LSU PSYC 2000 1 CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Proximity (Nearness):.
Answer: The tendency to perceive objects that are close to each other as part
of the same grouping.
◍ Closure.
Answer: The tendency to complete figure that are incomplete.
◍ Similarity.
Answer: The tendency to perceive things that look similar to each other as
being part of the same group.
◍ Continuity.
Answer: The tendency to perceive things as simply as possible with a
continuous pattern, rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern.
◍ Psychology.
Answer: The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
◍ Wilheim Wundt.
Answer: father of psychology, first attempt to bring
objectivity/measurements in psychology, founded the 1st experimental
psychology lab, work involved objective introspection
◍ Common Region.
Answer: The tendency to perceive things as being in the same group.
◍ Edward Titchener.
Answer: student of Wundt, founder of structuralism
◍ Kara was in an automobile accident that resulted in an injury to her brain.
, Her sense of touch has been affected. Which part of the brain is the most
likely site of damage?.
Answer: Parietal lobe
◍ Which area of the brain did Phineas Gage receive his injury?.
Answer: Frontal lobe
◍ structuralism.
Answer: study consciousness by trying to understand its smallest, most basic
elements
◍ William James.
Answer: founder of functionalism
◍ What kind of study was Phineas Gage's injury?.
Answer: Case study
◍ Functionalism.
Answer: study consciousness & how the mind allows people to work, play,
adapt, to new circumstances..
◍ Wertheimer's views were in line with structuralism..
Answer: False
◍ Freud is considered the father of modern psychology..
Answer: False
◍ Max Wertheimer.
Answer: founder of Gestalt Psychology
◍ The scientific study that seeks to describe, explain, predict, and control
behaviors and mental processes of humans and animals is known as:.
Answer: Psychology
◍ Freud said phobias were __________________, whereas Watson said
phobias were ___________________..
Answer: repressed conflicts; learned
◍ A scientist watches a group of children through one-way glass in order to
, prevent....
Answer: observer effect
◍ Gestalt Psychology.
Answer: how we experience the world , "The whole is greater than the sum
of its parts"
◍ Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the strongest
relationship between two variables?.
Answer: 0.07
◍ A researcher finds that as the number of practices missed increases, the
player's points per game decrease. This is an example of?.
Answer: Negative correlation
◍ Which of the following topics would be best studied using the case study
method?.
Answer: The personality characteristics of a man accused of killing five
people.
◍ Sigmund Freud.
Answer: worked with patients whose complaints had no identifiable physical
cause, focused on the role of the unconscious,focus on early childhood
developments
◍ Psychoanalysis.
Answer: psychology based on Freud's ideas
◍ A group of randomly selected subjects that matches the population on
important characteristics such as age and sex is called?.
Answer: Representative sample
◍ Schwann cells produce myelin in the Central Nervous System..
Answer: False
◍ A neuron can fire completely, partially, or not at all..
Answer: False
◍ Gestalt psychologists are associated with which of the following?.
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Proximity (Nearness):.
Answer: The tendency to perceive objects that are close to each other as part
of the same grouping.
◍ Closure.
Answer: The tendency to complete figure that are incomplete.
◍ Similarity.
Answer: The tendency to perceive things that look similar to each other as
being part of the same group.
◍ Continuity.
Answer: The tendency to perceive things as simply as possible with a
continuous pattern, rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern.
◍ Psychology.
Answer: The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
◍ Wilheim Wundt.
Answer: father of psychology, first attempt to bring
objectivity/measurements in psychology, founded the 1st experimental
psychology lab, work involved objective introspection
◍ Common Region.
Answer: The tendency to perceive things as being in the same group.
◍ Edward Titchener.
Answer: student of Wundt, founder of structuralism
◍ Kara was in an automobile accident that resulted in an injury to her brain.
, Her sense of touch has been affected. Which part of the brain is the most
likely site of damage?.
Answer: Parietal lobe
◍ Which area of the brain did Phineas Gage receive his injury?.
Answer: Frontal lobe
◍ structuralism.
Answer: study consciousness by trying to understand its smallest, most basic
elements
◍ William James.
Answer: founder of functionalism
◍ What kind of study was Phineas Gage's injury?.
Answer: Case study
◍ Functionalism.
Answer: study consciousness & how the mind allows people to work, play,
adapt, to new circumstances..
◍ Wertheimer's views were in line with structuralism..
Answer: False
◍ Freud is considered the father of modern psychology..
Answer: False
◍ Max Wertheimer.
Answer: founder of Gestalt Psychology
◍ The scientific study that seeks to describe, explain, predict, and control
behaviors and mental processes of humans and animals is known as:.
Answer: Psychology
◍ Freud said phobias were __________________, whereas Watson said
phobias were ___________________..
Answer: repressed conflicts; learned
◍ A scientist watches a group of children through one-way glass in order to
, prevent....
Answer: observer effect
◍ Gestalt Psychology.
Answer: how we experience the world , "The whole is greater than the sum
of its parts"
◍ Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the strongest
relationship between two variables?.
Answer: 0.07
◍ A researcher finds that as the number of practices missed increases, the
player's points per game decrease. This is an example of?.
Answer: Negative correlation
◍ Which of the following topics would be best studied using the case study
method?.
Answer: The personality characteristics of a man accused of killing five
people.
◍ Sigmund Freud.
Answer: worked with patients whose complaints had no identifiable physical
cause, focused on the role of the unconscious,focus on early childhood
developments
◍ Psychoanalysis.
Answer: psychology based on Freud's ideas
◍ A group of randomly selected subjects that matches the population on
important characteristics such as age and sex is called?.
Answer: Representative sample
◍ Schwann cells produce myelin in the Central Nervous System..
Answer: False
◍ A neuron can fire completely, partially, or not at all..
Answer: False
◍ Gestalt psychologists are associated with which of the following?.
