UAB PY101 Exam 1 Dobias
What is psychology? - correct answer ✔the scientific study of behavior and
mental processes
Behavior= - correct answer ✔observable actions
From what discipline did psych grow out of - correct answer ✔Philosophy
Philosophic empiricism - correct answer ✔Aristotle and the blank slate
philosophy
T/F Plato believe in philosophical nativism - correct answer ✔True
Define philosophical nativism - correct answer ✔born with innate knowledge
Define Cartesian Dualism - correct answer ✔The mind and body are
independent from each other
How did Descartes describe the nervous system - correct answer ✔machine
John locke agreed with what philosopher on the blank slate theory - correct
answer ✔Aristotle
What was phenology? - correct answer ✔making informal observations
about mental ability based off brain size
,Different size lumps on skull= different mental abilities there
Who is responsible for inventing phenology - correct answer ✔Franz Baal
What did Pierre Flourens do? - correct answer ✔used animals to determine
the affect of brain damage on actions
Paul Broca - correct answer ✔Used case study of a man who had damage to
the front part of his brain and developed speech issues. After mans death
studied his brain and discovered Broca's area
What was the major breakthough in psychology caused by Paul Broca -
correct answer ✔Proved that mind and body were not separate and control
for mental abilities was localized within various parts of the brain
Herman von Helmholtz - correct answer ✔found conduction speed by
experimenting on frogs
How did the focus of psych change in the 1800s - correct answer ✔switch to
nature of consciousness
What are the 2 ways of studying the nature of consciousness - correct
answer ✔1. Structuralism
2. Functionalism
Structuralism - correct answer ✔understanding mind by seperating it into
basic parts
, Wilhelm Wundt - correct answer ✔german physiologist who founded
psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research laboratory
in 1879
Edward Titchner - correct answer ✔Studied structuralism. Also encouraged
introspection
What are the 2 problems with Structuralism - correct answer ✔1. hard to
verify
2. what's the point
Functionalism - correct answer ✔how does consciousness allow us to
survive
What did functionalism eventually give way to - correct answer ✔behaviorism
According to the social brain hypothesis, each of us can deal effectively with
social interactions with roughly 150 people. This implies that - correct answer
✔we are capable of maintaining social networks of up to 150 people
throughout our lives.
An important principle to remember when studying psychology is that - correct
answer ✔the act of learning changes the physical structure of the brain.
A researcher presents his participant with a series of flashing lights at varying
intervals. After each presentation of a light, he asks the participant to fully
describe her internal experiences, a method known as - correct answer
✔introspection.
What is psychology? - correct answer ✔the scientific study of behavior and
mental processes
Behavior= - correct answer ✔observable actions
From what discipline did psych grow out of - correct answer ✔Philosophy
Philosophic empiricism - correct answer ✔Aristotle and the blank slate
philosophy
T/F Plato believe in philosophical nativism - correct answer ✔True
Define philosophical nativism - correct answer ✔born with innate knowledge
Define Cartesian Dualism - correct answer ✔The mind and body are
independent from each other
How did Descartes describe the nervous system - correct answer ✔machine
John locke agreed with what philosopher on the blank slate theory - correct
answer ✔Aristotle
What was phenology? - correct answer ✔making informal observations
about mental ability based off brain size
,Different size lumps on skull= different mental abilities there
Who is responsible for inventing phenology - correct answer ✔Franz Baal
What did Pierre Flourens do? - correct answer ✔used animals to determine
the affect of brain damage on actions
Paul Broca - correct answer ✔Used case study of a man who had damage to
the front part of his brain and developed speech issues. After mans death
studied his brain and discovered Broca's area
What was the major breakthough in psychology caused by Paul Broca -
correct answer ✔Proved that mind and body were not separate and control
for mental abilities was localized within various parts of the brain
Herman von Helmholtz - correct answer ✔found conduction speed by
experimenting on frogs
How did the focus of psych change in the 1800s - correct answer ✔switch to
nature of consciousness
What are the 2 ways of studying the nature of consciousness - correct
answer ✔1. Structuralism
2. Functionalism
Structuralism - correct answer ✔understanding mind by seperating it into
basic parts
, Wilhelm Wundt - correct answer ✔german physiologist who founded
psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research laboratory
in 1879
Edward Titchner - correct answer ✔Studied structuralism. Also encouraged
introspection
What are the 2 problems with Structuralism - correct answer ✔1. hard to
verify
2. what's the point
Functionalism - correct answer ✔how does consciousness allow us to
survive
What did functionalism eventually give way to - correct answer ✔behaviorism
According to the social brain hypothesis, each of us can deal effectively with
social interactions with roughly 150 people. This implies that - correct answer
✔we are capable of maintaining social networks of up to 150 people
throughout our lives.
An important principle to remember when studying psychology is that - correct
answer ✔the act of learning changes the physical structure of the brain.
A researcher presents his participant with a series of flashing lights at varying
intervals. After each presentation of a light, he asks the participant to fully
describe her internal experiences, a method known as - correct answer
✔introspection.
