PY 201 Exam GRCC UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Psychology is the scientific study of... - CORRECT ANSWER - behavior and the
physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, not the study of the mind.
Correlation does not imply... - CORRECT ANSWER - causation.
Everything psychology is simultaneously... - CORRECT ANSWER - biological.
Experience changes behavior by changing... - CORRECT ANSWER - the structure of the
nervous system.
"tubula rasa" - CORRECT ANSWER - blank slate; John Locke says all knowledge is learned
Wundt - CORRECT ANSWER - Father or Psychology; Leipzig, Germany 1879; 1st textbook
"Principles of Physiological Psychology"; introspection and structuralism
James - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of American psychology; functionalism
Hall - CORRECT ANSWER - 1st American with degree in psychology; APA; 1st lab at John
Hopkins in 1883
Mesmer - CORRECT ANSWER - He healed hysteria with his "mesmerizing" magic show
Freud - CORRECT ANSWER - Austrian neurologist; unconscious mind; psychoanalytic
theory
,Pavlov - CORRECT ANSWER - Pavlov's dogs; classical conditioning; behaviorism
Watson - CORRECT ANSWER - analysis of the mind was impossible-must observe behavior;
you can learn mental illness; behaviorism
Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER - Skinner box; operant conditioning; reinforcement
Maslow - CORRECT ANSWER - hierarchy of human needs; humanism
Rogers - CORRECT ANSWER - potential for good in all humans; client-centered therapy
Neissser - CORRECT ANSWER - 1st textbook of the cognitive revolution "Cogntive
Psychology"
Chomsky - CORRECT ANSWER - re-incorporate mental functioning; re-connect Europe and
America; cognitive revolution
Weisstein - CORRECT ANSWER - stimulated the feminist revolution 1968
Sumner - CORRECT ANSWER - 1st African American to receive a PhD in psychology in the
US
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER - actual parts of the brain and body; introspection;
Wudnt and Titchner
Funtionalism - CORRECT ANSWER - asks "why" a behavior occurs; IG, gender differences,
etc.; James
, Gestalt - CORRECT ANSWER - "whole" psychology
Psycholanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER - unconscious mind; id, ego, superego; Freud
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER - began to help mental illness; classical and operant
conditioning; nature vs. nurture; Watson, Skinner, and Pavlov
Humanism - CORRECT ANSWER - 1950s; all humans are potentially good; didn't help
mental illness; Rogers and Maslow
Cognitive Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER - 1960s; human brain is like a computer;
Piaget, Chomsky, and Beck
PhD vs. PsyD - CORRECT ANSWER - PhD- 4-5 years
PsyD- 3 years, no masters, private practice only
3 Components of Science - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Systematic Empiricism (you have a
plan and break it down)
2. Publicly Verifiable Knowledge (anything done in private isn't science)
3. Falsifiable (must be a solvable problem)
IV vs. DV - CORRECT ANSWER - You manipulate the independent variable. You just
measure the dependent variable.
inductive vs. deductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - deductive reasoning: have the
answer, need proof
Inductive reasoning: observe pattern, make new conclusion
extraneous variable - CORRECT ANSWER - things other than the IV that affect the DV; must
vary conditions to reduce confounding
Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Psychology is the scientific study of... - CORRECT ANSWER - behavior and the
physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, not the study of the mind.
Correlation does not imply... - CORRECT ANSWER - causation.
Everything psychology is simultaneously... - CORRECT ANSWER - biological.
Experience changes behavior by changing... - CORRECT ANSWER - the structure of the
nervous system.
"tubula rasa" - CORRECT ANSWER - blank slate; John Locke says all knowledge is learned
Wundt - CORRECT ANSWER - Father or Psychology; Leipzig, Germany 1879; 1st textbook
"Principles of Physiological Psychology"; introspection and structuralism
James - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of American psychology; functionalism
Hall - CORRECT ANSWER - 1st American with degree in psychology; APA; 1st lab at John
Hopkins in 1883
Mesmer - CORRECT ANSWER - He healed hysteria with his "mesmerizing" magic show
Freud - CORRECT ANSWER - Austrian neurologist; unconscious mind; psychoanalytic
theory
,Pavlov - CORRECT ANSWER - Pavlov's dogs; classical conditioning; behaviorism
Watson - CORRECT ANSWER - analysis of the mind was impossible-must observe behavior;
you can learn mental illness; behaviorism
Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER - Skinner box; operant conditioning; reinforcement
Maslow - CORRECT ANSWER - hierarchy of human needs; humanism
Rogers - CORRECT ANSWER - potential for good in all humans; client-centered therapy
Neissser - CORRECT ANSWER - 1st textbook of the cognitive revolution "Cogntive
Psychology"
Chomsky - CORRECT ANSWER - re-incorporate mental functioning; re-connect Europe and
America; cognitive revolution
Weisstein - CORRECT ANSWER - stimulated the feminist revolution 1968
Sumner - CORRECT ANSWER - 1st African American to receive a PhD in psychology in the
US
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER - actual parts of the brain and body; introspection;
Wudnt and Titchner
Funtionalism - CORRECT ANSWER - asks "why" a behavior occurs; IG, gender differences,
etc.; James
, Gestalt - CORRECT ANSWER - "whole" psychology
Psycholanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER - unconscious mind; id, ego, superego; Freud
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER - began to help mental illness; classical and operant
conditioning; nature vs. nurture; Watson, Skinner, and Pavlov
Humanism - CORRECT ANSWER - 1950s; all humans are potentially good; didn't help
mental illness; Rogers and Maslow
Cognitive Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER - 1960s; human brain is like a computer;
Piaget, Chomsky, and Beck
PhD vs. PsyD - CORRECT ANSWER - PhD- 4-5 years
PsyD- 3 years, no masters, private practice only
3 Components of Science - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Systematic Empiricism (you have a
plan and break it down)
2. Publicly Verifiable Knowledge (anything done in private isn't science)
3. Falsifiable (must be a solvable problem)
IV vs. DV - CORRECT ANSWER - You manipulate the independent variable. You just
measure the dependent variable.
inductive vs. deductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - deductive reasoning: have the
answer, need proof
Inductive reasoning: observe pattern, make new conclusion
extraneous variable - CORRECT ANSWER - things other than the IV that affect the DV; must
vary conditions to reduce confounding
