Psychology Exam questions with
answers graded A+
How was psychology "born?" - ANS✅✅through introspection
Introspection - ANS✅✅reporting what it is according to your mind
Wundt/Structuralism - ANS✅✅Used introspection to study the "atoms of the mind"
James/Functionalism - ANS✅✅Study of the mind as it functions in adapting to its environment
Darwin - ANS✅✅Natural Selection
Behaviorism (Skinner, Watson) - ANS✅✅- Study only what can be observed & measured
objectively
- Focused on how behaviors are learned & modified
Sigmund Freud - ANS✅✅- Wanted to tap into the unconscious mind
- Focused on abnormal behavior
- Used free association & dream analysis
Psychology - ANS✅✅The science of behavior & mental processes
Humanism (Rogers, Maslow) - ANS✅✅emphasized the growth potential of healthy people, the
individual's potential of personal growth, and the importance of having our needs for love and
acceptance satisfied.
Nature-nurture issue - ANS✅✅- What is the relative contribution of biology & experience in
making us who we are?
• Plato: inborn ideas • Locke: tabla rasa • Darwin: natural selection
Nurture works on what nature endows
, Psychology's 3 main levels of analysis - ANS✅✅biological, psychological, and social-cultural
Biopsychosocial approach - ANS✅✅an integrated approach that incorporates biological,
psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis.
Neuroscience - ANS✅✅how the body & brain create emotions
Evolutionary - ANS✅✅how nature selects traits that promote the perpetuation of one's genes
Behavioral Genetics - ANS✅✅how much genes & environment influence individual differences
Psychodynamic - ANS✅✅how behavior springs from unconscious drives & conflicts
Behavioral - ANS✅✅how we learn observable responses
Cognitive - ANS✅✅how we encode, process, store, & retrieve information
Social-Cultural - ANS✅✅how behavior & thinking vary across situations & cultures
Basic research - ANS✅✅pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base. ex:
cognitive, social, developmental, personality, physiological
Applied Research - ANS✅✅scientific study that aims to solve practical problems
Counseling psychologists - ANS✅✅help people cope with challenges and crises and to improve
their personal and social functioning.
Clinical psychologists - ANS✅✅assess and treat mental, emotional, and behavior disorders.
Psychiatrists - ANS✅✅medical doctors licensed to prescribe drugs and otherwise treat physical
causes of psychological disorders.
answers graded A+
How was psychology "born?" - ANS✅✅through introspection
Introspection - ANS✅✅reporting what it is according to your mind
Wundt/Structuralism - ANS✅✅Used introspection to study the "atoms of the mind"
James/Functionalism - ANS✅✅Study of the mind as it functions in adapting to its environment
Darwin - ANS✅✅Natural Selection
Behaviorism (Skinner, Watson) - ANS✅✅- Study only what can be observed & measured
objectively
- Focused on how behaviors are learned & modified
Sigmund Freud - ANS✅✅- Wanted to tap into the unconscious mind
- Focused on abnormal behavior
- Used free association & dream analysis
Psychology - ANS✅✅The science of behavior & mental processes
Humanism (Rogers, Maslow) - ANS✅✅emphasized the growth potential of healthy people, the
individual's potential of personal growth, and the importance of having our needs for love and
acceptance satisfied.
Nature-nurture issue - ANS✅✅- What is the relative contribution of biology & experience in
making us who we are?
• Plato: inborn ideas • Locke: tabla rasa • Darwin: natural selection
Nurture works on what nature endows
, Psychology's 3 main levels of analysis - ANS✅✅biological, psychological, and social-cultural
Biopsychosocial approach - ANS✅✅an integrated approach that incorporates biological,
psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis.
Neuroscience - ANS✅✅how the body & brain create emotions
Evolutionary - ANS✅✅how nature selects traits that promote the perpetuation of one's genes
Behavioral Genetics - ANS✅✅how much genes & environment influence individual differences
Psychodynamic - ANS✅✅how behavior springs from unconscious drives & conflicts
Behavioral - ANS✅✅how we learn observable responses
Cognitive - ANS✅✅how we encode, process, store, & retrieve information
Social-Cultural - ANS✅✅how behavior & thinking vary across situations & cultures
Basic research - ANS✅✅pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base. ex:
cognitive, social, developmental, personality, physiological
Applied Research - ANS✅✅scientific study that aims to solve practical problems
Counseling psychologists - ANS✅✅help people cope with challenges and crises and to improve
their personal and social functioning.
Clinical psychologists - ANS✅✅assess and treat mental, emotional, and behavior disorders.
Psychiatrists - ANS✅✅medical doctors licensed to prescribe drugs and otherwise treat physical
causes of psychological disorders.
