LSU PSYC 4176 Exam 1 Matson UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Thorndike - CORRECT ANSWER - known for the law of effect and trial and error
learning
Thorndike - CORRECT ANSWER - He studied cats in boxes designed so cat could get out
if it made a certain response
Law of effect - CORRECT ANSWER - stamping behaviors in and out; behavior is shaped
by its consequences
Law of effect - CORRECT ANSWER - What law is this? responses accompanied by
satisfaction to animal will; greater satisfaction, greater the strengthening of bond
Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER - He is known for operant conditioning
Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER - He conducted detailed studies of schedules of
reinforcement; He advocated a technology of behavior based on experimental analysis of
behavior using operant conditioning principles
Hall - CORRECT ANSWER - He started the first psychology department in U.S. at Clark
University
Hall - CORRECT ANSWER - He invites Freud to lecture at Clark University
Hall - CORRECT ANSWER - He became the president of Clark University
, Hall - CORRECT ANSWER - He is often considered the father of child psychology
Hall - CORRECT ANSWER - He taught the first course on child psychology- he also
established a scientific journal on the topic.
Judge Baker - CORRECT ANSWER - He believed there was more to juvenile delinquency
than being a "bad" kid, so he created a treatment center for them
Binet - CORRECT ANSWER - He developed the first IQ test in Paris, France
Binet - CORRECT ANSWER - published first useful test of general mental ability; broke
kids up into 'bright' and 'dull' by how they compared with both their chronological age and
mental age
Beers - CORRECT ANSWER - He is known for his book, A Mind That Found Itself
Beers - CORRECT ANSWER - He is a reformer of treatment of mental illness and the
way society views it
Beers - CORRECT ANSWER - He talked about everything he went through while he was
there; There was a lot of mal treatment
Beers - CORRECT ANSWER - He founded the National Committee for Mental Hygiene
and his mental hygiene movement focused on prevention
A Mind That Found Itself - CORRECT ANSWER - A very influential book that showed
what is was like to live in a mental health clinic
Freud - CORRECT ANSWER - He is one of the first to medicalize mental health problems
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Thorndike - CORRECT ANSWER - known for the law of effect and trial and error
learning
Thorndike - CORRECT ANSWER - He studied cats in boxes designed so cat could get out
if it made a certain response
Law of effect - CORRECT ANSWER - stamping behaviors in and out; behavior is shaped
by its consequences
Law of effect - CORRECT ANSWER - What law is this? responses accompanied by
satisfaction to animal will; greater satisfaction, greater the strengthening of bond
Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER - He is known for operant conditioning
Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER - He conducted detailed studies of schedules of
reinforcement; He advocated a technology of behavior based on experimental analysis of
behavior using operant conditioning principles
Hall - CORRECT ANSWER - He started the first psychology department in U.S. at Clark
University
Hall - CORRECT ANSWER - He invites Freud to lecture at Clark University
Hall - CORRECT ANSWER - He became the president of Clark University
, Hall - CORRECT ANSWER - He is often considered the father of child psychology
Hall - CORRECT ANSWER - He taught the first course on child psychology- he also
established a scientific journal on the topic.
Judge Baker - CORRECT ANSWER - He believed there was more to juvenile delinquency
than being a "bad" kid, so he created a treatment center for them
Binet - CORRECT ANSWER - He developed the first IQ test in Paris, France
Binet - CORRECT ANSWER - published first useful test of general mental ability; broke
kids up into 'bright' and 'dull' by how they compared with both their chronological age and
mental age
Beers - CORRECT ANSWER - He is known for his book, A Mind That Found Itself
Beers - CORRECT ANSWER - He is a reformer of treatment of mental illness and the
way society views it
Beers - CORRECT ANSWER - He talked about everything he went through while he was
there; There was a lot of mal treatment
Beers - CORRECT ANSWER - He founded the National Committee for Mental Hygiene
and his mental hygiene movement focused on prevention
A Mind That Found Itself - CORRECT ANSWER - A very influential book that showed
what is was like to live in a mental health clinic
Freud - CORRECT ANSWER - He is one of the first to medicalize mental health problems
