PYC 1501 BASIC PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 6 2026
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◉ The word "psychology" is a combination of two Greek words:
psyche (or psuche), meaning "the soul," and logos, meaning "the
____."
Answer: Study of
◉ Psychology as a discipline dates back to ____.
Answer: The 1870's
◉ The psychology family tree includes two major roots: ____.
Answer: Philosophy and the natural sciences
◉ Although the bulk of psychology focuses on human behavior,
studying animal behavior has been an essential part of the discipline
that allows for ____.
Answer: Making essential comparisons with humans
◉ A doctor noticed that many soldiers returning from fighting in the
trenches in World War I were highly anxious, were fearful of loud
,noises, and had difficulty reconnecting with their families. He asked
them to record personal observations of their thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors in a journal. This process is called ____.
Answer: Introspection
◉ The discipline that systematically examines basic concepts,
including the source of knowledge, is called ____.
Answer: Philosophy
◉ The two roots of psychology are philosophy and _____.
Answer: Natural science
◉ Psychological scientists view the mind as a way of talking about
___.
Answer: The brain and its activities
◉ A study participant grimaces after taking a bite of broccoli; a
woman laughs at a joke; a man eats a cookie when he's bored; a child
cries when his mother leaves the room. These are all examples of
____.
Answer: Behaviors
◉ Philosophers and psychologists have a shared interest in, among
other things, ______.
,Answer: The origin of knowledge
◉ One of the earliest philosophers to forward the idea that all
knowledge is gained through sensory experience was ________, who
lived from 384 to 322 BCE.
Answer: Aristotle
◉ The first true psychologist was ____. He was a research assistant to
Hermann von Helmholtz, and his ideas provided the foundation for
what would later be called structuralism.
Answer: Wilhelm Wundt
◉ Functionalism emerged partly in response to the publication of
____
Answer: The Descent of Man, by Charles Darwin
◉ The Gestalt psychologists believed that breaking a whole
perception into its building blocks, as advocated by the
structuralists, would result in the loss of ____.
Answer: Important psychological information
◉ Who contributed ideas about the unconscious mind, the
development of sexuality, dream analysis, the psychological roots of
abnormal behavior, personality, and therapy?
, Answer: Sigmund Freud
◉ An approach to psychology that features the study and careful
measurement of observable behaviors is called ____.
Answer: Behaviorism
◉ Wilhelm Wundt's student, Edward Titchener, developed an
approach in which the mind is broken into the smallest elements of
mental experience. What was this called?
Answer: Structuralism
◉ Who is the American psychologist who proposed the functionalist
approach and whose textbook Principles of Psychology dominated
the field of psychology for 50 years after its publication?
Answer: William James
◉ Describe Gestalt theory?
Answer: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
◉ Which of the following statements about Freud's work is true?
Answer: His theories don't lend themselves to experimentation
ACTUAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED COMPLETE STUDY PACKAGE
◉ The word "psychology" is a combination of two Greek words:
psyche (or psuche), meaning "the soul," and logos, meaning "the
____."
Answer: Study of
◉ Psychology as a discipline dates back to ____.
Answer: The 1870's
◉ The psychology family tree includes two major roots: ____.
Answer: Philosophy and the natural sciences
◉ Although the bulk of psychology focuses on human behavior,
studying animal behavior has been an essential part of the discipline
that allows for ____.
Answer: Making essential comparisons with humans
◉ A doctor noticed that many soldiers returning from fighting in the
trenches in World War I were highly anxious, were fearful of loud
,noises, and had difficulty reconnecting with their families. He asked
them to record personal observations of their thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors in a journal. This process is called ____.
Answer: Introspection
◉ The discipline that systematically examines basic concepts,
including the source of knowledge, is called ____.
Answer: Philosophy
◉ The two roots of psychology are philosophy and _____.
Answer: Natural science
◉ Psychological scientists view the mind as a way of talking about
___.
Answer: The brain and its activities
◉ A study participant grimaces after taking a bite of broccoli; a
woman laughs at a joke; a man eats a cookie when he's bored; a child
cries when his mother leaves the room. These are all examples of
____.
Answer: Behaviors
◉ Philosophers and psychologists have a shared interest in, among
other things, ______.
,Answer: The origin of knowledge
◉ One of the earliest philosophers to forward the idea that all
knowledge is gained through sensory experience was ________, who
lived from 384 to 322 BCE.
Answer: Aristotle
◉ The first true psychologist was ____. He was a research assistant to
Hermann von Helmholtz, and his ideas provided the foundation for
what would later be called structuralism.
Answer: Wilhelm Wundt
◉ Functionalism emerged partly in response to the publication of
____
Answer: The Descent of Man, by Charles Darwin
◉ The Gestalt psychologists believed that breaking a whole
perception into its building blocks, as advocated by the
structuralists, would result in the loss of ____.
Answer: Important psychological information
◉ Who contributed ideas about the unconscious mind, the
development of sexuality, dream analysis, the psychological roots of
abnormal behavior, personality, and therapy?
, Answer: Sigmund Freud
◉ An approach to psychology that features the study and careful
measurement of observable behaviors is called ____.
Answer: Behaviorism
◉ Wilhelm Wundt's student, Edward Titchener, developed an
approach in which the mind is broken into the smallest elements of
mental experience. What was this called?
Answer: Structuralism
◉ Who is the American psychologist who proposed the functionalist
approach and whose textbook Principles of Psychology dominated
the field of psychology for 50 years after its publication?
Answer: William James
◉ Describe Gestalt theory?
Answer: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
◉ Which of the following statements about Freud's work is true?
Answer: His theories don't lend themselves to experimentation
