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PSYCHOLOGY 101 EXAM 1 2026
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
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)
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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)
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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)
Developmental psychology - ANSWER-How thought, feeling,
and behavior develops through life span
Social Psychology - ANSWER-Influence of real or imagined
others influence on the individual
PSYCHOLOGY 101 EXAM 1 2026
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
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)
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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)
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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)
Developmental psychology - ANSWER-How thought, feeling,
and behavior develops through life span
Social Psychology - ANSWER-Influence of real or imagined
others influence on the individual
