PSYCHOLOGY 2301 EXAM 1
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A
PLUS
●● Experimental Psychology uses what method
Answer: Scientific Method
●● Applied Psychology uses what method
Answer: Physiological Method
●● Hallmarks of a good theory
Answer: testable, inform practice what is important, continued research
contributes to best and simplest information
●● Focus of Structuralism
Answer: Consciousness, individual experiences, thoughts, emotions
●● What method is used in Structuralism
Answer: Systematic Observation
●● Who is associated with Structuralism
,Answer: William Wundt
●● What is the focus of Functionalism
Answer: Introspection
●● Who is associated with Functionalism
Answer: William James
●● What is the focus of Gestalt Psychology
Answer: Sensations, Perceptions, "the whole is greater than the sum of
it's parts"
●● Law of Figure Ground
Answer: Optical Illusion - picking out important parts
●● Law of Closure
Answer: when image incomplete our brain finishes it
●● Law of Proximity
Answer: Pair of lines = 4 lines
●● Freud's unique contributions
, Answer: Personality/Psychosexual Development
●● Freud's processes for human behavior
Answer: Biological drive/society's demands, early childhood
●● Freud's components of personality
Answer: id = biological needs "unchecked", "I want what I want when I
want it" (DEVIL)
ego = rational and conscious, consider consequences and behavior
superego- learned moral and values cultural, must be taught and
developed (ANGEL)
●● Freud's Psychosexual Stages
Answer: oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency stage, genital stage
●● Oral Stage (0-18 months)
Answer: pleasure centers on the mouth- sucking, biting, chewing
●● Anal Stage (18-36 months)
Answer: focus on potty training...all about control
●● Phallic Stage (3-6 years)
Answer: recognizing mom/dad role and identifies with same sex parent
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A
PLUS
●● Experimental Psychology uses what method
Answer: Scientific Method
●● Applied Psychology uses what method
Answer: Physiological Method
●● Hallmarks of a good theory
Answer: testable, inform practice what is important, continued research
contributes to best and simplest information
●● Focus of Structuralism
Answer: Consciousness, individual experiences, thoughts, emotions
●● What method is used in Structuralism
Answer: Systematic Observation
●● Who is associated with Structuralism
,Answer: William Wundt
●● What is the focus of Functionalism
Answer: Introspection
●● Who is associated with Functionalism
Answer: William James
●● What is the focus of Gestalt Psychology
Answer: Sensations, Perceptions, "the whole is greater than the sum of
it's parts"
●● Law of Figure Ground
Answer: Optical Illusion - picking out important parts
●● Law of Closure
Answer: when image incomplete our brain finishes it
●● Law of Proximity
Answer: Pair of lines = 4 lines
●● Freud's unique contributions
, Answer: Personality/Psychosexual Development
●● Freud's processes for human behavior
Answer: Biological drive/society's demands, early childhood
●● Freud's components of personality
Answer: id = biological needs "unchecked", "I want what I want when I
want it" (DEVIL)
ego = rational and conscious, consider consequences and behavior
superego- learned moral and values cultural, must be taught and
developed (ANGEL)
●● Freud's Psychosexual Stages
Answer: oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency stage, genital stage
●● Oral Stage (0-18 months)
Answer: pleasure centers on the mouth- sucking, biting, chewing
●● Anal Stage (18-36 months)
Answer: focus on potty training...all about control
●● Phallic Stage (3-6 years)
Answer: recognizing mom/dad role and identifies with same sex parent
