LSU PSYC 2000 Final Exam with correct
answers
Wundt |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--father |of |modern |psychology |
-developed |the |technique |of |object |introspection
-believed |consequences |could |be |broken |into |thought, |experiences, |emotions, |and |other |basic |
elements
Titchener |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--brought |psychology |in |the |form |of |structuralism |to |America
James |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--functionalism
-"Principles |of |Psychology"
-"stream |of |consciousness"
Watson |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--disagreed |with |structuralism
-associated |with |behaviorism
-believed |behavior |is |a |result |from |a |stimulus
psychologists |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--academic |degrees |and |can |do |counseling, |teaching, |research, |
and |may |specialize |in |any |large |area |of |psychology
psychiatrists |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--medical |doctors |who |provide |diagnosis |and |therapy |for |a |
person |with |a |mental |disorder
are |all |psychologists |therapists? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-No
do |all |therapists |have |doctoral |degrees? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-No
what |does |it |mean |to |say |something |is |"correlated" |with |something |else? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--
statistical |technique |that |allows |researchers |to |discover |and |predict |relationships |between |variables |
of |interest
-positive |correlations |exist |when |increases |in |one |variable |are |matched |by |increases |in |the |other |
variable
-cannot |be |used |to |prove |cause |& |effect |relationships
what |special |kind |of |conclusion |can |we |make |based |on |an |experiment |that |we |can't |make |with |other
|types |of |research |designs? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--experiments |are |tightly |controlled |manipulations |
of |variables |that |allows |researchers |to |determine |cause |& |effect |relationships
-this |proves |causation |bc |you |can |control |one |of |the |groups |and |use |the |other |group |as |comparison
, what |features |of |experiments |allow |us |to |make |that |type |of |conclusion? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-
dependent |variable |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-measured |behavior |or |the |response |of |participants
independent |variable |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-the |variable |that |is |deliberately |manipulated |by |the |
experimenter |to |see |if |related |changes |occur |in |the |behavior |or |the |responses |of |the |participants |and
|is |given |to |the |experimental |group
random |assignment |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--helps |control |for |individual |differences |both |within |and |
between |the |groups |that |might |otherwise |interfere |with |the |experiments
control |groups |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--receives |either |a |placebo |treatment |or |nothing
main |function |of |hippocampus |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--part |of |the |brain |responsible |for |the |
formation |of |long-term |declarative |memories
main |function |of |hypothalamus |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--controls |hunger, |thirst, |sexual |behavior, |
sleeping |and |waking, |and |emotions
-controls |pituitary |gland
main |function |of |thalamus |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--relay |station |that |sends |sensory |information |to |
the |proper |areas |of |the |cortex
main |function |of |amygdala |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--controls |our |fear |responses |and |memory |in |
fearful |stimuli
main |function |of |cerebellum |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--coordinates |fine, |rapid |motor |movement, |
learned |reflexes, |posture |and |muscle |tone
-involved |in |some |cognitive |and |emotional |functions
main |function |of |frontal |cortex |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--motor |cortex
-contains |voluntary |muscles |and |are |also |where |all |mental |functions |occur |(planning, |language, |
complex |decision)
main |function |of |parietal |cortex |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--somatosensory |area, |processes |our |sense |of
|touch, |temperature, |and |body |position
main |function |of |temporal |cortex |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--primary |auditory |area
-involves |understanding |language
main |function |of |occipital |cortex |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--process |vision |and |contains |the |primary |
visual |cortex
what |structure |connects |the |two |hemispheres |and |what |purpose |does |it |serve? |- |VERIFIED |
ANSWER✔✔--corpus |callosum
-integrates |motor, |sensory, |and |cognitive |performances
answers
Wundt |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--father |of |modern |psychology |
-developed |the |technique |of |object |introspection
-believed |consequences |could |be |broken |into |thought, |experiences, |emotions, |and |other |basic |
elements
Titchener |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--brought |psychology |in |the |form |of |structuralism |to |America
James |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--functionalism
-"Principles |of |Psychology"
-"stream |of |consciousness"
Watson |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--disagreed |with |structuralism
-associated |with |behaviorism
-believed |behavior |is |a |result |from |a |stimulus
psychologists |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--academic |degrees |and |can |do |counseling, |teaching, |research, |
and |may |specialize |in |any |large |area |of |psychology
psychiatrists |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--medical |doctors |who |provide |diagnosis |and |therapy |for |a |
person |with |a |mental |disorder
are |all |psychologists |therapists? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-No
do |all |therapists |have |doctoral |degrees? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-No
what |does |it |mean |to |say |something |is |"correlated" |with |something |else? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--
statistical |technique |that |allows |researchers |to |discover |and |predict |relationships |between |variables |
of |interest
-positive |correlations |exist |when |increases |in |one |variable |are |matched |by |increases |in |the |other |
variable
-cannot |be |used |to |prove |cause |& |effect |relationships
what |special |kind |of |conclusion |can |we |make |based |on |an |experiment |that |we |can't |make |with |other
|types |of |research |designs? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--experiments |are |tightly |controlled |manipulations |
of |variables |that |allows |researchers |to |determine |cause |& |effect |relationships
-this |proves |causation |bc |you |can |control |one |of |the |groups |and |use |the |other |group |as |comparison
, what |features |of |experiments |allow |us |to |make |that |type |of |conclusion? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-
dependent |variable |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-measured |behavior |or |the |response |of |participants
independent |variable |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-the |variable |that |is |deliberately |manipulated |by |the |
experimenter |to |see |if |related |changes |occur |in |the |behavior |or |the |responses |of |the |participants |and
|is |given |to |the |experimental |group
random |assignment |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--helps |control |for |individual |differences |both |within |and |
between |the |groups |that |might |otherwise |interfere |with |the |experiments
control |groups |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--receives |either |a |placebo |treatment |or |nothing
main |function |of |hippocampus |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--part |of |the |brain |responsible |for |the |
formation |of |long-term |declarative |memories
main |function |of |hypothalamus |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--controls |hunger, |thirst, |sexual |behavior, |
sleeping |and |waking, |and |emotions
-controls |pituitary |gland
main |function |of |thalamus |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--relay |station |that |sends |sensory |information |to |
the |proper |areas |of |the |cortex
main |function |of |amygdala |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--controls |our |fear |responses |and |memory |in |
fearful |stimuli
main |function |of |cerebellum |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--coordinates |fine, |rapid |motor |movement, |
learned |reflexes, |posture |and |muscle |tone
-involved |in |some |cognitive |and |emotional |functions
main |function |of |frontal |cortex |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--motor |cortex
-contains |voluntary |muscles |and |are |also |where |all |mental |functions |occur |(planning, |language, |
complex |decision)
main |function |of |parietal |cortex |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--somatosensory |area, |processes |our |sense |of
|touch, |temperature, |and |body |position
main |function |of |temporal |cortex |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--primary |auditory |area
-involves |understanding |language
main |function |of |occipital |cortex |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--process |vision |and |contains |the |primary |
visual |cortex
what |structure |connects |the |two |hemispheres |and |what |purpose |does |it |serve? |- |VERIFIED |
ANSWER✔✔--corpus |callosum
-integrates |motor, |sensory, |and |cognitive |performances
