Psychology exam questions and
answers graded A+
Psychology - ANS✅✅The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
1st psych lab? What year? - ANS✅✅Willhelm Wundt. 1879 Leipzeig ,Structuralist.
critical thinking in psychology? - ANS✅✅The process of thinking deeply and actively, asking
questions and evaluating the evidence.
What disciplines are at the origin of psychology? - ANS✅✅Mythology, to Philosophy, to
Psychology ( starting out with elements of physiology and biology).
What is the scientific method, how does it apply to psychology? - ANS✅✅Psychologists use SM to
address research questions. Making observations, formulating hypothesis, testing these through
empirical research, drawing conclusions, and evaluating the theory.
Hypothesis: - ANS✅✅An educated guess that attempts to explain a phenomenon. It
must be falsifiable, testable and fit in with a theory.
Theory: - ANS✅✅A broad idea or set of closely related ideas that has been tested many times and
attempts to explain psychological phenomenon.
Operational definition: - ANS✅✅an objective description of how a variable is going to be
measured and observed.
Mean: - ANS✅✅A measure of central tendency that is the average for a sample. Add up all the
numbers, divide by "n". get the mean.
plasticity: - ANS✅✅The brains special capacity for change
Adaptability: - ANS✅✅Nerve cells have a heredity a biological function but they are constantly
adapting to changes in the body& environment
, Hypothalamus: - ANS✅✅Eating Drinking, sexual behaviors, emotion, stress, reward.
Cerebellum: - ANS✅✅Movement and coordination
Thalamus: - ANS✅✅relay station, Limbic system, sensory perception, sleep and awake states of
consciousness
Cerebral cortex: - ANS✅✅memory, attention, perceptual awareness, thought, language, and
consciousness.
the difference between sensation and perception? - ANS✅✅Sensation is the process of receiving
stimulus energies from the external environment-raw data such as: see, hear, taste, smell.
Perception is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information -psychological
interpretation.
sensory adaptation? - ANS✅✅A change in the responsiveness of the sensory system based on the
average level of surrounding stimulation.
What lobe of the brain is vision processed in? - ANS✅✅Occipital lobe
Gestalt psychology? - ANS✅✅A school of thought interested in how people naturally organize
their perceptions according to certain patterns."Figure-Ground","Closure", "proximity", and
"similarity"
consciousness? - ANS✅✅An individual's awareness of external events and internal sensations
under a condition of arousal including awareness of the self and thoughts about one's experiences.
What are some examples of altered states of consciousness? - ANS✅✅any condition which is
significantly different from a normal waking beta wave state.
- can be produced by drugs, trauma, fatigue, possibly hypnosis, and sensory deprivation.
What is metacognition? - ANS✅✅Thinking about our thinking processes and how it all fits together
answers graded A+
Psychology - ANS✅✅The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
1st psych lab? What year? - ANS✅✅Willhelm Wundt. 1879 Leipzeig ,Structuralist.
critical thinking in psychology? - ANS✅✅The process of thinking deeply and actively, asking
questions and evaluating the evidence.
What disciplines are at the origin of psychology? - ANS✅✅Mythology, to Philosophy, to
Psychology ( starting out with elements of physiology and biology).
What is the scientific method, how does it apply to psychology? - ANS✅✅Psychologists use SM to
address research questions. Making observations, formulating hypothesis, testing these through
empirical research, drawing conclusions, and evaluating the theory.
Hypothesis: - ANS✅✅An educated guess that attempts to explain a phenomenon. It
must be falsifiable, testable and fit in with a theory.
Theory: - ANS✅✅A broad idea or set of closely related ideas that has been tested many times and
attempts to explain psychological phenomenon.
Operational definition: - ANS✅✅an objective description of how a variable is going to be
measured and observed.
Mean: - ANS✅✅A measure of central tendency that is the average for a sample. Add up all the
numbers, divide by "n". get the mean.
plasticity: - ANS✅✅The brains special capacity for change
Adaptability: - ANS✅✅Nerve cells have a heredity a biological function but they are constantly
adapting to changes in the body& environment
, Hypothalamus: - ANS✅✅Eating Drinking, sexual behaviors, emotion, stress, reward.
Cerebellum: - ANS✅✅Movement and coordination
Thalamus: - ANS✅✅relay station, Limbic system, sensory perception, sleep and awake states of
consciousness
Cerebral cortex: - ANS✅✅memory, attention, perceptual awareness, thought, language, and
consciousness.
the difference between sensation and perception? - ANS✅✅Sensation is the process of receiving
stimulus energies from the external environment-raw data such as: see, hear, taste, smell.
Perception is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information -psychological
interpretation.
sensory adaptation? - ANS✅✅A change in the responsiveness of the sensory system based on the
average level of surrounding stimulation.
What lobe of the brain is vision processed in? - ANS✅✅Occipital lobe
Gestalt psychology? - ANS✅✅A school of thought interested in how people naturally organize
their perceptions according to certain patterns."Figure-Ground","Closure", "proximity", and
"similarity"
consciousness? - ANS✅✅An individual's awareness of external events and internal sensations
under a condition of arousal including awareness of the self and thoughts about one's experiences.
What are some examples of altered states of consciousness? - ANS✅✅any condition which is
significantly different from a normal waking beta wave state.
- can be produced by drugs, trauma, fatigue, possibly hypnosis, and sensory deprivation.
What is metacognition? - ANS✅✅Thinking about our thinking processes and how it all fits together
