PSY 2012 Exam 1 FSU Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
Psychology - Answers The scientific study of the mind, brain and behavior
Mind - Answers Mental processes (sensations, perceptions, thoughts, beliefs, dreams)
Behavior - Answers Any activity that is observed, recorded and measured
Biological Psychology - Answers Molecular, Neurochemical, Neurological/physiological
Psychological Psychology - Answers Behavioral, mental
Social Psychology - Answers Social
Wilhelm Wundt - Answers Before him, psychology was a philosophy; Launched the first
psychology lab, studied introspection and found the building blocks of consciousness
Structuralism - Answers Attempting to map the conscious mind
Edward Titchener - Answers Wundt's student; used introspection to map consciousness
Problems of Structuralism - Answers Introspection is unreliable and subjective and people have
consciousless thoughts
Functionalism - Answers Why as opposed to what?; Underscores the adaptive value of
consciousness
William James - Answers Man who dealt with functionalism
Freud - Answers Therapist; explored unconscious motivations; dream analysis
Psychoanalysis - Answers Unconscious motivations, Freudian Slip, Images in dreams are
meaningful
Behaviorism - Answers Only human behavior is observable; science is rooted in observation;
more objective
Watson and Skinner - Answers Behaviorists
Cognitivism - Answers Thinking is central to behavior (focused on the importance of mental
processes)
Developmental psychology - Answers Study of changes occurred throughout someone's life
Clinical psychology - Answers Counseling
Social psychology - Answers Scientific study of people's thoughts, feelings and behaviors
Cognitive psychology - Answers Study of mental processes, language, perception, memory,
Psychology - Answers The scientific study of the mind, brain and behavior
Mind - Answers Mental processes (sensations, perceptions, thoughts, beliefs, dreams)
Behavior - Answers Any activity that is observed, recorded and measured
Biological Psychology - Answers Molecular, Neurochemical, Neurological/physiological
Psychological Psychology - Answers Behavioral, mental
Social Psychology - Answers Social
Wilhelm Wundt - Answers Before him, psychology was a philosophy; Launched the first
psychology lab, studied introspection and found the building blocks of consciousness
Structuralism - Answers Attempting to map the conscious mind
Edward Titchener - Answers Wundt's student; used introspection to map consciousness
Problems of Structuralism - Answers Introspection is unreliable and subjective and people have
consciousless thoughts
Functionalism - Answers Why as opposed to what?; Underscores the adaptive value of
consciousness
William James - Answers Man who dealt with functionalism
Freud - Answers Therapist; explored unconscious motivations; dream analysis
Psychoanalysis - Answers Unconscious motivations, Freudian Slip, Images in dreams are
meaningful
Behaviorism - Answers Only human behavior is observable; science is rooted in observation;
more objective
Watson and Skinner - Answers Behaviorists
Cognitivism - Answers Thinking is central to behavior (focused on the importance of mental
processes)
Developmental psychology - Answers Study of changes occurred throughout someone's life
Clinical psychology - Answers Counseling
Social psychology - Answers Scientific study of people's thoughts, feelings and behaviors
Cognitive psychology - Answers Study of mental processes, language, perception, memory,
