UBC PSYC 101 MIDTERM 1 STUDY
GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH SOLVED
SOLUTIONS.
Modern Psychology - Answer structuralist and functionalist perspectives are important
Plato-Nativism - Answer knowledge is inate or inborn
Aristotle-Empiricism - Answer knowledge is acquired through experience
Descartes-Dualism - Answer body and mind are different
Hobbes-Materialism - Answer mind is what brain does
Locke-Realism - Answer how we view the world is an exact replication produced by our
sensory organs (nurture)
Kant-Idealism - Answer how we view the world is an interpretation from our sensory organs
(nature)
Gall-Phrenology - Answer shape and size marks the brain's abilities
Flourens-Localization - Answer animal brain surgeries
Broca-Localization - Answer Patient with brain damage
General Conclusion - Answer The mind is grounded in a material substance
Helmholtz-Structuralism - Answer measured reaction time in frog legs, mental process are
NOT instantaneous
Wundt-Structuralism - Answer Birth of Psychology, center study around consciousness,
analysis of basic elements that make up the mind
James-Functionalism - Answer consciousness cannot be broken down, study of how mental
processes enable up to adapt to our environment, based on 'natural selection-Darwin'
, Sigmund Frued (psychoanalysis) - Answer hysteric patients, problems stem from painful
experiences, unconscious mind-operates outside of conscious thoughts, emotions, actions
Pavlov-Behaviorism - Answer Psychology should be observable, classical conditioning -
passive
Watson-Behaviorism - Answer Psychology should be observable
Skinner-Behaviorism - Answer Psychology should be observable, operant conditioning - active
The Forer/Barnum Effect - Answer people's tendency to accept very vague ideas about
themselves
Critical Thinking - Answer thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions.
Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses
conclusions.
The Scientific Mind is _________ not _______ ____ not ________, have strong opinions loosely
held. - Answer Skeptical, Cynical, Open, Gullible
Theories - Answer formulate explanations as to how things work
Hypothesis - Answer a falsifiable prediction made by a theory
a good theory needs to be ___________ and needs to be _____________ - Answer
Falsifiable, Parsimonious
Theory building - Answer Inductive - research/observation to theory
Theory testing - Answer deductive - theory to research/observation
Case study - Answer rare population, rich data
naturalistic observation - Answer observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring
situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation
GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH SOLVED
SOLUTIONS.
Modern Psychology - Answer structuralist and functionalist perspectives are important
Plato-Nativism - Answer knowledge is inate or inborn
Aristotle-Empiricism - Answer knowledge is acquired through experience
Descartes-Dualism - Answer body and mind are different
Hobbes-Materialism - Answer mind is what brain does
Locke-Realism - Answer how we view the world is an exact replication produced by our
sensory organs (nurture)
Kant-Idealism - Answer how we view the world is an interpretation from our sensory organs
(nature)
Gall-Phrenology - Answer shape and size marks the brain's abilities
Flourens-Localization - Answer animal brain surgeries
Broca-Localization - Answer Patient with brain damage
General Conclusion - Answer The mind is grounded in a material substance
Helmholtz-Structuralism - Answer measured reaction time in frog legs, mental process are
NOT instantaneous
Wundt-Structuralism - Answer Birth of Psychology, center study around consciousness,
analysis of basic elements that make up the mind
James-Functionalism - Answer consciousness cannot be broken down, study of how mental
processes enable up to adapt to our environment, based on 'natural selection-Darwin'
, Sigmund Frued (psychoanalysis) - Answer hysteric patients, problems stem from painful
experiences, unconscious mind-operates outside of conscious thoughts, emotions, actions
Pavlov-Behaviorism - Answer Psychology should be observable, classical conditioning -
passive
Watson-Behaviorism - Answer Psychology should be observable
Skinner-Behaviorism - Answer Psychology should be observable, operant conditioning - active
The Forer/Barnum Effect - Answer people's tendency to accept very vague ideas about
themselves
Critical Thinking - Answer thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions.
Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses
conclusions.
The Scientific Mind is _________ not _______ ____ not ________, have strong opinions loosely
held. - Answer Skeptical, Cynical, Open, Gullible
Theories - Answer formulate explanations as to how things work
Hypothesis - Answer a falsifiable prediction made by a theory
a good theory needs to be ___________ and needs to be _____________ - Answer
Falsifiable, Parsimonious
Theory building - Answer Inductive - research/observation to theory
Theory testing - Answer deductive - theory to research/observation
Case study - Answer rare population, rich data
naturalistic observation - Answer observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring
situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation
