PSI-101 MIDTERM COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026
◉ William James would be considered a(n).
Answer: Functionalist
◉ Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would be considered.
Answer: Structuralists
◉ In the early twentieth century, ____ redefined psychology as the
"science of observable behavior".
Answer: Abraham Maslow
◉ Nature is to nurture as.
Answer: Biology is to experience
◉ A psychologist treating emotionally troubled adolescents at a local
mental health agency is most likely a.
Answer: Clinical Psychologist
◉ A mental health professional with a medical degree who can
prescribe medication is a.
,Answer: Psychiatrist
◉ A psychologist conducting basic research to expand psychology's
knowledge base would be most likely to.
Answer: observe 3- and 6- year olds solving puzzles and analyze
differences in their abilities
◉ used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.
Answer: Structuralism
◉ Explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how
they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.
Answer: Functionalism
◉ Who was a memory researcher, but denied her PhD in 1890?.
Answer: Mary Calkins
◉ 1st women with psych in PhD and studied animal behavior?.
Answer: Margaret Floy Washburn
◉ Who emphasized the ways our unconscious thought processes
and our emotional responses to childhood experiences affect our
behavior?.
, Answer: Frued
◉ What did behaviorism dismiss?.
Answer: Introspection
◉ Watson and Rayner showed that fear could be learned. What
theory did they belong to?.
Answer: Behaviorism
◉ BF skinner agued that consequences shape.
Answer: Behavior
◉ Historically significant perspective that emphasized human
growth potential -- rejected behaviorism and Freudian definition of
psych.
Answer: Humanistic Psychology
◉ Interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition
(including perception, thinking, memory, and language).
Answer: Cognitive Neuroscience
◉ Who drew attention to ways that the environmental influences
can nurture/limit growth potential?.
GUIDE 2026
◉ William James would be considered a(n).
Answer: Functionalist
◉ Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would be considered.
Answer: Structuralists
◉ In the early twentieth century, ____ redefined psychology as the
"science of observable behavior".
Answer: Abraham Maslow
◉ Nature is to nurture as.
Answer: Biology is to experience
◉ A psychologist treating emotionally troubled adolescents at a local
mental health agency is most likely a.
Answer: Clinical Psychologist
◉ A mental health professional with a medical degree who can
prescribe medication is a.
,Answer: Psychiatrist
◉ A psychologist conducting basic research to expand psychology's
knowledge base would be most likely to.
Answer: observe 3- and 6- year olds solving puzzles and analyze
differences in their abilities
◉ used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.
Answer: Structuralism
◉ Explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how
they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.
Answer: Functionalism
◉ Who was a memory researcher, but denied her PhD in 1890?.
Answer: Mary Calkins
◉ 1st women with psych in PhD and studied animal behavior?.
Answer: Margaret Floy Washburn
◉ Who emphasized the ways our unconscious thought processes
and our emotional responses to childhood experiences affect our
behavior?.
, Answer: Frued
◉ What did behaviorism dismiss?.
Answer: Introspection
◉ Watson and Rayner showed that fear could be learned. What
theory did they belong to?.
Answer: Behaviorism
◉ BF skinner agued that consequences shape.
Answer: Behavior
◉ Historically significant perspective that emphasized human
growth potential -- rejected behaviorism and Freudian definition of
psych.
Answer: Humanistic Psychology
◉ Interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition
(including perception, thinking, memory, and language).
Answer: Cognitive Neuroscience
◉ Who drew attention to ways that the environmental influences
can nurture/limit growth potential?.
