Psychology Exam questions and
answers well graded A+
Biological Neuroscientific - ANS✅✅How the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and
sensory experiences.
Example) Biological; cognitive, clinical
Evolutionary - ANS✅✅Natural Science of Traits. How the natural selection of trains has promoted
the survival of genes
Example) Biological; developmental; social
Behavior Genetics - ANS✅✅How our genes and our environment influence our individual
differences
Example) Personality; developmental; legal/forensic
Psychoanalytic - ANS✅✅How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
Example) Clinical; counseling; personality
Behavioral - ANS✅✅How we learn observable responses
Example) Clinical; Counseling; industrial-organizational
Cognitive - ANS✅✅How we encode, process, store, and retrieve information
Example) Cognitive neuroscience; clinical; counseling; industrial organization
Social-Cultural - ANS✅✅How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures
What contributions did Wundt, Titchener, and James make to psychology? - ANS✅✅Wilhelm
Wundt- First Psychological Laboratory(1879)
E.B Titchener- structuralism- the analysis of mental structures
William James-Functionalism- the study of how the mind works
, What is introspection? - ANS✅✅Introspection: is the examination of one's conscious thoughts and
feelings.
What is structuralism? - ANS✅✅Structuralism: early school of thought promoted by Wundt and
Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.
What is functionalism? - ANS✅✅Functionalism: early school of thought promoted by James and
influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable the
organism to adapt, survive, and flourish
What is hindsight bias? - ANS✅✅The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one
would have foreseen it.
What is the scientific method? - ANS✅✅A design to study to test the hypothesis
What is a hypothesis? - ANS✅✅A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
What is an operational definition? - ANS✅✅Statement about the procedure the researcher used
to measure a variable
What is a case study? How is it limited? - ANS✅✅Descriptive technique in which one individual or
group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
What is naturalistic observation? How is it limited? - ANS✅✅A descriptive technique of observing
and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the
situation
What is the survey method? - ANS✅✅Survey Method: asking people questions about their
thoughts, feelings, desires, and actions and recording their answers.
What are wording effects? - ANS✅✅How the phrasing of question might affect people's expressed
opinions.
What is response bias? - ANS✅✅influence the response of participants away from an accurate or
truthful response.
answers well graded A+
Biological Neuroscientific - ANS✅✅How the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and
sensory experiences.
Example) Biological; cognitive, clinical
Evolutionary - ANS✅✅Natural Science of Traits. How the natural selection of trains has promoted
the survival of genes
Example) Biological; developmental; social
Behavior Genetics - ANS✅✅How our genes and our environment influence our individual
differences
Example) Personality; developmental; legal/forensic
Psychoanalytic - ANS✅✅How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
Example) Clinical; counseling; personality
Behavioral - ANS✅✅How we learn observable responses
Example) Clinical; Counseling; industrial-organizational
Cognitive - ANS✅✅How we encode, process, store, and retrieve information
Example) Cognitive neuroscience; clinical; counseling; industrial organization
Social-Cultural - ANS✅✅How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures
What contributions did Wundt, Titchener, and James make to psychology? - ANS✅✅Wilhelm
Wundt- First Psychological Laboratory(1879)
E.B Titchener- structuralism- the analysis of mental structures
William James-Functionalism- the study of how the mind works
, What is introspection? - ANS✅✅Introspection: is the examination of one's conscious thoughts and
feelings.
What is structuralism? - ANS✅✅Structuralism: early school of thought promoted by Wundt and
Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.
What is functionalism? - ANS✅✅Functionalism: early school of thought promoted by James and
influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable the
organism to adapt, survive, and flourish
What is hindsight bias? - ANS✅✅The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one
would have foreseen it.
What is the scientific method? - ANS✅✅A design to study to test the hypothesis
What is a hypothesis? - ANS✅✅A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
What is an operational definition? - ANS✅✅Statement about the procedure the researcher used
to measure a variable
What is a case study? How is it limited? - ANS✅✅Descriptive technique in which one individual or
group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
What is naturalistic observation? How is it limited? - ANS✅✅A descriptive technique of observing
and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the
situation
What is the survey method? - ANS✅✅Survey Method: asking people questions about their
thoughts, feelings, desires, and actions and recording their answers.
What are wording effects? - ANS✅✅How the phrasing of question might affect people's expressed
opinions.
What is response bias? - ANS✅✅influence the response of participants away from an accurate or
truthful response.
