LSU PSYC UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Functionalism
Answer: Created by William James; Focuses on how the mind allows
people to function in every day life.
●● Humanism
Answer: Focuses on the whole person. Looks at human behavior through
the perspective of the observer and the subject
●● Behaviorism
Answer: Science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only
●● William Wundt
Answer: First person to apply scientific principles to the study of the
human mind, in 1879. Believed that consciousness could be broken
down into thoughts, experiences, emotions, and other basic elements.
His process was called objective introspection.
●● Edward Titchener
Answer: Student of Wundt. Known for Structuralism.
, ●● William James
Answer: First professor to teach psychology in at Harvard. Known for
Functionalism.
●● Mary Whiton Calkins
Answer: Student of William James; Completed all the courses at
Harvard University but was denied a PHD because she was a woman.
●● Francis Cecil Summer
Answer: First African American to earn a PHD in psychology from
Clark University in 1920.
●● Causation
Answer: One variable's effect on another variable (s)
●● True Experiment
Answer: Used to establish cause and effect through the use of control
groups and experimental groups.
●● Quasi-Experiment
Answer: Used when random assignment cannot be used, such as with
smokers, when the variable is specific to a certain group.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Functionalism
Answer: Created by William James; Focuses on how the mind allows
people to function in every day life.
●● Humanism
Answer: Focuses on the whole person. Looks at human behavior through
the perspective of the observer and the subject
●● Behaviorism
Answer: Science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only
●● William Wundt
Answer: First person to apply scientific principles to the study of the
human mind, in 1879. Believed that consciousness could be broken
down into thoughts, experiences, emotions, and other basic elements.
His process was called objective introspection.
●● Edward Titchener
Answer: Student of Wundt. Known for Structuralism.
, ●● William James
Answer: First professor to teach psychology in at Harvard. Known for
Functionalism.
●● Mary Whiton Calkins
Answer: Student of William James; Completed all the courses at
Harvard University but was denied a PHD because she was a woman.
●● Francis Cecil Summer
Answer: First African American to earn a PHD in psychology from
Clark University in 1920.
●● Causation
Answer: One variable's effect on another variable (s)
●● True Experiment
Answer: Used to establish cause and effect through the use of control
groups and experimental groups.
●● Quasi-Experiment
Answer: Used when random assignment cannot be used, such as with
smokers, when the variable is specific to a certain group.
