Psych 100 Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers

Psych 100 Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers

Psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |scientific |study |of |behavior |and |mental |processes



1879 |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |founding |date |of |Psychology



Wilhem |Wundt |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |founder |of |Psychology



Physiology |and |Philosophy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Two |fields |Psychology |was |born |from



Structuralism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |early |school |of |psychology |that |used |introspection |
to |explore |the |elemental |structure |of |the |human |mind



Functionalism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |school |of |psychology |that |focused |on |how |mental |
and |behavioral |processes |function |- |how |they |enable |the |organism |to |adapt, |survive, |and |
flourish.



Psychoanalysis |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |set |of |techniques |for |exploring |underlying |motives |
and |a |method |of |treating |various |mental |disorders



Biological |Psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |branch |of |psychology |concerned |with |the |
links |between |biology |and |behavior |(genes)



Humanism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |philosophy |in |which |interests |and |values |of |human |
beings |are |of |primary |importance

, Behaviorism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |view |that |psychology |(1) |should |be |an |objective |
science |that |(2) |studies |behavior |without |reference |to |mental |processes. |Most |research |
psychologists |today |agree |with |(1) |but |not |with |(2).



Cognitive |Psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Perspective |that |focuses |on |the |mental |
processes |involved |in |perception, |learning, |memory, |and |thinking



Evolutionary |Psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |study |of |the |evolution |of |behavior |and |
the |mind, |using |principles |of |natural |selection



Psychoanalytic |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Sigmund |Freud |contributed |to |this |psychological |
perspective



Behaviorism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-John |B. |Watson |contributed |to |this |psychological |
perspective



Behaviorism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-B.F. |Skinner |contributed |to |this |psychological |perspective



Humanism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Carl |Rogers |contributed |to |this |psychological |perspective



Humanism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Abraham |Maslow |contributed |to |this |psychological |
perspective



Clinical |Psychologist |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |psychologist |trained |to |deal |with |serious |
mental |illness; |they |do |psychological |testing, |psychotherapy, |and |conduct |research



Counseling |Psychologist |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |psychologist |who |usually |helps |people |deal
|with |problems |of |living