PSYC 101 | General Psychology Module
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‣ Psychology . Answer: The scientific investigation of mental processes
and behavior
‣ Where did psychology branch out from? . Answer: Physiology and
Philosophy
‣ Structuralism . Answer: Focused on the structure of consciousness and
the mind (not identified with anymore)
‣ 2 Structuralists . Answer: Wundt and Titchener
‣ Functionalism . Answer: Focused on the function of the mind in
helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with anymore)
‣ 2 Functionalists . Answer: Darwin and James
‣ 3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena . Answer:
Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted Methods of
Observation
, ‣ Modern Perspectives . Answer: Psychodynamic, Behaviorist,
Cognitive, Evolutionary
‣ Psychodynamic . Answer: started by Sigmund Freud; case studies, not
easy to test or prove because of small sample size
‣ Behaviorist . Answer: Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental processes
are byproducts of environmental events; experiment
‣ Behaviorist Metaphor . Answer: People are like machines
‣ Cognitive . Answer: Wundt; focuses on how people perceive, process
and retrieve information (Perspective)
‣ Cognitive Metaphor . Answer: Brain like a computer
‣ Evolutionary . Answer: Darwin; behaviors have come about because
they helped our ancestors survive
‣ Evolutionary Metaphor . Answer: runners in a race
‣ Biopsychology . Answer: Physical bases of psychological phenomena
(sub-discipline)
Exam 1 | Complete Study Guide with
Questions and Verified Answers | 100%
Correct | Graded A+
‣ Psychology . Answer: The scientific investigation of mental processes
and behavior
‣ Where did psychology branch out from? . Answer: Physiology and
Philosophy
‣ Structuralism . Answer: Focused on the structure of consciousness and
the mind (not identified with anymore)
‣ 2 Structuralists . Answer: Wundt and Titchener
‣ Functionalism . Answer: Focused on the function of the mind in
helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with anymore)
‣ 2 Functionalists . Answer: Darwin and James
‣ 3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena . Answer:
Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted Methods of
Observation
, ‣ Modern Perspectives . Answer: Psychodynamic, Behaviorist,
Cognitive, Evolutionary
‣ Psychodynamic . Answer: started by Sigmund Freud; case studies, not
easy to test or prove because of small sample size
‣ Behaviorist . Answer: Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental processes
are byproducts of environmental events; experiment
‣ Behaviorist Metaphor . Answer: People are like machines
‣ Cognitive . Answer: Wundt; focuses on how people perceive, process
and retrieve information (Perspective)
‣ Cognitive Metaphor . Answer: Brain like a computer
‣ Evolutionary . Answer: Darwin; behaviors have come about because
they helped our ancestors survive
‣ Evolutionary Metaphor . Answer: runners in a race
‣ Biopsychology . Answer: Physical bases of psychological phenomena
(sub-discipline)
