PSYCHOLOGY 101 EXAM 1 EVALUATION
ACTUAL ASSESSMENT STUDY SHEET 2026
GRADED A+.
⫸ Where did psychology branch out from?. Answer: Physiology and
Philosophy
⫸ Structuralism. Answer: Focused on the structure of consciousness
and the mind (not identified with anymore)
⫸ 2 Structuralists. Answer: Wundt and Titchener
⫸ Functionalism. Answer: Focused on the function of the mind in
helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with
anymore)
⫸ 2 Functionalists. Answer: Darwin and James
⫸ 3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena.
Answer: Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted
Methods of Observation
⫸ Modern Perspectives. Answer: Psychodynamic, Behaviorist,
Cognitive, Evolutionary
, ⫸ Psychodynamic. Answer: started by Sigmund Freud; case studies,
not easy to test or prove because of small sample size
⫸ Behaviorist. Answer: Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental
processes are byproducts of environmental events; experiment
⫸ Behaviorist Metaphor. Answer: People are like machines
⫸ Cognitive. Answer: Wundt; focuses on how people perceive,
process and retrieve information (Perspective)
⫸ Cognitive Metaphor. Answer: Brain like a computer
⫸ Evolutionary. Answer: Darwin; behaviors have come about
because they helped our ancestors survive
⫸ Evolutionary Metaphor. Answer: runners in a race
⫸ Biopsychology. Answer: Physical bases of psychological
phenomena (sub-discipline)
⫸ Developmental psychology. Answer: How thought, feeling, and
behavior develops through life span
ACTUAL ASSESSMENT STUDY SHEET 2026
GRADED A+.
⫸ Where did psychology branch out from?. Answer: Physiology and
Philosophy
⫸ Structuralism. Answer: Focused on the structure of consciousness
and the mind (not identified with anymore)
⫸ 2 Structuralists. Answer: Wundt and Titchener
⫸ Functionalism. Answer: Focused on the function of the mind in
helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with
anymore)
⫸ 2 Functionalists. Answer: Darwin and James
⫸ 3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena.
Answer: Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted
Methods of Observation
⫸ Modern Perspectives. Answer: Psychodynamic, Behaviorist,
Cognitive, Evolutionary
, ⫸ Psychodynamic. Answer: started by Sigmund Freud; case studies,
not easy to test or prove because of small sample size
⫸ Behaviorist. Answer: Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental
processes are byproducts of environmental events; experiment
⫸ Behaviorist Metaphor. Answer: People are like machines
⫸ Cognitive. Answer: Wundt; focuses on how people perceive,
process and retrieve information (Perspective)
⫸ Cognitive Metaphor. Answer: Brain like a computer
⫸ Evolutionary. Answer: Darwin; behaviors have come about
because they helped our ancestors survive
⫸ Evolutionary Metaphor. Answer: runners in a race
⫸ Biopsychology. Answer: Physical bases of psychological
phenomena (sub-discipline)
⫸ Developmental psychology. Answer: How thought, feeling, and
behavior develops through life span
