PSYCHOLOGY 101 EXAM 1 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED A+.
Psychology - (ANSWER)The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior
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
, PSYCHOLOGY 101 EXAM 1 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED A+.
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
Social Psychology - (ANSWER)Influence of real or imagined others influence on the individual
Industrial/Organizational Psychology - (ANSWER)Human behavior within an organization as well as
organizational problems (sub-discipline)
Educational Psychology - (ANSWER)Psychological processes in learning environments (sub-discipline)
Health Psychology - (ANSWER)Psychological factors involved in health and disease
Clinical Psychology - (ANSWER)Nature and treatment of psychological processes leading to emotional
distress
Cognitive Psychology - (ANSWER)Nature of mental process such as thought, memory, language
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED A+.
Psychology - (ANSWER)The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior
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
, PSYCHOLOGY 101 EXAM 1 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED A+.
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
Social Psychology - (ANSWER)Influence of real or imagined others influence on the individual
Industrial/Organizational Psychology - (ANSWER)Human behavior within an organization as well as
organizational problems (sub-discipline)
Educational Psychology - (ANSWER)Psychological processes in learning environments (sub-discipline)
Health Psychology - (ANSWER)Psychological factors involved in health and disease
Clinical Psychology - (ANSWER)Nature and treatment of psychological processes leading to emotional
distress
Cognitive Psychology - (ANSWER)Nature of mental process such as thought, memory, language
