GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
ANSWERS
Psychology - AnswersScientific study of behavior and mental processes
Scientific Study of Behavior and Mental Process - AnswersBehavior: Overt reactions
and actions
Mental Processes: Internal, covert activity of the mind
Scientific:
-Prevent Possible biases from leading to faulty observations
-Precises and careful measurements
Clinical Psychology - AnswersA branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats
people with psychological disorders
Cognitive Psychology - AnswersAn approach to psychology that emphasizes internal
mental processes; thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
Biological Psychology - AnswersA branch of psychology that studies the links between
biological (including neuroscience and behavior genetics) and psychological processes.
Developmental Psychology - AnswersA branch of psychology that studies physical,
cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
Structuralism - AnswersAn early school of psychology that used introspection to explore
the elemental structure of the human mind.
Influenced Modern Fields of Functionalism - AnswersEducational Psychology,
Evolutionary Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Pyschology
Gestalt Psychology - AnswersGerman for "Organized Whole"
A school of psychology emphasizing the study of thinking, learning, and perception in
whole units, not by analysis into parts
Max Wertheimer - Answers"Perception can only be understood as a complete event.
Understanding patterns, whole figures" -a gestalt psychologist who argued against
dividing human thought and behavior into discrete structures
Wilhelm Wundt - Answers(1879) Considered the Father of modern psychology; study of
mental processes, introspection, and self-exam; established the first psychology
laboratory in Germany.
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
ANSWERS
Psychology - AnswersScientific study of behavior and mental processes
Scientific Study of Behavior and Mental Process - AnswersBehavior: Overt reactions
and actions
Mental Processes: Internal, covert activity of the mind
Scientific:
-Prevent Possible biases from leading to faulty observations
-Precises and careful measurements
Clinical Psychology - AnswersA branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats
people with psychological disorders
Cognitive Psychology - AnswersAn approach to psychology that emphasizes internal
mental processes; thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
Biological Psychology - AnswersA branch of psychology that studies the links between
biological (including neuroscience and behavior genetics) and psychological processes.
Developmental Psychology - AnswersA branch of psychology that studies physical,
cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
Structuralism - AnswersAn early school of psychology that used introspection to explore
the elemental structure of the human mind.
Influenced Modern Fields of Functionalism - AnswersEducational Psychology,
Evolutionary Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Pyschology
Gestalt Psychology - AnswersGerman for "Organized Whole"
A school of psychology emphasizing the study of thinking, learning, and perception in
whole units, not by analysis into parts
Max Wertheimer - Answers"Perception can only be understood as a complete event.
Understanding patterns, whole figures" -a gestalt psychologist who argued against
dividing human thought and behavior into discrete structures
Wilhelm Wundt - Answers(1879) Considered the Father of modern psychology; study of
mental processes, introspection, and self-exam; established the first psychology
laboratory in Germany.
