PSY 2012 EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
REVIEW
●● ABC's of Psychology
Answer: Affect- What we feel
Behavior- What we do
Cognitions- What we think
●● Structuralism
Answer: Wundt and Titchener
Identify basic elements of the conscious experience through
introspection
However, important aspects of human psychology occur outside of
conscious experience
●● Functionalism
Answer: William James
Understand the adaptive purposes of psychological characteristics and
why it has caused us to be able to survive
,Natural selection (Darwin)- survival and reproduction
●● Behaviorism
Answer: Watson, Skinner, and Thorndike
Uncover the laws of learning by looking at observable behavior and
being able to take measurements and collect date
-conditioning
-rewards and punishments
●● Cognitivism
Answer: Piaget
Thinking affects behavior
Interpretation of rewards and punishments determines behavior
Ex: Would you run up and dow the aisle in front class for $1 vs $100?
Ex: Teaching children what to do and what not to do
●● Psychoanalysis
Answer: Freud
Internal psychological processes of which were unaware
,Ex: Someone says red and another word automatically pops into your
head (like apple)
The role of childhood experiences shape your responses
●● Clinical psychologist
Answer: Perform assessments, diagnosis, and treatment of mental
disorders
●● Counseling
Answer: Work with people experiencing temporary of self-contained
problems
Ex: Marital or occupational difficulties
●● School psychologist
Answer: Assess and develop intervention programs
●● Developmental psychologist
Answer: Study why and how people change over time
-Most work with infants and children
●● Experimental psychologist (social/cognitive)
Answer: Use sophisticated research methods to study memory language
thinking and social behavior of humans
, ●● Bio-psychologist
Answer: Examine physiological bases of behavior
●● Forensics psychologist
Answer: Assess, diagnose, and assist with rehabilitation and treatment of
prison inmates
●● Basic research
Answer: Acquisition of knowledge for knowledge sake
Increase understanding of fundamental principles
●● Applied research
Answer: Answers specific questions aimed at solving practical problems
●● Common sense is useful in psychology
Answer: Serves as a mental shortcut
Learn when to and when not to trust your common sense
●● Levels of analysis
Answer: Molecular (smallest element)(Bottom rung)
Neurochemical
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
REVIEW
●● ABC's of Psychology
Answer: Affect- What we feel
Behavior- What we do
Cognitions- What we think
●● Structuralism
Answer: Wundt and Titchener
Identify basic elements of the conscious experience through
introspection
However, important aspects of human psychology occur outside of
conscious experience
●● Functionalism
Answer: William James
Understand the adaptive purposes of psychological characteristics and
why it has caused us to be able to survive
,Natural selection (Darwin)- survival and reproduction
●● Behaviorism
Answer: Watson, Skinner, and Thorndike
Uncover the laws of learning by looking at observable behavior and
being able to take measurements and collect date
-conditioning
-rewards and punishments
●● Cognitivism
Answer: Piaget
Thinking affects behavior
Interpretation of rewards and punishments determines behavior
Ex: Would you run up and dow the aisle in front class for $1 vs $100?
Ex: Teaching children what to do and what not to do
●● Psychoanalysis
Answer: Freud
Internal psychological processes of which were unaware
,Ex: Someone says red and another word automatically pops into your
head (like apple)
The role of childhood experiences shape your responses
●● Clinical psychologist
Answer: Perform assessments, diagnosis, and treatment of mental
disorders
●● Counseling
Answer: Work with people experiencing temporary of self-contained
problems
Ex: Marital or occupational difficulties
●● School psychologist
Answer: Assess and develop intervention programs
●● Developmental psychologist
Answer: Study why and how people change over time
-Most work with infants and children
●● Experimental psychologist (social/cognitive)
Answer: Use sophisticated research methods to study memory language
thinking and social behavior of humans
, ●● Bio-psychologist
Answer: Examine physiological bases of behavior
●● Forensics psychologist
Answer: Assess, diagnose, and assist with rehabilitation and treatment of
prison inmates
●● Basic research
Answer: Acquisition of knowledge for knowledge sake
Increase understanding of fundamental principles
●● Applied research
Answer: Answers specific questions aimed at solving practical problems
●● Common sense is useful in psychology
Answer: Serves as a mental shortcut
Learn when to and when not to trust your common sense
●● Levels of analysis
Answer: Molecular (smallest element)(Bottom rung)
Neurochemical
