Psychology: MGCCC questions with verified
answers
Abraham Maslow Ans✓✓✓ Humanistic psychologist known for his
"Hierarchy of Needs" and the concept of "self-actualization"
Barnum effect Ans✓✓✓ The tendency to consider a personal
description accurate if it is stated in very general terms.
clinical method Ans✓✓✓ To study rare
Events
Use when not able to use the experimental method
Unethical
Cognitive behaviorism Ans✓✓✓ Combines cognitive thinking and
conditioning to explain behavior
Edward Titchener Ans✓✓✓ Dealt w/ structure of mental lofe
Structuralist often disagreed and had no way to prove who was correct
emperical evidence Ans✓✓✓ Information gained from direct
observations
, Francis Cecil Sumner Ans✓✓✓ First African American to receive a Ph.D
in psychology
Goals of Psychology Ans✓✓✓ describe, understand, predict, and
control behavior
Inez Beverly Prosser Ans✓✓✓ first african-american female to earn a
Ph.D in psychology
1933
Margaret Washburn Ans✓✓✓ first woman to earn a Ph.D. in
psychology
1894
Mary Calkins Ans✓✓✓ First female president of the APA
1905
Phrenology Ans✓✓✓ Personality traits revealed by the shape of skull
Form of pseudopsychology
Pseudopsychology Ans✓✓✓ any unfounded system that resembles
psychology and is not based on the scientific method.
Superstition
answers
Abraham Maslow Ans✓✓✓ Humanistic psychologist known for his
"Hierarchy of Needs" and the concept of "self-actualization"
Barnum effect Ans✓✓✓ The tendency to consider a personal
description accurate if it is stated in very general terms.
clinical method Ans✓✓✓ To study rare
Events
Use when not able to use the experimental method
Unethical
Cognitive behaviorism Ans✓✓✓ Combines cognitive thinking and
conditioning to explain behavior
Edward Titchener Ans✓✓✓ Dealt w/ structure of mental lofe
Structuralist often disagreed and had no way to prove who was correct
emperical evidence Ans✓✓✓ Information gained from direct
observations
, Francis Cecil Sumner Ans✓✓✓ First African American to receive a Ph.D
in psychology
Goals of Psychology Ans✓✓✓ describe, understand, predict, and
control behavior
Inez Beverly Prosser Ans✓✓✓ first african-american female to earn a
Ph.D in psychology
1933
Margaret Washburn Ans✓✓✓ first woman to earn a Ph.D. in
psychology
1894
Mary Calkins Ans✓✓✓ First female president of the APA
1905
Phrenology Ans✓✓✓ Personality traits revealed by the shape of skull
Form of pseudopsychology
Pseudopsychology Ans✓✓✓ any unfounded system that resembles
psychology and is not based on the scientific method.
Superstition
