Psych 111 - Exam 1 LATEST TEST WITH
COMPLETE VERRIFIED ANSWERS
,What is psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The scientific investigation of mental
processes and behavior
What does psychology reflect the influences of? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Biological
processes
• Individual differences (gender, pain)
• Time and culture (we continue to learn more)
What are the four goals of psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Describe how people
and animals behave
• Understand and explain the causes of behavior
• Predict behaviors/reactions across situations
• Control behavior through understanding its causes and consequences
Bullying: empathy training early
What did Flourens and Broca do? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Linked mind and behavior
• Showed that damage to the brain can result in impariments of behavior and mental
function
What did Wilhelm Wundt establish? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• The first psychological
lab in Leipzig, Germany
• Taught first class in psych
,What did Wundt study? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Consciousness
• Structuralism
What is consciousness? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• A person's subjective experience of
the world and mind
What is structuralism? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• The relationship between the basic
elements that constitute the mind
• Introspection: Subjective observation of one's own experience/feelings
• Structure of mental processes
- Elements of consciousness/moments of consciousness
What did Titchener do? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Brought Structuralism to the US
• Relied on the identification of the basic elements
What did William James do? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Built on the principles of
introspection and the study of conscious experiences, but focuses on WHY and the
adaptive reasons for what and how we perceive the real world
• Natural selection
• Functionalism
, What is functionalism? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• The study of the function or purpose
conscious mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment
• We can't divide our memory that well but we think we can
Who do many psychologists focus on for studies? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Patients
with psychological disorders to understand human behavior
Who influenced the Psychoanalytic perspective? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Sigmund
Freud
What is the psychoanalytic perspective? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Identified the role of
unconscious forces that determine thoughts, feelings and behavior
• Personality is dependent on early life experiences
• Drives and motivations conflict leading to compromises (defense mechanisms,
symptoms)
• Focus on sexual and aggressive impulses
What is the theory behind the psychoanalytic perspective? - CORRECT ANSWERS-•
Unconscious mental processes shape feelings, thoughts, and behaviors
• They would make us uncomfortable if we knew them
What is a Freudian Slip? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Elements of unconscious
processing according to this perspective
COMPLETE VERRIFIED ANSWERS
,What is psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The scientific investigation of mental
processes and behavior
What does psychology reflect the influences of? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Biological
processes
• Individual differences (gender, pain)
• Time and culture (we continue to learn more)
What are the four goals of psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Describe how people
and animals behave
• Understand and explain the causes of behavior
• Predict behaviors/reactions across situations
• Control behavior through understanding its causes and consequences
Bullying: empathy training early
What did Flourens and Broca do? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Linked mind and behavior
• Showed that damage to the brain can result in impariments of behavior and mental
function
What did Wilhelm Wundt establish? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• The first psychological
lab in Leipzig, Germany
• Taught first class in psych
,What did Wundt study? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Consciousness
• Structuralism
What is consciousness? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• A person's subjective experience of
the world and mind
What is structuralism? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• The relationship between the basic
elements that constitute the mind
• Introspection: Subjective observation of one's own experience/feelings
• Structure of mental processes
- Elements of consciousness/moments of consciousness
What did Titchener do? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Brought Structuralism to the US
• Relied on the identification of the basic elements
What did William James do? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Built on the principles of
introspection and the study of conscious experiences, but focuses on WHY and the
adaptive reasons for what and how we perceive the real world
• Natural selection
• Functionalism
, What is functionalism? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• The study of the function or purpose
conscious mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment
• We can't divide our memory that well but we think we can
Who do many psychologists focus on for studies? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Patients
with psychological disorders to understand human behavior
Who influenced the Psychoanalytic perspective? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Sigmund
Freud
What is the psychoanalytic perspective? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Identified the role of
unconscious forces that determine thoughts, feelings and behavior
• Personality is dependent on early life experiences
• Drives and motivations conflict leading to compromises (defense mechanisms,
symptoms)
• Focus on sexual and aggressive impulses
What is the theory behind the psychoanalytic perspective? - CORRECT ANSWERS-•
Unconscious mental processes shape feelings, thoughts, and behaviors
• They would make us uncomfortable if we knew them
What is a Freudian Slip? - CORRECT ANSWERS-• Elements of unconscious
processing according to this perspective
