UMD PSYC 100 Exam 1 | Study Questions
and Answers | 2026 Updates | 100% correct
ABC's of Psychology - ANSWER- -Affects, Behavior, Cognition (mental processes)
Scientific Method - ANSWER- -theory-->operationalization-->hypothesis-->conduct a study--
>results
Psychology as a discipline - ANSWER- -Studies the relationship between the brain with its
function, and the environment with behavior
universalism - ANSWER- -Merton's norms
scientific claims must be objective and that human experience (needs and psycological
processes) are intrinsic and similar
Communalism - ANSWER- -mertons norms
willingness to share our findings with others; connectedness and togetherness
disinterestedness - ANSWER- -mertons norms
not influenced by self interest and bias should be limited; do it for the sake of science
organized skepticism - ANSWER- -merton's norms
a norm in scientific research in which no scientific finding or theory is exempt from questioning.
freud - ANSWER- -proposed subconscious term, the importance of early experiences(infancy)
and how human behaviors stem from sex drive (building skyscrapers reflects some kind of
sexual desire)
, -his theories were unscientific because it couldnt be tested and it was not falsifiable (anything
could be used as evidence to support the theory)
behaviorism - ANSWER- -Behaviors are determined by stimulus reinforcement. Studies are
done in lab observations where a variable is controlled
•Action --> Reward/Punishment
THREE PRINCIPLES:
1.we cant understand internal mental states
2.behaviors are 100% malleable (influenced)
3. humans are born with a blank state
innateness hypothesis - ANSWER- -Babies have sophisticated mental lives, born with some
understandings of the world; born with unlearned ideas
evolutionary psychology - ANSWER- -the study of the roots of behavior and mental processes
using the principles of natural selection,
- reproductuve adaptation: thoughts and behaviors can be acquired;
natural selection: the process by which heritable traits that make it more likely for an organism
to survive and successfully reproduce become more common in a population over successive
generations. It is a key mechanism of evolution.
can be studied through;
-fossils
-animal behavior
-cross cultural similarities
personality perspective - ANSWER- -Personalities are individual differences
•Could be biological or acquired
-Nature (intrisic, genetics) Vs. Nurture (acquired)
and Answers | 2026 Updates | 100% correct
ABC's of Psychology - ANSWER- -Affects, Behavior, Cognition (mental processes)
Scientific Method - ANSWER- -theory-->operationalization-->hypothesis-->conduct a study--
>results
Psychology as a discipline - ANSWER- -Studies the relationship between the brain with its
function, and the environment with behavior
universalism - ANSWER- -Merton's norms
scientific claims must be objective and that human experience (needs and psycological
processes) are intrinsic and similar
Communalism - ANSWER- -mertons norms
willingness to share our findings with others; connectedness and togetherness
disinterestedness - ANSWER- -mertons norms
not influenced by self interest and bias should be limited; do it for the sake of science
organized skepticism - ANSWER- -merton's norms
a norm in scientific research in which no scientific finding or theory is exempt from questioning.
freud - ANSWER- -proposed subconscious term, the importance of early experiences(infancy)
and how human behaviors stem from sex drive (building skyscrapers reflects some kind of
sexual desire)
, -his theories were unscientific because it couldnt be tested and it was not falsifiable (anything
could be used as evidence to support the theory)
behaviorism - ANSWER- -Behaviors are determined by stimulus reinforcement. Studies are
done in lab observations where a variable is controlled
•Action --> Reward/Punishment
THREE PRINCIPLES:
1.we cant understand internal mental states
2.behaviors are 100% malleable (influenced)
3. humans are born with a blank state
innateness hypothesis - ANSWER- -Babies have sophisticated mental lives, born with some
understandings of the world; born with unlearned ideas
evolutionary psychology - ANSWER- -the study of the roots of behavior and mental processes
using the principles of natural selection,
- reproductuve adaptation: thoughts and behaviors can be acquired;
natural selection: the process by which heritable traits that make it more likely for an organism
to survive and successfully reproduce become more common in a population over successive
generations. It is a key mechanism of evolution.
can be studied through;
-fossils
-animal behavior
-cross cultural similarities
personality perspective - ANSWER- -Personalities are individual differences
•Could be biological or acquired
-Nature (intrisic, genetics) Vs. Nurture (acquired)
