Psychology 201 Exam Review
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psychology - Answer science of behavior and mental processes
Willhelm Wundt - Answer founder of psychology, used scientific methods to study
psychological processes (reaction times), wrote principles of physiological psychology, university
of Leipzig
Edward B. Titchener - Answer structuralism (first major school of thought in psychology),
cornell university, used process of introspection, most women completed phd's under his
direction
introspection - Answer unreliable, cannot study animals, complex topics cannot be
investigated
William James - Answer functionalism, Harvard, adaptation of environmental changes, wrote
principles of psychology and talks to teachers, professor of Mary Calkins, G. Stanley Hall, and
Margaret Washburn
functionalism - Answer study of adaptive and practical functions of human behavior
Charles Darwin - Answer wrote origin of species, idea of evolution, naturalist
G. Stanley Hall - Answer student of William James, opened first psychology lab in the US,
founded APA was 1st president, 1st president of Clark University, 1st PHD in psychology, Johns
Hopkins University, American Journal of Psychology
Mary Whiton Calkins - Answer student of William James, not allowed to receive PHD from
Harvard due to rules and womens rights issues, established a lab at Wellesley College, 1st
woman president of APA, wrote introduction to psychology
Margaret Floy Washburn - Answer student of William James, first US woman to earn PHD,
2nd female president of APA, wrote the animal mind, Cornell University
, Sigmund Freud - Answer psychoanalysis: unconcious
who was Freud's biographer? - Answer Ernest Jones
John B. Watson - Answer behaviorism, overt observable behavior, learning, behavior of
humans
Ivan Pavlov - Answer Russian, dogs association with neutral stimulus such as bell and food
triggering salivation
B.F. Skinner - Answer reinforcement and punishment with rats and pigeons
Behaviorism - Answer school of psychology that emphasizes the study of observable
behaviors, especially with learning
learning - Answer how behavior is acquired and modified in response to environmental
influences
Carl Rogers - Answer humanistic psychology, emphasized self-determination, free will, and
importance of choice
Abraham Maslow - Answer humanistic psychology, theory of motivation, importance of
psychological growth
culture - Answer attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors shared by a group of people and
communicated from one generation to another
cross-cultural psychology - Answer branch of psychology, studies effects of culture on
behavior and mental processes
ethnocentrism - Answer belief that one's own culture or ethnic group is superior to another,
tendency to use one's culture as a standard to judge other cultures
Clinical Psychology - Answer studies causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of
Questions All Answered Correct Rated
A+ 2026 Updated.
psychology - Answer science of behavior and mental processes
Willhelm Wundt - Answer founder of psychology, used scientific methods to study
psychological processes (reaction times), wrote principles of physiological psychology, university
of Leipzig
Edward B. Titchener - Answer structuralism (first major school of thought in psychology),
cornell university, used process of introspection, most women completed phd's under his
direction
introspection - Answer unreliable, cannot study animals, complex topics cannot be
investigated
William James - Answer functionalism, Harvard, adaptation of environmental changes, wrote
principles of psychology and talks to teachers, professor of Mary Calkins, G. Stanley Hall, and
Margaret Washburn
functionalism - Answer study of adaptive and practical functions of human behavior
Charles Darwin - Answer wrote origin of species, idea of evolution, naturalist
G. Stanley Hall - Answer student of William James, opened first psychology lab in the US,
founded APA was 1st president, 1st president of Clark University, 1st PHD in psychology, Johns
Hopkins University, American Journal of Psychology
Mary Whiton Calkins - Answer student of William James, not allowed to receive PHD from
Harvard due to rules and womens rights issues, established a lab at Wellesley College, 1st
woman president of APA, wrote introduction to psychology
Margaret Floy Washburn - Answer student of William James, first US woman to earn PHD,
2nd female president of APA, wrote the animal mind, Cornell University
, Sigmund Freud - Answer psychoanalysis: unconcious
who was Freud's biographer? - Answer Ernest Jones
John B. Watson - Answer behaviorism, overt observable behavior, learning, behavior of
humans
Ivan Pavlov - Answer Russian, dogs association with neutral stimulus such as bell and food
triggering salivation
B.F. Skinner - Answer reinforcement and punishment with rats and pigeons
Behaviorism - Answer school of psychology that emphasizes the study of observable
behaviors, especially with learning
learning - Answer how behavior is acquired and modified in response to environmental
influences
Carl Rogers - Answer humanistic psychology, emphasized self-determination, free will, and
importance of choice
Abraham Maslow - Answer humanistic psychology, theory of motivation, importance of
psychological growth
culture - Answer attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors shared by a group of people and
communicated from one generation to another
cross-cultural psychology - Answer branch of psychology, studies effects of culture on
behavior and mental processes
ethnocentrism - Answer belief that one's own culture or ethnic group is superior to another,
tendency to use one's culture as a standard to judge other cultures
Clinical Psychology - Answer studies causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of
