PSYCHOLOGY 2000 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
Psychology - Answers The science of mental processes and behavior
Goals of psychology - Answers Describe
Explain
Predict
Control
Wilheim Wundt - Answers "Father of Psychology"
- first attempt to bring objectivity/measurement in psychology
- founded the 1st experimental psychology laboratory
Some work involved objective introspection
Edward Titchener - Answers Student of Wundt
Translated many of Wundt's works into English
Structuralism
Introspection of thoughts as well as physical objects
Structuralism - Answers Study of consciousness by trying to understand its smallest, most
basic elements
William James - Answers Functionalism
Functionalism - Answers Consciousness - how the mind allows people to work, play, adapt to
new circumstances
Psychodynamics - Answers Modern version of psychoanalysis
More focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of other motivations
behind a persons behavior
Gestalt psychology - Answers How we experience the world
Neurons - Answers Gray matter
Receives and sends messages
, Glia - Answers White matter
90% of the cells in out nervous system are glial cells
Supportive role: proved nutrients, repair damage, form myelin, get rid of waste
Pituitary - Answers Master gland, responsible for growth and control of other glands
Thyroid gland - Answers Metabolism
Parathyroid gland - Answers Calcium regulation
Adrenal glands - Answers Trigger fight or flight, engage under stress it danger
Pancreas - Answers Regulates blood sugar
Endocrine system - Answers The body's "slow" chemical communication system
Sympathetic - Answers "Arouses"
Fight or flight
Parasympathetic - Answers "Calms"
Rest and digest
Somatic nervous system - Answers Sensation
Voluntary muscle movement
Autonomic nervous system - Answers Involuntary muscles, organs, and glands
Agonists - Answers Increase original messages that neurotransmitters was suppose to send
Antagonists - Answers Blocks original message that neurotransmitter was supposed to send
Serotonin - Answers Mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
Acetylcholine - Answers Responsible for muscle movement
Plays a role in learning and memory
Dopamine - Answers Control of movements, sensations of pleasure
Neurotransmitters - Answers Released from the sending neuron, travel across the synapse and
bind to receptor sites on the receiving neuron
Synapse - Answers The tiny gap between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or
cell body of the receiving neuron
2025/2026
Psychology - Answers The science of mental processes and behavior
Goals of psychology - Answers Describe
Explain
Predict
Control
Wilheim Wundt - Answers "Father of Psychology"
- first attempt to bring objectivity/measurement in psychology
- founded the 1st experimental psychology laboratory
Some work involved objective introspection
Edward Titchener - Answers Student of Wundt
Translated many of Wundt's works into English
Structuralism
Introspection of thoughts as well as physical objects
Structuralism - Answers Study of consciousness by trying to understand its smallest, most
basic elements
William James - Answers Functionalism
Functionalism - Answers Consciousness - how the mind allows people to work, play, adapt to
new circumstances
Psychodynamics - Answers Modern version of psychoanalysis
More focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of other motivations
behind a persons behavior
Gestalt psychology - Answers How we experience the world
Neurons - Answers Gray matter
Receives and sends messages
, Glia - Answers White matter
90% of the cells in out nervous system are glial cells
Supportive role: proved nutrients, repair damage, form myelin, get rid of waste
Pituitary - Answers Master gland, responsible for growth and control of other glands
Thyroid gland - Answers Metabolism
Parathyroid gland - Answers Calcium regulation
Adrenal glands - Answers Trigger fight or flight, engage under stress it danger
Pancreas - Answers Regulates blood sugar
Endocrine system - Answers The body's "slow" chemical communication system
Sympathetic - Answers "Arouses"
Fight or flight
Parasympathetic - Answers "Calms"
Rest and digest
Somatic nervous system - Answers Sensation
Voluntary muscle movement
Autonomic nervous system - Answers Involuntary muscles, organs, and glands
Agonists - Answers Increase original messages that neurotransmitters was suppose to send
Antagonists - Answers Blocks original message that neurotransmitter was supposed to send
Serotonin - Answers Mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
Acetylcholine - Answers Responsible for muscle movement
Plays a role in learning and memory
Dopamine - Answers Control of movements, sensations of pleasure
Neurotransmitters - Answers Released from the sending neuron, travel across the synapse and
bind to receptor sites on the receiving neuron
Synapse - Answers The tiny gap between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or
cell body of the receiving neuron
