AP Psychology Unit 1 Exam Questions
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introspection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-first began in laboratory set up
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by Wilhelm Wundt; process of reporting on one's own conscious mental
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|experiences
structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-idea proposed by Wundt that the
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mind operates by combining subjective emotions and objective
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sensations; aimed to uncover the basic structures that make up mind
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and thought
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functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-theory presented by William
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James; emphasizes adaptiveness of the mental or behavioral processes
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Wilhelm Wundt - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-set up first psychological
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laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879; known for training subjects in
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introspection and for his theory of structuralism
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Margaret Floy Washburn - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-first woman to earn a
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Ph.D. in psychology
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, William James - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-published The Principles of
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Psychology, the science's first textbook; responsible for theory of
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functionalism
Mary Whiton Calkins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-studied with William
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James and went on to become president of the American Psychological
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Association
G. Stanley Hall - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-student of William James who
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pioneered he study of child development and was the first president of
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the APA
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Gestalt psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-theory that states that the
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whole experience is often more than just the sum of the parts, because
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the way we experience the world is more than just an accumulation of
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various perceptual experiences; relatively little influence on current
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psychology
Max Wertheimer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gestalt psychologist who
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argued against dividing human thought and behavior into discrete
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structures
psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-theory that states a part of our
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mind over which we do not have conscious control determines, in part,
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how we think and behave
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With Correct Answers
introspection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-first began in laboratory set up
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by Wilhelm Wundt; process of reporting on one's own conscious mental
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|experiences
structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-idea proposed by Wundt that the
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mind operates by combining subjective emotions and objective
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sensations; aimed to uncover the basic structures that make up mind
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and thought
|
functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-theory presented by William
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James; emphasizes adaptiveness of the mental or behavioral processes
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Wilhelm Wundt - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-set up first psychological
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laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879; known for training subjects in
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introspection and for his theory of structuralism
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Margaret Floy Washburn - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-first woman to earn a
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Ph.D. in psychology
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, William James - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-published The Principles of
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Psychology, the science's first textbook; responsible for theory of
| | | | | | | | |
functionalism
Mary Whiton Calkins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-studied with William
| | | | | | | |
James and went on to become president of the American Psychological
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Association
G. Stanley Hall - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-student of William James who
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pioneered he study of child development and was the first president of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the APA
|
Gestalt psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-theory that states that the
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whole experience is often more than just the sum of the parts, because
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the way we experience the world is more than just an accumulation of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
various perceptual experiences; relatively little influence on current
| | | | | | | |
psychology
Max Wertheimer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gestalt psychologist who
| | | | | | |
argued against dividing human thought and behavior into discrete
| | | | | | | | |
structures
psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-theory that states a part of our
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mind over which we do not have conscious control determines, in part,
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how we think and behave
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