Psychology 1010 final exam questions with
correct answers
1. |What |is |Psychology? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |scientific |study |of |behavior |and |mental |
processes(Hard |vs. |Soft |science)
-focuses |on |critical |thinking |(not |just |negative) |and |is |scientific
1. |Pseudopsychologies |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-unreliable |approaches |that |do |not |use |the |
scientific |method
-astrology, |palmistry, |psychokinesis, |follicology
1.Psychology's |Four |Goals |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Description: |tells" |what |occurred"
2. |Explanation: |tells |"why" |a |behavior |or |mental |process |occurred
3. |Prediction: |identifies |conditions |"under |which |a |future |behavior |or |mental |process |is |likely |
to |occur"
4.Change: |applies |psychological |knowledge |to |prevent |unwanted |or |to |bring |about |desired |
goals
1.Types |of |Psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--biopsychology/ |neuroscience
-clinical |and |counseling |psychology
-cognitive |psychology |
- |developmental |psychology
education |and |school |psychology
experimental |psychology
-forensic |psychology
-gender/ |cultural |psychology
-health |psychology
,-industrial/organizational |psychology
-social |psychology
1.what |represents |the |largest |group |of |Psychology? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Clinical |
psychology
1.origins |of |psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-wilhelm |wundt
structuralism
functionalism
psychoanalytic/ |psychodynamic |perspective
1. |Wilhelm |Wundt |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-"father |of |psychology" |Leipzig, |Germany |1879
1.Structuralism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-sought |to |identify |the |basic |building |blocks, |or |
structures, |of |the |mind |through |introspection |(Wundt |and |Titchener)
focused |on |sensations |and |perceptual |experiences
1. |Functionalism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-studied |how |the |mind |functions |to |adapt |organisms |
to |their |environment |(William |James)
1. |Psychoanalytic/ |psychodynamic |perspective |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-unconscious |processes |
and |unresolved |past |conflicts |(freud |was |the |founder)
1.Recent |schools |of |thought |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--behavioral |perspective
- |humanist |perspective
-cognitive |perspective
-neuroscience/ |biopychology |perspective
,1. |Behavioral |perspective |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-objective, |observable |environmental |
influence |on |overt |behavior |(Watson, |Pavlov, |Skinner)
1. |Humanist |perspective |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-free |will, |self-actualization, |and |a |positive, |
growth-seeking |human |nature |(Rogers |and |Maslow)
-inner-self |and |the |importance |of |subjective |feelilngs
1.Cognitive |perspective |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-thought, |perception, |and |information |
processing.
1. |Neuroscience/ |Biopsychology |perspective |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-genetics |and |other |
biological |processes |in |the |brain |and |other |parts |of |the |nervous |system
1. |Brain |Differences |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-difference |between |men |and |women |is |quite |
small.
1. |Evolutionary |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-natural |selection, |adaptation, |and |evolution
1. |Sociocultural |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-social |interaction |and |cultural |determinants
|"sociobiology"
1. |Gestalt |psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-emphasized |perception; |the |notion |that |the |
whole |is |more |than |the |sum |of |the |parts |(Wertheimer)
1. |Cognitive |psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-focuses |on |mental |function |and |reasoning |
(Ebbinghaus)
, 1. |Psychological |research |can |be |either... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Basic: |conducted |to |advance
|scientific |knowledge
Applied: |designed |to |solve |current |practical |problems
alcohol |abuse |is |an |area |that |combines |basic |and |applied |research
1. |Basic |Research |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-seeks |answers |for |theoretical |questions |
ex |how |is |hunger |controlled |by |the |brain
1. |Applied |research |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-seeks |answers |for |specific |application |problems
ex |organizational |psychology |studies |leadership, |job |satisfaction, |job |training, |and |
development
1. |Scientific |Method |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |identify |questions |of |interest |and |review |lit.
2. |develop |a |testable |hypothesis
3. |select |a |research |method |and |collect |the |data
4. |analyze |the |data |and |accept |of |reject |the |hypothesis
5. |publish, |replicate, |and |seek |scientific |review
6. |build |a |theory
1. |Thomas |Kuhn |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--paradigm |shift
-normal |science
-revolutionary |science
1. |Paradigm |shift |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-has |to |do |with |measurement
-a |new |way |to |test |something |(abandon |old |method)
correct answers
1. |What |is |Psychology? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |scientific |study |of |behavior |and |mental |
processes(Hard |vs. |Soft |science)
-focuses |on |critical |thinking |(not |just |negative) |and |is |scientific
1. |Pseudopsychologies |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-unreliable |approaches |that |do |not |use |the |
scientific |method
-astrology, |palmistry, |psychokinesis, |follicology
1.Psychology's |Four |Goals |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Description: |tells" |what |occurred"
2. |Explanation: |tells |"why" |a |behavior |or |mental |process |occurred
3. |Prediction: |identifies |conditions |"under |which |a |future |behavior |or |mental |process |is |likely |
to |occur"
4.Change: |applies |psychological |knowledge |to |prevent |unwanted |or |to |bring |about |desired |
goals
1.Types |of |Psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--biopsychology/ |neuroscience
-clinical |and |counseling |psychology
-cognitive |psychology |
- |developmental |psychology
education |and |school |psychology
experimental |psychology
-forensic |psychology
-gender/ |cultural |psychology
-health |psychology
,-industrial/organizational |psychology
-social |psychology
1.what |represents |the |largest |group |of |Psychology? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Clinical |
psychology
1.origins |of |psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-wilhelm |wundt
structuralism
functionalism
psychoanalytic/ |psychodynamic |perspective
1. |Wilhelm |Wundt |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-"father |of |psychology" |Leipzig, |Germany |1879
1.Structuralism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-sought |to |identify |the |basic |building |blocks, |or |
structures, |of |the |mind |through |introspection |(Wundt |and |Titchener)
focused |on |sensations |and |perceptual |experiences
1. |Functionalism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-studied |how |the |mind |functions |to |adapt |organisms |
to |their |environment |(William |James)
1. |Psychoanalytic/ |psychodynamic |perspective |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-unconscious |processes |
and |unresolved |past |conflicts |(freud |was |the |founder)
1.Recent |schools |of |thought |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--behavioral |perspective
- |humanist |perspective
-cognitive |perspective
-neuroscience/ |biopychology |perspective
,1. |Behavioral |perspective |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-objective, |observable |environmental |
influence |on |overt |behavior |(Watson, |Pavlov, |Skinner)
1. |Humanist |perspective |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-free |will, |self-actualization, |and |a |positive, |
growth-seeking |human |nature |(Rogers |and |Maslow)
-inner-self |and |the |importance |of |subjective |feelilngs
1.Cognitive |perspective |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-thought, |perception, |and |information |
processing.
1. |Neuroscience/ |Biopsychology |perspective |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-genetics |and |other |
biological |processes |in |the |brain |and |other |parts |of |the |nervous |system
1. |Brain |Differences |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-difference |between |men |and |women |is |quite |
small.
1. |Evolutionary |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-natural |selection, |adaptation, |and |evolution
1. |Sociocultural |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-social |interaction |and |cultural |determinants
|"sociobiology"
1. |Gestalt |psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-emphasized |perception; |the |notion |that |the |
whole |is |more |than |the |sum |of |the |parts |(Wertheimer)
1. |Cognitive |psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-focuses |on |mental |function |and |reasoning |
(Ebbinghaus)
, 1. |Psychological |research |can |be |either... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Basic: |conducted |to |advance
|scientific |knowledge
Applied: |designed |to |solve |current |practical |problems
alcohol |abuse |is |an |area |that |combines |basic |and |applied |research
1. |Basic |Research |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-seeks |answers |for |theoretical |questions |
ex |how |is |hunger |controlled |by |the |brain
1. |Applied |research |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-seeks |answers |for |specific |application |problems
ex |organizational |psychology |studies |leadership, |job |satisfaction, |job |training, |and |
development
1. |Scientific |Method |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |identify |questions |of |interest |and |review |lit.
2. |develop |a |testable |hypothesis
3. |select |a |research |method |and |collect |the |data
4. |analyze |the |data |and |accept |of |reject |the |hypothesis
5. |publish, |replicate, |and |seek |scientific |review
6. |build |a |theory
1. |Thomas |Kuhn |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--paradigm |shift
-normal |science
-revolutionary |science
1. |Paradigm |shift |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-has |to |do |with |measurement
-a |new |way |to |test |something |(abandon |old |method)
