PSYC 2000 Final Exam - LSU Greening
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes - CORRECT ANSWER - Psychology
-Behavior (any action)
-Mental Processes (perceptions, thoughts, feelings)
-Scientific - CORRECT ANSWER - 3 Aspects of Psychology
-Describe
-Explain
-Predict
-Control - CORRECT ANSWER - Goals of Psychology
"Father of Psychology" - CORRECT ANSWER - Wilhiem Wundt
-first attempt to bring objectivity/measurement in psychology
-founded the 1st experimental psychology lab - CORRECT ANSWER - Wilhiem Wundt
Achievements
-Student of Wundt
-Stucturalism - CORRECT ANSWER - Edward Titchener
study consciousness by trying to understand its smaller, most basic elements - CORRECT
ANSWER - Structuralism
-Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER - William James
,study the function of consciousness; how the mind allows people to work, play, adapt to new
circumstances - CORRECT ANSWER - Functionalism
-Gestalt Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - Max Wertheimer
how we experience the world - CORRECT ANSWER - Gestalt Psychology
-worked with patients whose complaints had no identifiable physical cause
-focused on role of unconsciousness
-psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER - Sigmund Freud
-focus on early childhood development
-dream interpretation - CORRECT ANSWER - Psychoanalysis
-behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER - John Watson
study of observable behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - Behaviorism
-interested in reflexes
-discovered reflexes could be conditioned - CORRECT ANSWER - Pavlov
-John Watson
-tried to create a phobia based on Pavlov's conditioning technique - CORRECT
ANSWER - Little Albert Study
-modern psychoanalysis
-development of sense of self
,-discovery of other motivations behind behavior
-psychodynamic psychotherapy
-attachment theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Psychodynamic
type of bond formed between caregiver and infant - CORRECT ANSWER - Attachment
Theory
-BF Skinner who expanded on Watson's work
-how to manipulate voluntary behavior by changing the consequence of the behavior -
CORRECT ANSWER - Behavioral Perspective
-emphasis on conscious, immediate experiences and ability to self actualize
-people have free will
-client centered therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Humanistic Perspective
empowerment of an individual to become the best they can be - CORRECT ANSWER -
Self-Actualization
-grew out of gestalt psychology
-how people think, remember, and store info
-cognitive neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER - Cognitive Perspective
brain and cognitive processing - CORRECT ANSWER - Cognitive Neuroscience
-combines social and cultural psychology
-cross cultural studies - CORRECT ANSWER - Sociocultural Perspective
study of groups, relationships, social influences on behavior - CORRECT ANSWER -
Social Psychology
, study of cultural values and norms of behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultural
Psychology
mental processes can be explained by the interaction with biological factors (genes, hormones,
etc.) - CORRECT ANSWER - Biopsychological Perspective
-grew out of functionalism
-human behavior is a result of psychological adaptiveness that help people function and survive -
CORRECT ANSWER - Evolutionary Perspective
doctoral degree and specialized training in one or more subfields of psychology - CORRECT
ANSWER - Psychologist
medical school and then specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders -
CORRECT ANSWER - Psychiatrist
tendency to notice, seek out, and interpret info in a way consistent with your own prior beliefs -
CORRECT ANSWER - Confirmation Bias
watching animals or humans behave in their normal environment - CORRECT ANSWER -
Naturalistic Observation
realistic picture of behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - Pros
-observer effect
>solution: participant observation
-observer bias
>solution: blind observers - CORRECT ANSWER - Cons
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes - CORRECT ANSWER - Psychology
-Behavior (any action)
-Mental Processes (perceptions, thoughts, feelings)
-Scientific - CORRECT ANSWER - 3 Aspects of Psychology
-Describe
-Explain
-Predict
-Control - CORRECT ANSWER - Goals of Psychology
"Father of Psychology" - CORRECT ANSWER - Wilhiem Wundt
-first attempt to bring objectivity/measurement in psychology
-founded the 1st experimental psychology lab - CORRECT ANSWER - Wilhiem Wundt
Achievements
-Student of Wundt
-Stucturalism - CORRECT ANSWER - Edward Titchener
study consciousness by trying to understand its smaller, most basic elements - CORRECT
ANSWER - Structuralism
-Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER - William James
,study the function of consciousness; how the mind allows people to work, play, adapt to new
circumstances - CORRECT ANSWER - Functionalism
-Gestalt Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - Max Wertheimer
how we experience the world - CORRECT ANSWER - Gestalt Psychology
-worked with patients whose complaints had no identifiable physical cause
-focused on role of unconsciousness
-psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER - Sigmund Freud
-focus on early childhood development
-dream interpretation - CORRECT ANSWER - Psychoanalysis
-behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER - John Watson
study of observable behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - Behaviorism
-interested in reflexes
-discovered reflexes could be conditioned - CORRECT ANSWER - Pavlov
-John Watson
-tried to create a phobia based on Pavlov's conditioning technique - CORRECT
ANSWER - Little Albert Study
-modern psychoanalysis
-development of sense of self
,-discovery of other motivations behind behavior
-psychodynamic psychotherapy
-attachment theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Psychodynamic
type of bond formed between caregiver and infant - CORRECT ANSWER - Attachment
Theory
-BF Skinner who expanded on Watson's work
-how to manipulate voluntary behavior by changing the consequence of the behavior -
CORRECT ANSWER - Behavioral Perspective
-emphasis on conscious, immediate experiences and ability to self actualize
-people have free will
-client centered therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Humanistic Perspective
empowerment of an individual to become the best they can be - CORRECT ANSWER -
Self-Actualization
-grew out of gestalt psychology
-how people think, remember, and store info
-cognitive neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER - Cognitive Perspective
brain and cognitive processing - CORRECT ANSWER - Cognitive Neuroscience
-combines social and cultural psychology
-cross cultural studies - CORRECT ANSWER - Sociocultural Perspective
study of groups, relationships, social influences on behavior - CORRECT ANSWER -
Social Psychology
, study of cultural values and norms of behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultural
Psychology
mental processes can be explained by the interaction with biological factors (genes, hormones,
etc.) - CORRECT ANSWER - Biopsychological Perspective
-grew out of functionalism
-human behavior is a result of psychological adaptiveness that help people function and survive -
CORRECT ANSWER - Evolutionary Perspective
doctoral degree and specialized training in one or more subfields of psychology - CORRECT
ANSWER - Psychologist
medical school and then specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders -
CORRECT ANSWER - Psychiatrist
tendency to notice, seek out, and interpret info in a way consistent with your own prior beliefs -
CORRECT ANSWER - Confirmation Bias
watching animals or humans behave in their normal environment - CORRECT ANSWER -
Naturalistic Observation
realistic picture of behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - Pros
-observer effect
>solution: participant observation
-observer bias
>solution: blind observers - CORRECT ANSWER - Cons
