PSYCH 375 PRACTICE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEED A+
⩥ Connectionism. Answer: Thorndike's type of information-processing
approach that emphasizes the simultaneous activity of numerous
interconnected processing units
⩥ Dynamic Psychology. Answer: The brand of psychology suggested by
Woodworth that stressed the internal variables that motivate organisms
to act.
⩥ Empirical Self. Answer: According to James, the self that consists of
everything a person can call his or her own. The empirical self consists
of the material self (all of one's material possessions), the social self
(one's self as known by others), and the spiritual self (all of which a
person is conscious).
⩥ Forensic Psychology. Answer: area of psychology that applies the
science to the law, founded by Munsterburg
,⩥ Functionalism. Answer: a school of psychology that focused on how
mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the
organism to adapt, survive, and flourish, influenced by Darwin
⩥ habits. Answer: Learned patterns of behaviour that James and others
believed were essential for societal functioning
⩥ Identical elements theory of transfer (Thorndike). Answer: The extent
to which learning transfers from one situation to another depends on the
similarity of the two situations
⩥ Ideo-motor theory of behavior. Answer: According to James, ideas
cause behavior, and thus we can control our behavior by controlling our
ideas.
⩥ James-Lange theory of emotion. Answer: States that we interpret our
responses to stimuli to create emotions. Proposes that we should act
according to how we want to feel
⩥ Law of Disuse (Thorndike). Answer: The longer an association is
unused, the weaker it becomes.
,⩥ Law of Effect (Thorndike). Answer: a behavior followed by a reward
is strengthened, whereas punishment weakens it. Later revised to say
punishment has no effect
⩥ Law of Exercise (Thorndike). Answer: Strength of an association
varies with frequency of association
⩥ Law of Use (Thorndike). Answer: The more often a neural connection
is used, the stronger it becomes
⩥ Morgan's canon. Answer: Insistence that animal behaviour must be
explained as simply as possible. One must not attribute higher mental
processes if their behaviour can be explained by lower mental processes
⩥ Paired-associate technique. Answer: The still widely used method of
investigating verbal learning invented by Calkins. Pairs of stimulus
material are first presented to subjects and then, after several exposures,
only one member of the pair is presented and the subject is asked to
recall the second.
⩥ Pragmatism. Answer: Belief that an idea is valid if it is useful
, ⩥ Recapitulation Theory. Answer: Hall's idea that the stages of
psychological development are experienced by every individual
⩥ Reciprocal antagonism. Answer: Munsterberg's method of treating
mentally disturbed individuals, whereby he would strengthen thoughts
antagonistic to those causing a problem.
⩥ Radical Empiricism. Answer: James's contention that all consistent
categories of human experience are worthy of study, whether or not they
are amenable to the methods of science.
⩥ stream of consciousness. Answer: James described the mind as an
ever-changing stream of connected ideas rather than concrete elements
that could be divided and analyzed
⩥ Behaviourism. Answer: school of psychology that focuses on
behaviour, proposed by Watson
⩥ behaviour therapy. Answer: Using learning principles to treat
behavioural problems
⩥ conditioned reflex. Answer: Learned reflex
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEED A+
⩥ Connectionism. Answer: Thorndike's type of information-processing
approach that emphasizes the simultaneous activity of numerous
interconnected processing units
⩥ Dynamic Psychology. Answer: The brand of psychology suggested by
Woodworth that stressed the internal variables that motivate organisms
to act.
⩥ Empirical Self. Answer: According to James, the self that consists of
everything a person can call his or her own. The empirical self consists
of the material self (all of one's material possessions), the social self
(one's self as known by others), and the spiritual self (all of which a
person is conscious).
⩥ Forensic Psychology. Answer: area of psychology that applies the
science to the law, founded by Munsterburg
,⩥ Functionalism. Answer: a school of psychology that focused on how
mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the
organism to adapt, survive, and flourish, influenced by Darwin
⩥ habits. Answer: Learned patterns of behaviour that James and others
believed were essential for societal functioning
⩥ Identical elements theory of transfer (Thorndike). Answer: The extent
to which learning transfers from one situation to another depends on the
similarity of the two situations
⩥ Ideo-motor theory of behavior. Answer: According to James, ideas
cause behavior, and thus we can control our behavior by controlling our
ideas.
⩥ James-Lange theory of emotion. Answer: States that we interpret our
responses to stimuli to create emotions. Proposes that we should act
according to how we want to feel
⩥ Law of Disuse (Thorndike). Answer: The longer an association is
unused, the weaker it becomes.
,⩥ Law of Effect (Thorndike). Answer: a behavior followed by a reward
is strengthened, whereas punishment weakens it. Later revised to say
punishment has no effect
⩥ Law of Exercise (Thorndike). Answer: Strength of an association
varies with frequency of association
⩥ Law of Use (Thorndike). Answer: The more often a neural connection
is used, the stronger it becomes
⩥ Morgan's canon. Answer: Insistence that animal behaviour must be
explained as simply as possible. One must not attribute higher mental
processes if their behaviour can be explained by lower mental processes
⩥ Paired-associate technique. Answer: The still widely used method of
investigating verbal learning invented by Calkins. Pairs of stimulus
material are first presented to subjects and then, after several exposures,
only one member of the pair is presented and the subject is asked to
recall the second.
⩥ Pragmatism. Answer: Belief that an idea is valid if it is useful
, ⩥ Recapitulation Theory. Answer: Hall's idea that the stages of
psychological development are experienced by every individual
⩥ Reciprocal antagonism. Answer: Munsterberg's method of treating
mentally disturbed individuals, whereby he would strengthen thoughts
antagonistic to those causing a problem.
⩥ Radical Empiricism. Answer: James's contention that all consistent
categories of human experience are worthy of study, whether or not they
are amenable to the methods of science.
⩥ stream of consciousness. Answer: James described the mind as an
ever-changing stream of connected ideas rather than concrete elements
that could be divided and analyzed
⩥ Behaviourism. Answer: school of psychology that focuses on
behaviour, proposed by Watson
⩥ behaviour therapy. Answer: Using learning principles to treat
behavioural problems
⩥ conditioned reflex. Answer: Learned reflex
