Psychology Exam test queries and
answers well graded A+
Definition of Psychology - ANS✅✅Scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially
those affecting behavior in a given context.
Subfields of Psychology - ANS✅✅Clinical Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Personality Psychology
Social Psychology
School Psychology
Clinical Psychology - ANS✅✅Studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders.
Developmental Psychology - ANS✅✅Studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout life
span.
Forensic Psychology - ANS✅✅Concerned with intersections between psychological practice and
research and the judicial system.
Industrial-Organizational Psychology - ANS✅✅Application of psychological concepts and methods
to optimizing human behavior in workplaces.
Personality Psychology - ANS✅✅Study of an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling
and acting.
Social Psychology - ANS✅✅Studies the causes and consequences of interpersonal behavior.
School Psychology - ANS✅✅Counseling children in elementary and secondary schools who have
academic or emotional problems.
, 4 Parts of the Brain - ANS✅✅Cerebrum: Area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of
the body.
Cerebellum: A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills.
Limbic System: A group of neural structures at the base of the cerebral hemispheres that is
associated with emotion and motivation.
Brain Stem: Connection to spinal cord. Filters information flow between peripheral nervous system
and the rest of the brain.
Goals of Psychology - ANS✅✅Describe
Explain
Predict
Change
Review
Bottom Up vs Top Down Processing - ANS✅✅Top-Down: Processing of stimulus in which
information from the general context is used to help organize the stimulus. We use knowledge and
memory to "fill in the details."
Bottom-Up: Processing of a stimulus in which information forms a physical stimulus rather than from
a general context. Stimulus information arrives from the sensory receptors. The combination of
these simple features allow us to recognize more complex patterns.
Operant Conditioning - ANS✅✅Model of learning based on the simple principle that behavior is
shaped and maintained by its consequences. Enables therapists to use behavior modification, in
which desired behaviors are rewarded and undesired behaviors are either unrewarded or punished.
Perspectives of Psychology - ANS✅✅Biological
Behaviorism
Cognitive
Humanistic
Psychodynamic
answers well graded A+
Definition of Psychology - ANS✅✅Scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially
those affecting behavior in a given context.
Subfields of Psychology - ANS✅✅Clinical Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Personality Psychology
Social Psychology
School Psychology
Clinical Psychology - ANS✅✅Studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders.
Developmental Psychology - ANS✅✅Studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout life
span.
Forensic Psychology - ANS✅✅Concerned with intersections between psychological practice and
research and the judicial system.
Industrial-Organizational Psychology - ANS✅✅Application of psychological concepts and methods
to optimizing human behavior in workplaces.
Personality Psychology - ANS✅✅Study of an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling
and acting.
Social Psychology - ANS✅✅Studies the causes and consequences of interpersonal behavior.
School Psychology - ANS✅✅Counseling children in elementary and secondary schools who have
academic or emotional problems.
, 4 Parts of the Brain - ANS✅✅Cerebrum: Area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of
the body.
Cerebellum: A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills.
Limbic System: A group of neural structures at the base of the cerebral hemispheres that is
associated with emotion and motivation.
Brain Stem: Connection to spinal cord. Filters information flow between peripheral nervous system
and the rest of the brain.
Goals of Psychology - ANS✅✅Describe
Explain
Predict
Change
Review
Bottom Up vs Top Down Processing - ANS✅✅Top-Down: Processing of stimulus in which
information from the general context is used to help organize the stimulus. We use knowledge and
memory to "fill in the details."
Bottom-Up: Processing of a stimulus in which information forms a physical stimulus rather than from
a general context. Stimulus information arrives from the sensory receptors. The combination of
these simple features allow us to recognize more complex patterns.
Operant Conditioning - ANS✅✅Model of learning based on the simple principle that behavior is
shaped and maintained by its consequences. Enables therapists to use behavior modification, in
which desired behaviors are rewarded and undesired behaviors are either unrewarded or punished.
Perspectives of Psychology - ANS✅✅Biological
Behaviorism
Cognitive
Humanistic
Psychodynamic
