LSU PSYC FINAL EXAM EXPECTED QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Question 1.
Wundt
ANSWER
-father of modern psychology -developed the technique of object introspection -believed
consequences could be broken into thought, experiences, emotions, and other basic elements
Question 2.
Titchener
ANSWER
-brought psychology in the form of structuralism to America
Question 3.
James
ANSWER
-functionalism -"Principles of Psychology" -"stream of consciousness"
Question 4.
Watson
ANSWER
-disagreed with structuralism -associated with behaviorism -believed behavior is a result from
a stimulus
Question 5.
psychologists
ANSWER
-academic degrees and can do counseling, teaching, re-search, and may specialize in any large
area of psychology
,Question 6.
psychiatrists
ANSWER
-medical doctors who provide diagnosis and therapy for a person with a mental disorder
Question 7.
are all psychologists therapists?
ANSWER
No
Question 8.
do all therapists have doctoral degrees?
ANSWER
No
Question 9.
what does it mean to say something is "correlated" with something else?
ANSWER
-statistical technique that allows researchers to discover and predict relationships between
variables of interest -positive correlations exist when increases in one variable are matched by
increases in the other variable -cannot be used to prove cause & effect relationships
Question 10.
what special kind of conclusion can we make based on an experiment that we can't make with other
types of research designs?
ANSWER
-experiments are tightly controlled manipulations of variables that allows researchers to
determine cause & effect re-lationships -this proves causation bc you can control one of the
groups and use the other group as comparison
Question 11.
what features of experiments allow us to make that type of conclusion?
ANSWER
, Question 12.
dependent variable
ANSWER
measured behavior or the response of participants
Question 13.
independent variable
ANSWER
the variable that is deliberately manipulated by the experimenter to see if related changes
occur in the behavior or the responses of the participants and is given to the experimental
group
Question 14.
random assignment
ANSWER
-helps control for individual differences both within and between the groups that might
otherwise interfere with the experiments
Question 15.
control groups
ANSWER
-receives either a placebo treatment or nothing
Question 16.
main function of hippocampus
ANSWER
-part of the brain responsible for the formation of long-term declarative memories
Question 17.
main function of hypothalamus
ANSWER
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Question 1.
Wundt
ANSWER
-father of modern psychology -developed the technique of object introspection -believed
consequences could be broken into thought, experiences, emotions, and other basic elements
Question 2.
Titchener
ANSWER
-brought psychology in the form of structuralism to America
Question 3.
James
ANSWER
-functionalism -"Principles of Psychology" -"stream of consciousness"
Question 4.
Watson
ANSWER
-disagreed with structuralism -associated with behaviorism -believed behavior is a result from
a stimulus
Question 5.
psychologists
ANSWER
-academic degrees and can do counseling, teaching, re-search, and may specialize in any large
area of psychology
,Question 6.
psychiatrists
ANSWER
-medical doctors who provide diagnosis and therapy for a person with a mental disorder
Question 7.
are all psychologists therapists?
ANSWER
No
Question 8.
do all therapists have doctoral degrees?
ANSWER
No
Question 9.
what does it mean to say something is "correlated" with something else?
ANSWER
-statistical technique that allows researchers to discover and predict relationships between
variables of interest -positive correlations exist when increases in one variable are matched by
increases in the other variable -cannot be used to prove cause & effect relationships
Question 10.
what special kind of conclusion can we make based on an experiment that we can't make with other
types of research designs?
ANSWER
-experiments are tightly controlled manipulations of variables that allows researchers to
determine cause & effect re-lationships -this proves causation bc you can control one of the
groups and use the other group as comparison
Question 11.
what features of experiments allow us to make that type of conclusion?
ANSWER
, Question 12.
dependent variable
ANSWER
measured behavior or the response of participants
Question 13.
independent variable
ANSWER
the variable that is deliberately manipulated by the experimenter to see if related changes
occur in the behavior or the responses of the participants and is given to the experimental
group
Question 14.
random assignment
ANSWER
-helps control for individual differences both within and between the groups that might
otherwise interfere with the experiments
Question 15.
control groups
ANSWER
-receives either a placebo treatment or nothing
Question 16.
main function of hippocampus
ANSWER
-part of the brain responsible for the formation of long-term declarative memories
Question 17.
main function of hypothalamus
ANSWER
