PSYCHOLOGY 101 FINAL EXAM
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026
What is Psychology? How is it practiced? correct answers >>
1. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
2. Asks the questions of how people sense, perceive, learn, and
make sense of the world.
Wilhelm Wundt correct answers >> a.) Father of Psychology
and Founder of Experimental Psychology.
b.) (Late 19th century) Established 1st psychological lab in
Leizpag, Germany (1879).
c.) Wrote 1st psychological textbook "Principles of Physiological
Psychology."
d.) Structuralism
Neuroscience (perspective) correct answers >> Views
behavior from perspective of the brain, nervous system, and
other biological functions.
Psychodynaminc (perspective) correct answers >> a.)
Associated with Sigmund Freud
b.) Behavior motivated by unconscious inner forces over which an
individual has little control.
c.) Dream analysis- slips of the tongue
,Behavioral (perspective) correct answers >> a.) Associated
with John Watson and B.F Skinner
b.) Suggest that observable, measurable behavior should be the
only focus of study.
Cognitive (perspective) correct answers >> a.) Focuses on
how people think, understand, and know about the world.
b.) Info processing
c.) Input > processing > output
Humanistic (perspective) correct answers >> a.) Associated
with Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslov
b.) Suggests all individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and
controls lives & behavior.
William James correct answers >> Founding father of
American Psychology. Functionalism
Scientific Method correct answers >> The method used by
psychologists to study psychology.
Scientific Method correct answers >> Approach through
which psychologists systematically acquire knowledge about
behavior and other phenomenon areas of interest.
What are the four steps used in the Scientific Method? correct
answers >> 1.) Identify question
, 2.) Formulate an explanation
3.) Carry out research
4.) Communicate feelings
Theory correct answers >> Broad explanation and
predictions concerning phenomenon of interest.
What are the methods of research? correct answers >>
Archival research- existing data used to investigate hypothesis.
Case study- intensive investigation of a single individual or a
small group. Draw back- unique individuals make it impossible for
generalizations.
Operational definition correct answers >> The translation of
a hypothesis into specific, testable procedures that can be
measured and observed.
Variables correct answers >> Behaviors, events, or other
characteristics that can change, or vary, in some way.
Correlational research correct answers >> Research in which
the relation between two sets of variables is examined to
determine whether they are associated, or "correlated."
Positive correlation correct answers >> Indicates that as the
value of one variable increases, we can predict the value of the
other variable will also increase.
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026
What is Psychology? How is it practiced? correct answers >>
1. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
2. Asks the questions of how people sense, perceive, learn, and
make sense of the world.
Wilhelm Wundt correct answers >> a.) Father of Psychology
and Founder of Experimental Psychology.
b.) (Late 19th century) Established 1st psychological lab in
Leizpag, Germany (1879).
c.) Wrote 1st psychological textbook "Principles of Physiological
Psychology."
d.) Structuralism
Neuroscience (perspective) correct answers >> Views
behavior from perspective of the brain, nervous system, and
other biological functions.
Psychodynaminc (perspective) correct answers >> a.)
Associated with Sigmund Freud
b.) Behavior motivated by unconscious inner forces over which an
individual has little control.
c.) Dream analysis- slips of the tongue
,Behavioral (perspective) correct answers >> a.) Associated
with John Watson and B.F Skinner
b.) Suggest that observable, measurable behavior should be the
only focus of study.
Cognitive (perspective) correct answers >> a.) Focuses on
how people think, understand, and know about the world.
b.) Info processing
c.) Input > processing > output
Humanistic (perspective) correct answers >> a.) Associated
with Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslov
b.) Suggests all individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and
controls lives & behavior.
William James correct answers >> Founding father of
American Psychology. Functionalism
Scientific Method correct answers >> The method used by
psychologists to study psychology.
Scientific Method correct answers >> Approach through
which psychologists systematically acquire knowledge about
behavior and other phenomenon areas of interest.
What are the four steps used in the Scientific Method? correct
answers >> 1.) Identify question
, 2.) Formulate an explanation
3.) Carry out research
4.) Communicate feelings
Theory correct answers >> Broad explanation and
predictions concerning phenomenon of interest.
What are the methods of research? correct answers >>
Archival research- existing data used to investigate hypothesis.
Case study- intensive investigation of a single individual or a
small group. Draw back- unique individuals make it impossible for
generalizations.
Operational definition correct answers >> The translation of
a hypothesis into specific, testable procedures that can be
measured and observed.
Variables correct answers >> Behaviors, events, or other
characteristics that can change, or vary, in some way.
Correlational research correct answers >> Research in which
the relation between two sets of variables is examined to
determine whether they are associated, or "correlated."
Positive correlation correct answers >> Indicates that as the
value of one variable increases, we can predict the value of the
other variable will also increase.
