PYC1501 ACTUAL TEST PAPER FULL
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED APLUS
●● Wilhelm Wundt
Answer: 1879
Opened first psychological laboratory
Leipzig, Germany
Father of psychology
●● William James
Answer: American (Harvard) psychologist
1842-1910
Wrote "Principles of Psychology" first psychology text book in 1890
●● Psychodynamic perspective
Answer: Focuses on the unconscious and childhood.
●● Behavioral perspective
Answer: Focuses on learning through association, punishment, and
reinforcement.
,●● Humanistic perspective
Answer: Contends people have the freedom and responsibility to choose
their own destiny.
●● Cognitive perspective
Answer: Studies mental processes such as memory, intelligence,
perception, and problem-solving.
●● Socio-cultural perspective
Answer: Examines the relationship between behavior and culture.
●● Biopsychological perspective
Answer: Attributes Behavior to biochemistry.
●● Evolutionary perspective
Answer: Studies the biological and mental traits shared by all humans.
●● Psychologist
Answer: PhD
●● Psychiatrist
Answer: MD
, ●● Type of psychologist
Answer: Clinical
●● 5 ways psychologists collect data
Answer: Case study
Survey
Naturalistic or laboratory observation
Correlation
Experiment
●● Correlation coefficient
Answer: A number between -1 and +1
Shows a relationship between two variables
Does not prove cause and effect
●● Good experiments
Answer: Experiment must have controlled group
Subjects must be randomly assigned
Subjects and researcher should both be blind (double blind)
●● Scatter plot
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED APLUS
●● Wilhelm Wundt
Answer: 1879
Opened first psychological laboratory
Leipzig, Germany
Father of psychology
●● William James
Answer: American (Harvard) psychologist
1842-1910
Wrote "Principles of Psychology" first psychology text book in 1890
●● Psychodynamic perspective
Answer: Focuses on the unconscious and childhood.
●● Behavioral perspective
Answer: Focuses on learning through association, punishment, and
reinforcement.
,●● Humanistic perspective
Answer: Contends people have the freedom and responsibility to choose
their own destiny.
●● Cognitive perspective
Answer: Studies mental processes such as memory, intelligence,
perception, and problem-solving.
●● Socio-cultural perspective
Answer: Examines the relationship between behavior and culture.
●● Biopsychological perspective
Answer: Attributes Behavior to biochemistry.
●● Evolutionary perspective
Answer: Studies the biological and mental traits shared by all humans.
●● Psychologist
Answer: PhD
●● Psychiatrist
Answer: MD
, ●● Type of psychologist
Answer: Clinical
●● 5 ways psychologists collect data
Answer: Case study
Survey
Naturalistic or laboratory observation
Correlation
Experiment
●● Correlation coefficient
Answer: A number between -1 and +1
Shows a relationship between two variables
Does not prove cause and effect
●● Good experiments
Answer: Experiment must have controlled group
Subjects must be randomly assigned
Subjects and researcher should both be blind (double blind)
●● Scatter plot
