PSY 550 MIDTERM EXAM 2026 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS
◉ What is theory-land?
Answer: ideas, hypothesis, concepts and theories
◉ What is a psychological construct?
Answer: how we account for behavior
◉ operational definition
Answer: used to define something in terms of process needed to
determine existence, duration and quantity
◉ traditions of psychology
Answer: Experimental, differential and clinical/therapeutic
◉ William Wundt
(Who? What?)
Answer: founder of structuralism, interested in consciousness
,◉ William James
(Who? What?)
Answer: founder of functionalism, wanted to find
◉ Structuralism
Answer: uses introspection to identify "structures" of experience,
emphasis on importance of systematic observation to study of
conscious experience
◉ Functionalism
Answer: understand the functions of our thoughts, feelings and
behaviors
◉ Ivan Pavlov
(Type of Psychology and it's core assumptions)
Answer: Behaviorism, uncover the principles of learning that explain
behavior
◉ JB Watson
(Type of Psychology and it's core assumptions)
Answer: Behaviorism, uncover the principles of learning that explain
behavior
,◉ BF Skinner
(Type of Psychology and it's core assumptions)
Answer: Behaviorism, uncover the principles of learning that explain
behavior
◉ Jean Piaget
(Type of Psychology and it's core assumptions)
Answer: Cognitivism, examine the role of mental processes on
behavior
◉ Francis Galton and Alfred Binet
(Type of Psychology and it's core assumptions)
Answer: Intelligence
◉ Sigmund Freud
(Type of Psychology and it's core assumptions)
Answer: Psychoanalysis, uncover the role of unconscious
psychological and early life experiences in behavior
◉ Confirmation Bias
Answer: the tendency to seek out evidence that supports our beliefs
and deny dismiss or distort other evidence
, ◉ Belief Perseverance
Answer: tendency to stick to our initial beliefs even when evidence
contradicts them
◉ Six Principles of Scientific Thinking
Answer: Ruling out rival hypotheses, correlation versus causation,
falsifiability, replicability, extraordinary claims and Occam's Razor
◉ Descriptive approach
Answer: describing the world as it is
◉ Correlational Methods
Answer: uses statistics to explore
◉ Confounds
Answer: a factor that might effect the outcome of an experiment
after
◉ Experimenter expectancy effect
Answer: researcher's hypothesis lead them to unintentionally bias a
study's outcome
◉ double-blind research design
EVALUATION TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS
◉ What is theory-land?
Answer: ideas, hypothesis, concepts and theories
◉ What is a psychological construct?
Answer: how we account for behavior
◉ operational definition
Answer: used to define something in terms of process needed to
determine existence, duration and quantity
◉ traditions of psychology
Answer: Experimental, differential and clinical/therapeutic
◉ William Wundt
(Who? What?)
Answer: founder of structuralism, interested in consciousness
,◉ William James
(Who? What?)
Answer: founder of functionalism, wanted to find
◉ Structuralism
Answer: uses introspection to identify "structures" of experience,
emphasis on importance of systematic observation to study of
conscious experience
◉ Functionalism
Answer: understand the functions of our thoughts, feelings and
behaviors
◉ Ivan Pavlov
(Type of Psychology and it's core assumptions)
Answer: Behaviorism, uncover the principles of learning that explain
behavior
◉ JB Watson
(Type of Psychology and it's core assumptions)
Answer: Behaviorism, uncover the principles of learning that explain
behavior
,◉ BF Skinner
(Type of Psychology and it's core assumptions)
Answer: Behaviorism, uncover the principles of learning that explain
behavior
◉ Jean Piaget
(Type of Psychology and it's core assumptions)
Answer: Cognitivism, examine the role of mental processes on
behavior
◉ Francis Galton and Alfred Binet
(Type of Psychology and it's core assumptions)
Answer: Intelligence
◉ Sigmund Freud
(Type of Psychology and it's core assumptions)
Answer: Psychoanalysis, uncover the role of unconscious
psychological and early life experiences in behavior
◉ Confirmation Bias
Answer: the tendency to seek out evidence that supports our beliefs
and deny dismiss or distort other evidence
, ◉ Belief Perseverance
Answer: tendency to stick to our initial beliefs even when evidence
contradicts them
◉ Six Principles of Scientific Thinking
Answer: Ruling out rival hypotheses, correlation versus causation,
falsifiability, replicability, extraordinary claims and Occam's Razor
◉ Descriptive approach
Answer: describing the world as it is
◉ Correlational Methods
Answer: uses statistics to explore
◉ Confounds
Answer: a factor that might effect the outcome of an experiment
after
◉ Experimenter expectancy effect
Answer: researcher's hypothesis lead them to unintentionally bias a
study's outcome
◉ double-blind research design
