PSY 120 Exam 1 Review Guide Questions With Complete Solutions

1//1// What is the definition of psychology? Also define the parts of the definition (mind and behavior and scientific study) correct answer: The scientific study of behavior and mind. Mind--contents/processes of subjective experience (ie. sensations, thoughts, feelings), Behavior--can be directly measured, activities of cells within brain, observable actions, Scientific Study--using scientific method, primarily observation 1//2//Describe/identify examples of the 4 goals of psychology correct answer: 1. Describe (teens, drug use, and their attitudes about it) 2. Predict (teen drug use will increase in the next 5 years) 3. Understand (Why do teens do drugs/think it's okay? 4. Modify (How can we influence teens so they don't use drugs?) 1//3//Describe/identify examples of the three misconceptions of psychology correct answer: 1. psychology is all about mental disorders 2. psychology is predicting individual behavior rather than a group's 1//4//What is a clinical psychologist? How is this different from a counseling psychologist or psychiatrist? correct answer: Clinical psychologist--diagnoses/treats psychological problems but cannot prescribe medicine, Counseling psychologist--deals with adjustment problems (divorce, etc.) Psychiatrist--can prescribe medicine 1//5//What is a research psychologist? correct answer: Research Psychologist--aims to publish, try to discover the basic principles of behavior and mind, usually specialize 1//6//What is an applied psychologist? Human factors? correct answer: Applied Psychologist--extends principles into the real world Human factors psychologist--design and engineer new products 1//7//What is empiricism? correct answer: the idea that knowledge comes from experience 1//9// What is nativism? correct answer: the idea that some knowledge is present at birth 1//10//What is Gestalt psychology? correct answer: movement proposing that humans are born w/a fixed way of looking at the world 1//11// What is structuralism and who is associated with it? correct answer: basic parts of psychology, Wundt and Titchener 1//12// What is systematic introspection and which movement relied on it? correct answer: required people to look inward and describe their experiences, structuralists thrived on th