PSYC 101 | GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RATED A+ | PORTAGE LEARNING
In 1879, in psychology's first experiment, ___ and his students measured the time
lag between hearing a ball hit a platform and pressing a key - ANSWER
William Wundt
William James would be considered a(n) - ANSWER Functionalist
Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would be considered - ANSWER
Structuralists
In the early twentieth century, ____ redefined psychology as the "science of
observable behavior" - ANSWER Abraham Maslow
Nature is to nurture as - ANSWER Biology is to experience
A psychologist treating emotionally troubled adolescents at a local mental health
agency is most likely a - ANSWER Clinical Psychologist
,A mental health professional with a medical degree who can prescribe medication
is a - ANSWER Psychiatrist
A psychologist conducting basic research to expand psychology's knowledge base
would be most likely to - ANSWER observe 3- and 6- year olds
solving puzzles and analyze differences in their abilities
used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind - ANSWER
Structuralism
Explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the
organism to adapt, survive, and flourish - ANSWER Functionalism
Who was a memory researcher, but denied her PhD in 1890? - ANSWER
Mary Calkins
1st women with psych in PhD and studied animal behavior? - ANSWER
Margaret Floy Washburn
, Who emphasized the ways our unconscious thought processes and our emotional
responses to childhood experiences affect our behavior? - ANSWER
Frued
What did behaviorism dismiss? - ANSWER Introspection
Watson and Rayner showed that fear could be learned. What theory did they
belong to? - ANSWER Behaviorism
BF skinner agued that consequences shape - ANSWER Behavior
Historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential --
rejected behaviorism and Freudian definition of psych - ANSWER
Humanistic Psychology
Interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including
perception, thinking, memory, and language) - ANSWER Cognitive
Neuroscience
Who drew attention to ways that the environmental influences can nurture/limit
growth potential? - ANSWER Roger and Maslow
MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RATED A+ | PORTAGE LEARNING
In 1879, in psychology's first experiment, ___ and his students measured the time
lag between hearing a ball hit a platform and pressing a key - ANSWER
William Wundt
William James would be considered a(n) - ANSWER Functionalist
Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would be considered - ANSWER
Structuralists
In the early twentieth century, ____ redefined psychology as the "science of
observable behavior" - ANSWER Abraham Maslow
Nature is to nurture as - ANSWER Biology is to experience
A psychologist treating emotionally troubled adolescents at a local mental health
agency is most likely a - ANSWER Clinical Psychologist
,A mental health professional with a medical degree who can prescribe medication
is a - ANSWER Psychiatrist
A psychologist conducting basic research to expand psychology's knowledge base
would be most likely to - ANSWER observe 3- and 6- year olds
solving puzzles and analyze differences in their abilities
used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind - ANSWER
Structuralism
Explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the
organism to adapt, survive, and flourish - ANSWER Functionalism
Who was a memory researcher, but denied her PhD in 1890? - ANSWER
Mary Calkins
1st women with psych in PhD and studied animal behavior? - ANSWER
Margaret Floy Washburn
, Who emphasized the ways our unconscious thought processes and our emotional
responses to childhood experiences affect our behavior? - ANSWER
Frued
What did behaviorism dismiss? - ANSWER Introspection
Watson and Rayner showed that fear could be learned. What theory did they
belong to? - ANSWER Behaviorism
BF skinner agued that consequences shape - ANSWER Behavior
Historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential --
rejected behaviorism and Freudian definition of psych - ANSWER
Humanistic Psychology
Interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including
perception, thinking, memory, and language) - ANSWER Cognitive
Neuroscience
Who drew attention to ways that the environmental influences can nurture/limit
growth potential? - ANSWER Roger and Maslow
