Intro to Psychology Exam 1 Study Guide – Chapters
1–3 Key Terms, Concepts, and Summaries for 2025/
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The school of psychology called structuralism used a
technique called ________, which involved "looking
inward" and reporting the contents of consciousness to
study a person's experiences.
-insight inventory
-induction
-intervention
-introspection - Answer-introspection
established the first psychological laboratory in 1879.
-Wilhelm Wundt
-William James
-John Locke
-Sigmund Freud - Answer-Wilhelm Wundt
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Professor Thomas approaches questions about human
behavior from a perspective that emphasizes unconscious
processes within the individual, such as inner forces or
conflicts. It is most likely that she accepts which of the
following psychological approaches?
-Behavioral approach
-Psychodynamic approach
-Sociocultural approach
-Humanistic approach - Answer-Psychodynamic approach
The _______________ perspective is a psychological
approach that emphasizes the mental processes in
perception, memory, language, and problem solving.
-learning
-sociocultural
-biological
-cognitive - Answer-cognitive
Which of the following professionals is NOT a mental
health practitioner?
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-Clinical psychologist
-Neuropsychologist
-Psychiatric nurse
-Industrial organizational psychologist - Answer-Industrial
organizational psychologist
______________ usually divide their time between
supervising and teaching students, completing
administrative tasks, and carrying out psychological
research.
-Sports psychologists
-Academic psychologists
-Counseling psychologists
-Psychiatric social workers - Answer-Academic
psychologists
The first step in any scientific investigation is ________.
-developing an argument
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-identifying the question
-coming to a conclusion
-forming a hypothesis - Answer-identifying the question
"Children who watch violent cartoons will become more
aggressive." According to the scientific method, this
statement is most likely a ________.
-conclusion
-fact
-result
-hypothesis - Answer-hypothesis
After you have identified a problem you want to study, the
next step in the scientific method is to ____________.
-conduct background research
-report your results
-develop a hypothesis
-test the hypothesis - Answer-conduct background
research