Psychology 110 Exam 1 Questions and
answers 2025
Psychology .- .ANS✓✓-the .scientific .study .of .behavior .and .mental .processes
Structuralism .- .ANS✓✓-
involved .introspection .and .study .of .basic .components .of .conscious .experience
s
Functionalism .- .ANS✓✓-
explored .how .mental .and .behavioral .processes .function- .how .they .enable .the .o
rganism .to .adapt, .survive, .and .flourish
Hypothesis .- .ANS✓✓-
a .tentative .statement .about .the .relationship .between .2 .or .more .variables; .a .test
able .prediction .or .question
Operational .Definition .- .ANS✓✓-
a .precise .definition .of .how .the .variables .in .a .study .will .be .manipulated .or .meas
ured
Theory .- .ANS✓✓-
a .tentative .explanation .that .tries .to .integrate .and .account .for .the .relationship .of
.various .findings .and .observations
Correlation .Coefficiant .- .ANS✓✓-
numerical .indication .of .magnitude .and .direction .of .the .relationship .between .2 .v
ariables
Independent .Variable .- .ANS✓✓-the .experimental .factor .that .is .manipulated
, Dependent .Variable .- .ANS✓✓-
the .variable .that .may .be .changed .in .the .response .of .the .independent .variable
True .Experiment .- .ANS✓✓-
Naturalistic .Observation .- .ANS✓✓-
the .systematic .observation .and .recording .of .behaviors .as .they .occur .in .their .na
tural .setting
Case .Study .- .ANS✓✓-
an .intensive .study .of .a .single .individual .or .small .group .of .individuals
Learning .- .ANS✓✓-
relatively .enduring .change .in .behavior .or .knowledge .as .a .result .of .experience
Classical .Conditioning .- .ANS✓✓-
type .of .learning .in .which .1 .learns .to .link .2 .or .more .stimuli .and .anticipate .event
s
Unconditional .Response .- .ANS✓✓-
unlearned, .reflexive .response .that .is .elicited .by .an .unconditional .stimulus
Unconditional .Stimulus .- .ANS✓✓-
natural .stimulus .that .reflexively .elicits .a .response .without .the .need .prior .learni
ng
Conditional .Stimulus .- .ANS✓✓-
Formerly .neutral .stimulus .that .acquires .the .capacity .to .elicit .a .reflexive .respons
e
Conditional .Response .- .ANS✓✓-
learned, .reflexive .response .to .a .conditional .stimulus
Stimulus .Generalization .- .ANS✓✓-
the .occurrence .of .a .learned .response .not .only .to .the .original .stimulus .but .to .ot
her, .similar .stimulus .as .well
answers 2025
Psychology .- .ANS✓✓-the .scientific .study .of .behavior .and .mental .processes
Structuralism .- .ANS✓✓-
involved .introspection .and .study .of .basic .components .of .conscious .experience
s
Functionalism .- .ANS✓✓-
explored .how .mental .and .behavioral .processes .function- .how .they .enable .the .o
rganism .to .adapt, .survive, .and .flourish
Hypothesis .- .ANS✓✓-
a .tentative .statement .about .the .relationship .between .2 .or .more .variables; .a .test
able .prediction .or .question
Operational .Definition .- .ANS✓✓-
a .precise .definition .of .how .the .variables .in .a .study .will .be .manipulated .or .meas
ured
Theory .- .ANS✓✓-
a .tentative .explanation .that .tries .to .integrate .and .account .for .the .relationship .of
.various .findings .and .observations
Correlation .Coefficiant .- .ANS✓✓-
numerical .indication .of .magnitude .and .direction .of .the .relationship .between .2 .v
ariables
Independent .Variable .- .ANS✓✓-the .experimental .factor .that .is .manipulated
, Dependent .Variable .- .ANS✓✓-
the .variable .that .may .be .changed .in .the .response .of .the .independent .variable
True .Experiment .- .ANS✓✓-
Naturalistic .Observation .- .ANS✓✓-
the .systematic .observation .and .recording .of .behaviors .as .they .occur .in .their .na
tural .setting
Case .Study .- .ANS✓✓-
an .intensive .study .of .a .single .individual .or .small .group .of .individuals
Learning .- .ANS✓✓-
relatively .enduring .change .in .behavior .or .knowledge .as .a .result .of .experience
Classical .Conditioning .- .ANS✓✓-
type .of .learning .in .which .1 .learns .to .link .2 .or .more .stimuli .and .anticipate .event
s
Unconditional .Response .- .ANS✓✓-
unlearned, .reflexive .response .that .is .elicited .by .an .unconditional .stimulus
Unconditional .Stimulus .- .ANS✓✓-
natural .stimulus .that .reflexively .elicits .a .response .without .the .need .prior .learni
ng
Conditional .Stimulus .- .ANS✓✓-
Formerly .neutral .stimulus .that .acquires .the .capacity .to .elicit .a .reflexive .respons
e
Conditional .Response .- .ANS✓✓-
learned, .reflexive .response .to .a .conditional .stimulus
Stimulus .Generalization .- .ANS✓✓-
the .occurrence .of .a .learned .response .not .only .to .the .original .stimulus .but .to .ot
her, .similar .stimulus .as .well
