Psychology 200 NOVA EXAM 1 Study
Guide.
Psychology - Correct Answer the scientific study of mind and behavior
Mind - Correct Answer The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings.
Behavior - Correct Answer Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals.
3 Key Questions in Psychology - Correct Answer How do we perceive the electrical and chemical activity
in our brains as things like thoughts, feelings, and behavior?
How do our minds respond to, and learn from, the world around us so quickly, and in ways that ensure
our survival?
What leads the mind to function so ineffectively in some people, such as in those who experience
hallucinations, dramatic mood swings, or intense urges to end their own lives?
Nativism - Correct Answer The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn.
Does Nativism reflect "Nature" or "Nurture"? - Correct Answer Nuture
How did work with brain damaged patients help establish a mind- body connection? - Correct Answer
When Paul Broca worked with a patient who had suffered damage to a small part of the left side of the
brain the patient was virtually unable to speak yet was able to understand everything that was said and
could communicate using gestures. Broca had the crucial insight that damage to a specific part of the
brain impaired a specific mental function, clearly demonstrating that the mind and body are linked.
Who is credited as being the founder of psychology including teaching its first course and opening its
first lab in 1879? - Correct Answer Wilhelm Wundt
consciousness - Correct Answer A person's subjective experience of the world and the mind.
,How did Wundt study consciousness using stimuli and reaction time? - Correct Answer He would train
his human participants to respond after he applied pressure. He would then use the time of the stimulus
to the time reacted as his basis for how long nerve impulses took to reach the brain and respond.
Structuralism - Correct Answer The analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind.
Introspection - Correct Answer The subjective observation of one's own experience.
What is the problem with using introspection as a research method? - Correct Answer People see things
differently due to their own experiences so using this method for research would pose a problem since
there would be no consistency.
Functionalism - Correct Answer The study of how mental processes enable people to adapt to their
environments.
William James ideas on how consciousness should be studied? - Correct Answer He thought of
consciousness like a flowing stream and to understand it, you needed to understand it in its entirety.
Wundt's ideas on how consciousness should be studied? - Correct Answer He thought consciousness
could be broken down into separate elements.
Charles Darwin's Theory (Natural Selection) - Correct Answer The features of an organism that help it
survive and reproduce are more likely than other features to be passed on to subsequent generations.
Hysteria - Correct Answer A temporary loss of cognitive or motor functions, usually as a result of
emotionally upsetting experiences.
Unconscious - Correct Answer The part of the mind that operates outside of conscious awareness but
influences conscious thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory - Correct Answer An approach that emphasizes the importance of
unconscious mental processes in shaping feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.
, Psychoanalysis - Correct Answer A therapeutic approach that focuses on bringing unconscious material
into conscious awareness to better understand psychological disorders.
Criticism of Psychoanalysis - Correct Answer The Victorian Era thought it was "dirty". Nowadays we think
its unscientific. People don't like it when You analyze them.
Humanistic Psychology - Correct Answer An approach to understanding human nature that emphasizes
the positive potential of human beings.
The Founder(s) of Humanistic Psychology - Correct Answer Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
Behaviorism - Correct Answer An approach that advocates that psychologists restrict themselves to the
scientific study of objectively observable behavior.
S-R Psychology - Correct Answer A stimulus-response psychology.
What psychologist is associated with behaviorism? - Correct Answer John Broadus Watson
Criticisms of Behaviorism - Correct Answer This approach was 1 sided (dimensional) and doesn't account
for Free Will.
Gesalt Psychology - Correct Answer A psychological approach that emphasizes that we often perceive
the whole rather than the sum of the parts.
Cognitive Psychology - Correct Answer The scientific study of mental processes, including perception,
thought, memory, and reasoning.
What is behavioral Neuroscience? - Correct Answer An approach to psychology that links psychological
processes to activities in the Nervous System and other bodily processes.
Guide.
Psychology - Correct Answer the scientific study of mind and behavior
Mind - Correct Answer The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings.
Behavior - Correct Answer Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals.
3 Key Questions in Psychology - Correct Answer How do we perceive the electrical and chemical activity
in our brains as things like thoughts, feelings, and behavior?
How do our minds respond to, and learn from, the world around us so quickly, and in ways that ensure
our survival?
What leads the mind to function so ineffectively in some people, such as in those who experience
hallucinations, dramatic mood swings, or intense urges to end their own lives?
Nativism - Correct Answer The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn.
Does Nativism reflect "Nature" or "Nurture"? - Correct Answer Nuture
How did work with brain damaged patients help establish a mind- body connection? - Correct Answer
When Paul Broca worked with a patient who had suffered damage to a small part of the left side of the
brain the patient was virtually unable to speak yet was able to understand everything that was said and
could communicate using gestures. Broca had the crucial insight that damage to a specific part of the
brain impaired a specific mental function, clearly demonstrating that the mind and body are linked.
Who is credited as being the founder of psychology including teaching its first course and opening its
first lab in 1879? - Correct Answer Wilhelm Wundt
consciousness - Correct Answer A person's subjective experience of the world and the mind.
,How did Wundt study consciousness using stimuli and reaction time? - Correct Answer He would train
his human participants to respond after he applied pressure. He would then use the time of the stimulus
to the time reacted as his basis for how long nerve impulses took to reach the brain and respond.
Structuralism - Correct Answer The analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind.
Introspection - Correct Answer The subjective observation of one's own experience.
What is the problem with using introspection as a research method? - Correct Answer People see things
differently due to their own experiences so using this method for research would pose a problem since
there would be no consistency.
Functionalism - Correct Answer The study of how mental processes enable people to adapt to their
environments.
William James ideas on how consciousness should be studied? - Correct Answer He thought of
consciousness like a flowing stream and to understand it, you needed to understand it in its entirety.
Wundt's ideas on how consciousness should be studied? - Correct Answer He thought consciousness
could be broken down into separate elements.
Charles Darwin's Theory (Natural Selection) - Correct Answer The features of an organism that help it
survive and reproduce are more likely than other features to be passed on to subsequent generations.
Hysteria - Correct Answer A temporary loss of cognitive or motor functions, usually as a result of
emotionally upsetting experiences.
Unconscious - Correct Answer The part of the mind that operates outside of conscious awareness but
influences conscious thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory - Correct Answer An approach that emphasizes the importance of
unconscious mental processes in shaping feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.
, Psychoanalysis - Correct Answer A therapeutic approach that focuses on bringing unconscious material
into conscious awareness to better understand psychological disorders.
Criticism of Psychoanalysis - Correct Answer The Victorian Era thought it was "dirty". Nowadays we think
its unscientific. People don't like it when You analyze them.
Humanistic Psychology - Correct Answer An approach to understanding human nature that emphasizes
the positive potential of human beings.
The Founder(s) of Humanistic Psychology - Correct Answer Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
Behaviorism - Correct Answer An approach that advocates that psychologists restrict themselves to the
scientific study of objectively observable behavior.
S-R Psychology - Correct Answer A stimulus-response psychology.
What psychologist is associated with behaviorism? - Correct Answer John Broadus Watson
Criticisms of Behaviorism - Correct Answer This approach was 1 sided (dimensional) and doesn't account
for Free Will.
Gesalt Psychology - Correct Answer A psychological approach that emphasizes that we often perceive
the whole rather than the sum of the parts.
Cognitive Psychology - Correct Answer The scientific study of mental processes, including perception,
thought, memory, and reasoning.
What is behavioral Neuroscience? - Correct Answer An approach to psychology that links psychological
processes to activities in the Nervous System and other bodily processes.
