PSYC 1001 MIDTERM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is Psychology? - Answer -Science that studies behaviour and the physiological
and cognitive processes beneath it.
What is research/experimental psychology? - Answer -psychologists who are studying
people (or animals) to try and determine basic human characteristics (influences on
behaviour)
What is applied psychology? - Answer -therapists and other psychologists who are
using the knowledge gained through research to make a difference in the real world
How does a Clinical Psychologist differ from a Counsellor and Psychiatrist? - Answer -
A clinical psychologist has a masters and Ph.D. in clinical psych.
A councillor has a masters in counselling.
A psychiatrist has a M.D.
What is Cognitive Psychology - Answer -Studies higher mental processes.
What is Personality Psychology? - Answer -Studies behaviour that shows personality.
What is Developmental Psychology? - Answer -Psych across the lifespan
What is Behavioural Psychology? - Answer -Study of the connection between our
minds and our behaviours
What is Social Psychology? - Answer -Studies interpersonal behaviours
What is Cross-Cultural Psychology? - Answer -study of human behavior and mental
processes under diverse cultural conditions.
What is Physiological Psychology? - Answer -Studies genetic factors in psych
What is Comparative Psychology? - Answer -study of animals in order to find out about
humans.
What is Health Psychology? - Answer -Studies how psych contributes to physical
health and treatment/prevention of illness
What is Clinical Psychology? - Answer -Branch of psychology that studies diagnosis
and treatment of psychological problems
, What are some characteristics of early Psychological Theories? - Answer -Tended to
be "Grand Theories" - they attempted to provide a universal account of the fundamental
psychological processes and characteristics of the human species
What is Animism? - Answer -The belief that animals, people, and inanimate objects are
inhabited by spirits
Who was Rene Descartes? - Answer -Dualism
What is Dualism? - Answer -mind and body are two separate categories (two distinct
entities)
Body - functions like a machine
Mind - not something made of "ordinary matter"
What is Rationalism? - Answer -the pursuit of truth through reason
What is Empiricism? - Answer -pursuit of truth through observation and experience
What is Materialism? - Answer -reality can only be understood by examining the
physical world
What is Structuralism? - Answer -examining the structure of the mind (i.e. ideas,
sensations, etc.)
What is Functionalism? - Answer -stresses the biological significance (i.e. function) of
natural processes, including behaviours
What is Behaviourism? - Answer -focuses solely upon observable behaviours and the
relationship between the environment (the organism's situation) and behaviours. Strict
behaviourists will not speculate on non-observable parts of the organism (i.e. thoughts,
emotions, dreams, motives, etc.)
Who was Aristotle? - Answer -Animism, theory of memory
Who was Wilhelm Wundt? - Answer -Mounted a campaign to make psych an
independent study. Established the first psychological journal, considered the founder of
psych.
Who was Edward Titchener? - Answer -Structuralism
Who was William James? - Answer -Functionalism, stream of consciousness
Who was Charles Darwin? - Answer -Natural selection
Who was John Watson? - Answer -Behaviourism
What is Psychology? - Answer -Science that studies behaviour and the physiological
and cognitive processes beneath it.
What is research/experimental psychology? - Answer -psychologists who are studying
people (or animals) to try and determine basic human characteristics (influences on
behaviour)
What is applied psychology? - Answer -therapists and other psychologists who are
using the knowledge gained through research to make a difference in the real world
How does a Clinical Psychologist differ from a Counsellor and Psychiatrist? - Answer -
A clinical psychologist has a masters and Ph.D. in clinical psych.
A councillor has a masters in counselling.
A psychiatrist has a M.D.
What is Cognitive Psychology - Answer -Studies higher mental processes.
What is Personality Psychology? - Answer -Studies behaviour that shows personality.
What is Developmental Psychology? - Answer -Psych across the lifespan
What is Behavioural Psychology? - Answer -Study of the connection between our
minds and our behaviours
What is Social Psychology? - Answer -Studies interpersonal behaviours
What is Cross-Cultural Psychology? - Answer -study of human behavior and mental
processes under diverse cultural conditions.
What is Physiological Psychology? - Answer -Studies genetic factors in psych
What is Comparative Psychology? - Answer -study of animals in order to find out about
humans.
What is Health Psychology? - Answer -Studies how psych contributes to physical
health and treatment/prevention of illness
What is Clinical Psychology? - Answer -Branch of psychology that studies diagnosis
and treatment of psychological problems
, What are some characteristics of early Psychological Theories? - Answer -Tended to
be "Grand Theories" - they attempted to provide a universal account of the fundamental
psychological processes and characteristics of the human species
What is Animism? - Answer -The belief that animals, people, and inanimate objects are
inhabited by spirits
Who was Rene Descartes? - Answer -Dualism
What is Dualism? - Answer -mind and body are two separate categories (two distinct
entities)
Body - functions like a machine
Mind - not something made of "ordinary matter"
What is Rationalism? - Answer -the pursuit of truth through reason
What is Empiricism? - Answer -pursuit of truth through observation and experience
What is Materialism? - Answer -reality can only be understood by examining the
physical world
What is Structuralism? - Answer -examining the structure of the mind (i.e. ideas,
sensations, etc.)
What is Functionalism? - Answer -stresses the biological significance (i.e. function) of
natural processes, including behaviours
What is Behaviourism? - Answer -focuses solely upon observable behaviours and the
relationship between the environment (the organism's situation) and behaviours. Strict
behaviourists will not speculate on non-observable parts of the organism (i.e. thoughts,
emotions, dreams, motives, etc.)
Who was Aristotle? - Answer -Animism, theory of memory
Who was Wilhelm Wundt? - Answer -Mounted a campaign to make psych an
independent study. Established the first psychological journal, considered the founder of
psych.
Who was Edward Titchener? - Answer -Structuralism
Who was William James? - Answer -Functionalism, stream of consciousness
Who was Charles Darwin? - Answer -Natural selection
Who was John Watson? - Answer -Behaviourism
