PSYCH 121 EXAM 1 VERIFIED ACCURATE STUDY
GUIDE
Psychology - Answers - The science of behavior and mental processes
Wilhelm Wundth - Answers - Founder of Psychology
Structuralism - Answers - Used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
Introspection - Answers - Examination and observation of ones own mental and
emotional process
Functionalism - Answers - Look at things more holistically. What is the purpose and
what is it that makes us realize
Independent Variable - Answers - The variable manipulated
Dependent Variable - Answers - The variable affected by manipulation
Sleep Deprivation - Answers - In the sleep deprivation correlated with reaction time:
What is the Independent Variable
Reaction Time - Answers - In the sleep deprivation correlated with reaction time: What
is the Dependent Variable
Hindsight Bias - Answers - Our tendency to over exaggerate how we knew something
would happen after it already happened
Overconfidence - Answers - Refers to a biased way of looking at a situation. You
misjudge your value, opinion, beliefs or abilities and you have more confidence than you
should given the objective parameters of the situation.
Hypothesis - Answers - Testable prediction
Theory - Answers - Ideas to explain a set of observations
Dendrites, Axons, Terminal Buttons - Answers - Parts to a neuron
Dendrites - Answers - Receive information
Axons - Answers - information sent down it as an electrical charge
Terminal Buttons - Answers - Hold and store chemical messages (end of the neuron)
GUIDE
Psychology - Answers - The science of behavior and mental processes
Wilhelm Wundth - Answers - Founder of Psychology
Structuralism - Answers - Used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
Introspection - Answers - Examination and observation of ones own mental and
emotional process
Functionalism - Answers - Look at things more holistically. What is the purpose and
what is it that makes us realize
Independent Variable - Answers - The variable manipulated
Dependent Variable - Answers - The variable affected by manipulation
Sleep Deprivation - Answers - In the sleep deprivation correlated with reaction time:
What is the Independent Variable
Reaction Time - Answers - In the sleep deprivation correlated with reaction time: What
is the Dependent Variable
Hindsight Bias - Answers - Our tendency to over exaggerate how we knew something
would happen after it already happened
Overconfidence - Answers - Refers to a biased way of looking at a situation. You
misjudge your value, opinion, beliefs or abilities and you have more confidence than you
should given the objective parameters of the situation.
Hypothesis - Answers - Testable prediction
Theory - Answers - Ideas to explain a set of observations
Dendrites, Axons, Terminal Buttons - Answers - Parts to a neuron
Dendrites - Answers - Receive information
Axons - Answers - information sent down it as an electrical charge
Terminal Buttons - Answers - Hold and store chemical messages (end of the neuron)
