Introduction TO Psychology
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The scientific student of mental processes,
behavior, and feelings of humans and/or animals.
Goals of Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅To describe, explain, predict, and
influence human and animal behavior.
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An assumption or prediction about behavior that is
tested through scientific research and experimentation.
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and
offered for scientific study
Basic Science - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Te pursuit of knowledge about natural
phenomena for its own sake
Applied Science - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Discovering ways to use scientific finding to
accomplish practical goals
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A systematic approach to gathering
information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized
Wihelm Wundt - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Known as the "Father of Psychology," he
established first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.
Phrenology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The practice of studying the bumps on a person's
head to make judgements about that person's personality/mental state.
Pseudoscience - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Purported "scientific discoveries" which have
little actual basis in science. (ex. Fidget Spinners help ADHD)
, Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the psychological study of the basic elements
that make up conscious mental experiences
Introspection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A method of self-observation in which
participants report their thoughts and feelings
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The psychological study of how people and
animals have adapted their mental processes and behaviors to their environments
William James - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Psychologist at Harvard University who is
credited with writing the first psychological textbook "Principles of Psychology." He also helped
pioneer the functionalist approach to psychological study.
Sir Francis Galton - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅English mathematician and scientist who
proposed that certain behaviors and/or character traits were inheritable. Wrote "Inquiries into
Human Faculty"
Gestalt - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅German psychological movement which studied how
sensations are assembled into perceptual experiences. Would later influence the study of
cognitive psychology.
Sigmund Freud - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Established the psychoanalytic study of
psychology which focuses on the influence of the unconscious mind on human thoughts,
feelings, and behavior. Sometimes referred to as the "Father of Modern Psychology."
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Study of psychology which focuses on how
unconscious motives and conflicts influence human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Behavioral Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Pioneered by Ivan Pavlov, a branch of
psychology which analyzes how organisms learn to adapt or modify their behavior based on
certain stimuli in the environment.
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The scientific student of mental processes,
behavior, and feelings of humans and/or animals.
Goals of Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅To describe, explain, predict, and
influence human and animal behavior.
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An assumption or prediction about behavior that is
tested through scientific research and experimentation.
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and
offered for scientific study
Basic Science - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Te pursuit of knowledge about natural
phenomena for its own sake
Applied Science - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Discovering ways to use scientific finding to
accomplish practical goals
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A systematic approach to gathering
information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized
Wihelm Wundt - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Known as the "Father of Psychology," he
established first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.
Phrenology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The practice of studying the bumps on a person's
head to make judgements about that person's personality/mental state.
Pseudoscience - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Purported "scientific discoveries" which have
little actual basis in science. (ex. Fidget Spinners help ADHD)
, Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the psychological study of the basic elements
that make up conscious mental experiences
Introspection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A method of self-observation in which
participants report their thoughts and feelings
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The psychological study of how people and
animals have adapted their mental processes and behaviors to their environments
William James - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Psychologist at Harvard University who is
credited with writing the first psychological textbook "Principles of Psychology." He also helped
pioneer the functionalist approach to psychological study.
Sir Francis Galton - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅English mathematician and scientist who
proposed that certain behaviors and/or character traits were inheritable. Wrote "Inquiries into
Human Faculty"
Gestalt - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅German psychological movement which studied how
sensations are assembled into perceptual experiences. Would later influence the study of
cognitive psychology.
Sigmund Freud - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Established the psychoanalytic study of
psychology which focuses on the influence of the unconscious mind on human thoughts,
feelings, and behavior. Sometimes referred to as the "Father of Modern Psychology."
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Study of psychology which focuses on how
unconscious motives and conflicts influence human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Behavioral Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Pioneered by Ivan Pavlov, a branch of
psychology which analyzes how organisms learn to adapt or modify their behavior based on
certain stimuli in the environment.
