General Psych 101 Exam 1 (Chapters
1-5) Questions with Correct Answers
Psychology - ANSWERSScientific study of behavior and mental processes
Wilhelm Wundt - ANSWERSFirst Psych lab
Founder of structuralism and introspection
Functionalism - ANSWERSHow the mind functions and adapts to the environment
William James - ANSWERSAmerican leader of functionalists
Anna Freud - ANSWERSContributed to the treatments of abnormal behavior
Mamie Phipps Clark - ANSWERSStudied how children of color grow up seeing different
races
Diffusion of Responsibility - ANSWERSPeople are less likely to help someon else if
there are more people around to help
Archival Research - ANSWERSExisting data is examined to test a hypothesis
Naturalistic Observational Research - ANSWERSObserving a naturally occuring
behavior without changing the situation
Survey Research - ANSWERSPeople are chosen to represent a larger population and
are asked a series of questions about behavior and attitudes
Case Study - ANSWERSIn-depth, intensive investigation of an individual or group of
people
ex-Genie
Correlational Research - ANSWERSRelationship between two or more variables is
examined to determine whether they are associated/correlated
Experimental Research - ANSWERSRelationship between two or more variables is
examined by deliberately changing a variable and observing the effects on the other
Behavioral Neuroscience - ANSWERSThe application of the principles of biology to the
study of physiological, genetic, and developmental mechanisms of behavior
, Experimental Psychology - ANSWERSConcerned with the scientific investigation of
basic psychological processes
Developmental Psychology - ANSWERSStudy of how and why human beings change
over the course of their life
Personality Psychology - ANSWERSstudies personality and its variation among
individuals
Health Psychology - ANSWERSConcerned wiht how psychological, behavioral, and
cultural factors contribute to physical health or illness
Clinical Psychology - ANSWERSFocuses on diagnosing and treating mental, emotional,
and behavioral disorders
Counseling Psychology - ANSWERSProfessional psychology that facilitates personal
and interpersonal functioning across a lifespan
Social Psychology - ANSWERSStudy of how people's toughts, feelings, and behaviors
are influenced by the presence of others
Cross-Cultural psychology - ANSWERSStudy of human behavior and mental processes
under diverse cultural conditions
Evolutionary Psychology - ANSWERSA theoretical approach to psychology that
attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits
Behavioral Genetics - ANSWERSVariation among indiviuals is separated into genetic vs
environmental components
ex-twin studies, adoption studies, etc
Clinical Neuropsychology - ANSWERSApplies principles of assessment and
intervention based upon the scientific study of human behavior as it relates to normal
and abnormal fuctioning of the central nervous sytem
Structuralism - ANSWERSThe study of the fundemenal concepts of the mind
Structure is more important than function
Nature vs Nuture - ANSWERSWhether a person's development is predisposed by DNA
or influenced by life experiences and environment
Scientific Method - ANSWERSObserve, ask a question, form a hypothesis, make a
prediction, perform an experiment, confirm hypothesis
Dendrites - ANSWERSBranched part of neuron that receives impulses from other cells
through synapses that are transmitted through the neuron
1-5) Questions with Correct Answers
Psychology - ANSWERSScientific study of behavior and mental processes
Wilhelm Wundt - ANSWERSFirst Psych lab
Founder of structuralism and introspection
Functionalism - ANSWERSHow the mind functions and adapts to the environment
William James - ANSWERSAmerican leader of functionalists
Anna Freud - ANSWERSContributed to the treatments of abnormal behavior
Mamie Phipps Clark - ANSWERSStudied how children of color grow up seeing different
races
Diffusion of Responsibility - ANSWERSPeople are less likely to help someon else if
there are more people around to help
Archival Research - ANSWERSExisting data is examined to test a hypothesis
Naturalistic Observational Research - ANSWERSObserving a naturally occuring
behavior without changing the situation
Survey Research - ANSWERSPeople are chosen to represent a larger population and
are asked a series of questions about behavior and attitudes
Case Study - ANSWERSIn-depth, intensive investigation of an individual or group of
people
ex-Genie
Correlational Research - ANSWERSRelationship between two or more variables is
examined to determine whether they are associated/correlated
Experimental Research - ANSWERSRelationship between two or more variables is
examined by deliberately changing a variable and observing the effects on the other
Behavioral Neuroscience - ANSWERSThe application of the principles of biology to the
study of physiological, genetic, and developmental mechanisms of behavior
, Experimental Psychology - ANSWERSConcerned with the scientific investigation of
basic psychological processes
Developmental Psychology - ANSWERSStudy of how and why human beings change
over the course of their life
Personality Psychology - ANSWERSstudies personality and its variation among
individuals
Health Psychology - ANSWERSConcerned wiht how psychological, behavioral, and
cultural factors contribute to physical health or illness
Clinical Psychology - ANSWERSFocuses on diagnosing and treating mental, emotional,
and behavioral disorders
Counseling Psychology - ANSWERSProfessional psychology that facilitates personal
and interpersonal functioning across a lifespan
Social Psychology - ANSWERSStudy of how people's toughts, feelings, and behaviors
are influenced by the presence of others
Cross-Cultural psychology - ANSWERSStudy of human behavior and mental processes
under diverse cultural conditions
Evolutionary Psychology - ANSWERSA theoretical approach to psychology that
attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits
Behavioral Genetics - ANSWERSVariation among indiviuals is separated into genetic vs
environmental components
ex-twin studies, adoption studies, etc
Clinical Neuropsychology - ANSWERSApplies principles of assessment and
intervention based upon the scientific study of human behavior as it relates to normal
and abnormal fuctioning of the central nervous sytem
Structuralism - ANSWERSThe study of the fundemenal concepts of the mind
Structure is more important than function
Nature vs Nuture - ANSWERSWhether a person's development is predisposed by DNA
or influenced by life experiences and environment
Scientific Method - ANSWERSObserve, ask a question, form a hypothesis, make a
prediction, perform an experiment, confirm hypothesis
Dendrites - ANSWERSBranched part of neuron that receives impulses from other cells
through synapses that are transmitted through the neuron
