PSY 2012 ACTUAL TEST PAPER ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED APLUS
●● Mind
Answer: Mental processes (sensations, perceptions, thoughts, beliefs,
dreams)
●● Behavior
Answer: Any activity that is observed, recorded and measured
●● Biological Psychology
Answer: Molecular, Neurochemical, Neurological/physiological
●● Psychological Psychology
Answer: Behavioral, mental
●● Social Psychology
Answer: Social
●● Wilhelm Wundt
, Answer: Before him, psychology was a philosophy; Launched the first
psychology lab, studied introspection and found the building blocks of
consciousness
●● Structuralism
Answer: Attempting to map the conscious mind
●● Edward Titchener
Answer: Wundt's student; used introspection to map consciousness
●● Problems of Structuralism
Answer: Introspection is unreliable and subjective and people have
consciousless thoughts
●● Functionalism
Answer: Why as opposed to what?; Underscores the adaptive value of
consciousness
●● William James
Answer: Man who dealt with functionalism
●● Freud
Answer: Therapist; explored unconscious motivations; dream analysis
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED APLUS
●● Mind
Answer: Mental processes (sensations, perceptions, thoughts, beliefs,
dreams)
●● Behavior
Answer: Any activity that is observed, recorded and measured
●● Biological Psychology
Answer: Molecular, Neurochemical, Neurological/physiological
●● Psychological Psychology
Answer: Behavioral, mental
●● Social Psychology
Answer: Social
●● Wilhelm Wundt
, Answer: Before him, psychology was a philosophy; Launched the first
psychology lab, studied introspection and found the building blocks of
consciousness
●● Structuralism
Answer: Attempting to map the conscious mind
●● Edward Titchener
Answer: Wundt's student; used introspection to map consciousness
●● Problems of Structuralism
Answer: Introspection is unreliable and subjective and people have
consciousless thoughts
●● Functionalism
Answer: Why as opposed to what?; Underscores the adaptive value of
consciousness
●● William James
Answer: Man who dealt with functionalism
●● Freud
Answer: Therapist; explored unconscious motivations; dream analysis