PSYCHOLOGY 101 EXAM 1
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
100%PASS
Psychology
The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior
Where did psychology branch out from?
Physiology and Philosophy
Structuralism
Focused on the structure of consciousness and the mind (not identified with anymore)
2 Structuralists
Wundt and Titchener
Functionalism
Focused on the function of the mind in helping people adapt to their environment (not identified
with anymore)
2 Functionalists
, Darwin and James
3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena
Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted Methods of Observation
Modern Perspectives
Psychodynamic, Behaviorist, Cognitive, Evolutionary
Psychodynamic
started by Sigmund Freud; case studies, not easy to test or prove because of small sample size
Behaviorist
Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental processes are byproducts of environmental events;
experiment
Behaviorist Metaphor
People are like machines
Cognitive
Wundt; focuses on how people perceive, process and retrieve information (Perspective)
Cognitive Metaphor
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
100%PASS
Psychology
The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior
Where did psychology branch out from?
Physiology and Philosophy
Structuralism
Focused on the structure of consciousness and the mind (not identified with anymore)
2 Structuralists
Wundt and Titchener
Functionalism
Focused on the function of the mind in helping people adapt to their environment (not identified
with anymore)
2 Functionalists
, Darwin and James
3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena
Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted Methods of Observation
Modern Perspectives
Psychodynamic, Behaviorist, Cognitive, Evolutionary
Psychodynamic
started by Sigmund Freud; case studies, not easy to test or prove because of small sample size
Behaviorist
Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental processes are byproducts of environmental events;
experiment
Behaviorist Metaphor
People are like machines
Cognitive
Wundt; focuses on how people perceive, process and retrieve information (Perspective)
Cognitive Metaphor
