PSY 101 SDSU LAUMAKIS EXAM SCRIPT 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Structuralism . Answer: conscious experience can be broken down
into its underlying components or elements.
◉ Functionalism . Answer: highlighted the adaptive purpose, or
function of mind and behavior.
◉ Nativism . Answer: the human mind is created with pre-existing
structure and information (NATURE).
◉ Empiricism . Answer: the human mind is shaped by the environment
(NURTURE).
◉ Behaviorism . Answer: emphasizes the role of environment forces in
shaping behavior.
◉ What are the 4 main goals of psychology? . Answer: Describe,
Explain, Predict and Control.
, ◉ Introspection . Answer: a method used to examine one's own
conscious activities.
◉ Humanistic Psychology . Answer: an approach suggesting that
human nature is by large positive, and the human direction is toward
growth.
◉ Biopsychosocial Perspective . Answer: explains behavior through the
interaction of biological, psychological and social factors.
◉ Dualism . Answer: the idea that the mind and body are two separate
entities.
◉ Plato . Answer: greek philosopher who proposed that some ideas are
innate.
◉ Aristotle . Answer: greek philosopher who proposed theories to
explain many aspects of human behavior; supported the empiricist view
that all knowledge comes from sensory experiences.
◉ Wilhelm Wundt . Answer: german physiologist who founded
psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research lab in
1879.
TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Structuralism . Answer: conscious experience can be broken down
into its underlying components or elements.
◉ Functionalism . Answer: highlighted the adaptive purpose, or
function of mind and behavior.
◉ Nativism . Answer: the human mind is created with pre-existing
structure and information (NATURE).
◉ Empiricism . Answer: the human mind is shaped by the environment
(NURTURE).
◉ Behaviorism . Answer: emphasizes the role of environment forces in
shaping behavior.
◉ What are the 4 main goals of psychology? . Answer: Describe,
Explain, Predict and Control.
, ◉ Introspection . Answer: a method used to examine one's own
conscious activities.
◉ Humanistic Psychology . Answer: an approach suggesting that
human nature is by large positive, and the human direction is toward
growth.
◉ Biopsychosocial Perspective . Answer: explains behavior through the
interaction of biological, psychological and social factors.
◉ Dualism . Answer: the idea that the mind and body are two separate
entities.
◉ Plato . Answer: greek philosopher who proposed that some ideas are
innate.
◉ Aristotle . Answer: greek philosopher who proposed theories to
explain many aspects of human behavior; supported the empiricist view
that all knowledge comes from sensory experiences.
◉ Wilhelm Wundt . Answer: german physiologist who founded
psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research lab in
1879.
