LSU PSYC 2000 1 COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Fundamental Facts of Learning.
Answer: 1. New knowledge is difficult2. Takes knowledge to gain
knowledge3. The more you know, the easier it is to learn
◍ Wundt.
Answer: -father of modern psychology -developed the technique of object
introspection-believed consequences could be broken into thought,
experiences, emotions, and other basic elements
◍ Psychology.
Answer: Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
◍ Goals of psychology.
Answer: DescribeExplainPredict Control
◍ Titchener.
Answer: -brought psychology in the form of structuralism to America
◍ James.
Answer: -functionalism-"Principles of Psychology"-"stream of
consciousness"
◍ Stages of Skill Acquisition.
Answer: 1. Become more proeficient at compotent processes2. Repition
helps sequencing processes3. Representation of task fundamentally changes
◍ Watson.
Answer: -disagreed with structuralism-associated with behaviorism-believed
behavior is a result from a stimulus
,◍ Structuralism.
Answer: Early perspective in psychology associated with Wundt and
Titchener, focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind
◍ Functionalism.
Answer: Early perspective of psychology associated with William James in
which the focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work
and play
◍ Schema.
Answer: Built with memorySet of rules for a given context such as a
wedding learned through experience
◍ psychologists.
Answer: -academic degrees and can do counseling, teaching, research, and
may specialize in any large area of psychology
◍ Associations.
Answer: Build the web of memory and make information easier to learn
◍ psychiatrists.
Answer: -medical doctors who provide diagnosis and therapy for a person
with a mental disorder
◍ Weber.
Answer: (Pre-psychology) His studies on sensation and touch, along with his
emphasis on good experimental techniques gave way to new directions and
areas of study for future psychologists, physiologists, and anatomists.
◍ are all psychologists therapists?.
Answer: No
◍ Fechner.
Answer: (Pre-psycology) Credited with designing the first experiments of
psychology-designs used for other experiments.His experiments were on
perception and measured stimulus intensity
◍ do all therapists have doctoral degrees?.
, Answer: No
◍ Psychophysics.
Answer: The science that was the immediate precursor to psychology
◍ what does it mean to say something is "correlated" with something else?.
Answer: -statistical technique that allows researchers to discover and predict
relationships between variables of interest-positive correlations exist when
increases in one variable are matched by increases in the other
variable-cannot be used to prove cause & effect relationships
◍ Wilhelm Wundt.
Answer: 1879ish - first psychological laboratory in Leipzig to study mental
processes. "father of modern psychology"Used the method of introspection
(separating thoughts) followed by verbal report. Describe sensations but
don't make the stimulus error!
◍ what special kind of conclusion can we make based on an experiment that
we can't make with other types of research designs?.
Answer: -experiments are tightly controlled manipulations of variables that
allows researchers to determine cause & effect relationships-this proves
causation bc you can control one of the groups and use the other group as
comparison
◍ dependent variable.
Answer: measured behavior or the response of participants
◍ independent variable.
Answer: the variable that is deliberately manipulated by the experimenter to
see if related changes occur in the behavior or the responses of the
participants and is given to the experimental group
◍ William James.
Answer: 1890 - American pragmatist - principles of psychology -stream of
consciousness~functions of the mind; our ways of thinking have grown to
shape our reactions to the world - perceptions, thinking, grief, religious
experience.
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Fundamental Facts of Learning.
Answer: 1. New knowledge is difficult2. Takes knowledge to gain
knowledge3. The more you know, the easier it is to learn
◍ Wundt.
Answer: -father of modern psychology -developed the technique of object
introspection-believed consequences could be broken into thought,
experiences, emotions, and other basic elements
◍ Psychology.
Answer: Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
◍ Goals of psychology.
Answer: DescribeExplainPredict Control
◍ Titchener.
Answer: -brought psychology in the form of structuralism to America
◍ James.
Answer: -functionalism-"Principles of Psychology"-"stream of
consciousness"
◍ Stages of Skill Acquisition.
Answer: 1. Become more proeficient at compotent processes2. Repition
helps sequencing processes3. Representation of task fundamentally changes
◍ Watson.
Answer: -disagreed with structuralism-associated with behaviorism-believed
behavior is a result from a stimulus
,◍ Structuralism.
Answer: Early perspective in psychology associated with Wundt and
Titchener, focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind
◍ Functionalism.
Answer: Early perspective of psychology associated with William James in
which the focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work
and play
◍ Schema.
Answer: Built with memorySet of rules for a given context such as a
wedding learned through experience
◍ psychologists.
Answer: -academic degrees and can do counseling, teaching, research, and
may specialize in any large area of psychology
◍ Associations.
Answer: Build the web of memory and make information easier to learn
◍ psychiatrists.
Answer: -medical doctors who provide diagnosis and therapy for a person
with a mental disorder
◍ Weber.
Answer: (Pre-psychology) His studies on sensation and touch, along with his
emphasis on good experimental techniques gave way to new directions and
areas of study for future psychologists, physiologists, and anatomists.
◍ are all psychologists therapists?.
Answer: No
◍ Fechner.
Answer: (Pre-psycology) Credited with designing the first experiments of
psychology-designs used for other experiments.His experiments were on
perception and measured stimulus intensity
◍ do all therapists have doctoral degrees?.
, Answer: No
◍ Psychophysics.
Answer: The science that was the immediate precursor to psychology
◍ what does it mean to say something is "correlated" with something else?.
Answer: -statistical technique that allows researchers to discover and predict
relationships between variables of interest-positive correlations exist when
increases in one variable are matched by increases in the other
variable-cannot be used to prove cause & effect relationships
◍ Wilhelm Wundt.
Answer: 1879ish - first psychological laboratory in Leipzig to study mental
processes. "father of modern psychology"Used the method of introspection
(separating thoughts) followed by verbal report. Describe sensations but
don't make the stimulus error!
◍ what special kind of conclusion can we make based on an experiment that
we can't make with other types of research designs?.
Answer: -experiments are tightly controlled manipulations of variables that
allows researchers to determine cause & effect relationships-this proves
causation bc you can control one of the groups and use the other group as
comparison
◍ dependent variable.
Answer: measured behavior or the response of participants
◍ independent variable.
Answer: the variable that is deliberately manipulated by the experimenter to
see if related changes occur in the behavior or the responses of the
participants and is given to the experimental group
◍ William James.
Answer: 1890 - American pragmatist - principles of psychology -stream of
consciousness~functions of the mind; our ways of thinking have grown to
shape our reactions to the world - perceptions, thinking, grief, religious
experience.
