Summary PSY 101 -
Midterm Study
Guide.
In 1879, in psychology's first experiment, ___ and his students measured the time lag
between hearing a ball hit a platform and pressing a key - CORRECT ANSWERS--
William Wundt
William James would be considered a(n) - CORRECT ANSWERS--Functionalist
Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would be considered - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Structuralists
In the early twentieth century, ____ redefined psychology as the "science of observable
behavior" - CORRECT ANSWERS--Abraham Maslow
, Nature is to nurture as - CORRECT ANSWERS--Biology is to experience
A psychologist treating emotionally troubled adolescents at a local mental health agency
is most likely a - CORRECT ANSWERS--Clinical Psychologist
A mental health professional with a medical degree who can prescribe medication is a -
CORRECT ANSWERS--Psychiatrist
A psychologist conducting basic research to expand psychology's knowledge base
would be most likely to - CORRECT ANSWERS--observe 3- and 6- year olds solving
puzzles and analyze differences in their abilities
used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Structuralism
Explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism
to adapt, survive, and flourish - CORRECT ANSWERS--Functionalism
Who was a memory researcher, but denied her PhD in 1890? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
-Mary Calkins
1st women with psych in PhD and studied animal behavior? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Margaret Floy Washburn
Who emphasized the ways our unconscious thought processes and our emotional
responses to childhood experiences affect our behavior? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Frued
What did behaviorism dismiss? - CORRECT ANSWERS--Introspection
Extent to which variation among individuals can be attributed to their differing genes -
CORRECT ANSWERS--Heritability
Random errors in gene replication - CORRECT ANSWERS--Mutations
No more than ___ of the genetic differences among humans arise from population
group differences - CORRECT ANSWERS--5%
By puberty, ___ ___ results in a massive loss on unemployed connections - CORRECT
ANSWERS--Synaptic pruning
Priority to one's own goals over the group's goals - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Individualism
Midterm Study
Guide.
In 1879, in psychology's first experiment, ___ and his students measured the time lag
between hearing a ball hit a platform and pressing a key - CORRECT ANSWERS--
William Wundt
William James would be considered a(n) - CORRECT ANSWERS--Functionalist
Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would be considered - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Structuralists
In the early twentieth century, ____ redefined psychology as the "science of observable
behavior" - CORRECT ANSWERS--Abraham Maslow
, Nature is to nurture as - CORRECT ANSWERS--Biology is to experience
A psychologist treating emotionally troubled adolescents at a local mental health agency
is most likely a - CORRECT ANSWERS--Clinical Psychologist
A mental health professional with a medical degree who can prescribe medication is a -
CORRECT ANSWERS--Psychiatrist
A psychologist conducting basic research to expand psychology's knowledge base
would be most likely to - CORRECT ANSWERS--observe 3- and 6- year olds solving
puzzles and analyze differences in their abilities
used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Structuralism
Explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism
to adapt, survive, and flourish - CORRECT ANSWERS--Functionalism
Who was a memory researcher, but denied her PhD in 1890? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
-Mary Calkins
1st women with psych in PhD and studied animal behavior? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Margaret Floy Washburn
Who emphasized the ways our unconscious thought processes and our emotional
responses to childhood experiences affect our behavior? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Frued
What did behaviorism dismiss? - CORRECT ANSWERS--Introspection
Extent to which variation among individuals can be attributed to their differing genes -
CORRECT ANSWERS--Heritability
Random errors in gene replication - CORRECT ANSWERS--Mutations
No more than ___ of the genetic differences among humans arise from population
group differences - CORRECT ANSWERS--5%
By puberty, ___ ___ results in a massive loss on unemployed connections - CORRECT
ANSWERS--Synaptic pruning
Priority to one's own goals over the group's goals - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Individualism
