PSYC 101 EXAM 1 EXAM SCRIPT FINAL
PAPER ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FULLY SOLVED PREMIUM
RESOURCE
●● Nurture
Answer: Distinct set of environmental factors
●● Psychologists
Answer: Scientists who study behavior and underlying mental processes
●● Basic research
Answer: Collecting data to support or refute theories. To gather
knowledge for the sake of knowledge
●● Applied research
Answer: Focuses on changing behaviors and outcomes. Leads to real-
world applications
●● Hindsight bias
Answer: "I knew it all along"
,●● Goals of Psychology
Answer: Describe, Explain, Predict, and Control
●● Plato (427-347 BC)
Answer: Truth and knowledge existed in the soul before birth- innate
knowledge. Nature
●● Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Answer: Know reality through our perceptions, and we learn through our
experiences- empiricism. Nurture
●● Empiricism
Answer: How scientists acquire knowledge through their observations
and experiments
●● Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
Answer: Nature of the mind and body are different, yet they are
connected. "I think, therefore I am"
●● Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801-1887)
Answer: We can understand how the mind and body work by studying
sensation- laid groundwork for research on sensation and perception
, ●● Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)
Answer: "Father of psychology". Introspection. Did an experiment that
measured reaction time- 1/10 of a second
●● Introspection
Answer: A method used to measure one's own conscious activities
●● Edward Titchener (1867-1927)
Answer: Structuralism- subjective experiences. Interpretation and
analysis of aspects of human cognition. Psychological studies could be
conducted through observation and measurement. Uncover the structure
of the mind. Taught women
●● William James (1842-1910)
Answer: Functionalism- study of the purpose of thought processes,
feelings, and behaviors, and how they help us adapt to the environment.
Aimed to identify the adaptive function of thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors
●● Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Answer: Evolutionary psychology- scientific study of human nature
dedicated to discovering and understanding the psychological
adaptations that evolved to solve ancestral survival and reproductive
problems
PAPER ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FULLY SOLVED PREMIUM
RESOURCE
●● Nurture
Answer: Distinct set of environmental factors
●● Psychologists
Answer: Scientists who study behavior and underlying mental processes
●● Basic research
Answer: Collecting data to support or refute theories. To gather
knowledge for the sake of knowledge
●● Applied research
Answer: Focuses on changing behaviors and outcomes. Leads to real-
world applications
●● Hindsight bias
Answer: "I knew it all along"
,●● Goals of Psychology
Answer: Describe, Explain, Predict, and Control
●● Plato (427-347 BC)
Answer: Truth and knowledge existed in the soul before birth- innate
knowledge. Nature
●● Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Answer: Know reality through our perceptions, and we learn through our
experiences- empiricism. Nurture
●● Empiricism
Answer: How scientists acquire knowledge through their observations
and experiments
●● Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
Answer: Nature of the mind and body are different, yet they are
connected. "I think, therefore I am"
●● Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801-1887)
Answer: We can understand how the mind and body work by studying
sensation- laid groundwork for research on sensation and perception
, ●● Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)
Answer: "Father of psychology". Introspection. Did an experiment that
measured reaction time- 1/10 of a second
●● Introspection
Answer: A method used to measure one's own conscious activities
●● Edward Titchener (1867-1927)
Answer: Structuralism- subjective experiences. Interpretation and
analysis of aspects of human cognition. Psychological studies could be
conducted through observation and measurement. Uncover the structure
of the mind. Taught women
●● William James (1842-1910)
Answer: Functionalism- study of the purpose of thought processes,
feelings, and behaviors, and how they help us adapt to the environment.
Aimed to identify the adaptive function of thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors
●● Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Answer: Evolutionary psychology- scientific study of human nature
dedicated to discovering and understanding the psychological
adaptations that evolved to solve ancestral survival and reproductive
problems
