professor to teach psychology in at Harvard. Known for
Functionalism.
●● Mary Whiton Calkins.
Answer: Student of William James; Completed all the courses at
Harvard University but was denied a PHD because she was a woman.
●● Francis Cecil Summer.
Answer: First African American to earn a PHD in psychology from
Clark University in 1920.
●● Causation.
Answer: One variable's effect on another variable (s)
●● True Experiment.
Answer: Used to establish cause and effect through the use of control
groups and experimental groups.
●● Quasi-Experiment.
Answer: Used when random assignment cannot be used, such as with
smokers, when the variable is specific to a certain group.
