LSU PSYC ACTUAL EXAM SOLVED
QUESTIONS COMPLETE PREPARATION
RESOURCE
●● Wilheim Wundt
Answer: father of psychology, first attempt to bring
objectivity/measurements in psychology, founded the 1st experimental
psychology lab, work involved objective introspection
●● Edward Titchener
Answer: student of Wundt, founder of structuralism
●● structuralism
Answer: study consciousness by trying to understand its smallest, most
basic elements
●● William James
Answer: founder of functionalism
●● Functionalism
Answer: study consciousness & how the mind allows people to work,
play, adapt, to new circumstances..
,●● Max Wertheimer
Answer: founder of Gestalt Psychology
●● Gestalt Psychology
Answer: how we experience the world , "The whole is greater than the
sum of its parts"
●● Sigmund Freud
Answer: worked with patients whose complaints had no identifiable
physical cause, focused on the role of the unconscious,focus on early
childhood developments
●● Psychoanalysis
Answer: psychology based on Freud's ideas
●● John Watson
Answer: conducted the Little Albert Study
●● John Watson
Answer: founder of behaviorism
●● Behaviorism
Answer: study of observable behaviors and actions
, ●● Scientific Method
Answer: A system for reducing bias and error in the measurement of
data
●● Steps of the scientific method
Answer: perceiving the question
forming a hypothesis
testing the hypothesis
drawing conclusions
reporting results
●● Naturalistic observation
Answer: watching animals or humans behave in their normal
environment
●● Observer effect
Answer: tendency of people or animals to behave differently from
normal when they know they are being observed
●● Participant observation
Answer: a naturalistic observation in which the observer becomes a
participant in the group being observed to reduce observer bias
QUESTIONS COMPLETE PREPARATION
RESOURCE
●● Wilheim Wundt
Answer: father of psychology, first attempt to bring
objectivity/measurements in psychology, founded the 1st experimental
psychology lab, work involved objective introspection
●● Edward Titchener
Answer: student of Wundt, founder of structuralism
●● structuralism
Answer: study consciousness by trying to understand its smallest, most
basic elements
●● William James
Answer: founder of functionalism
●● Functionalism
Answer: study consciousness & how the mind allows people to work,
play, adapt, to new circumstances..
,●● Max Wertheimer
Answer: founder of Gestalt Psychology
●● Gestalt Psychology
Answer: how we experience the world , "The whole is greater than the
sum of its parts"
●● Sigmund Freud
Answer: worked with patients whose complaints had no identifiable
physical cause, focused on the role of the unconscious,focus on early
childhood developments
●● Psychoanalysis
Answer: psychology based on Freud's ideas
●● John Watson
Answer: conducted the Little Albert Study
●● John Watson
Answer: founder of behaviorism
●● Behaviorism
Answer: study of observable behaviors and actions
, ●● Scientific Method
Answer: A system for reducing bias and error in the measurement of
data
●● Steps of the scientific method
Answer: perceiving the question
forming a hypothesis
testing the hypothesis
drawing conclusions
reporting results
●● Naturalistic observation
Answer: watching animals or humans behave in their normal
environment
●● Observer effect
Answer: tendency of people or animals to behave differently from
normal when they know they are being observed
●● Participant observation
Answer: a naturalistic observation in which the observer becomes a
participant in the group being observed to reduce observer bias
