PSYCH 101 (Psychology by OpenStax:
Chapters 1-3) questions and answers
2025\2026 A+ Grade
Psychology
- correct answer study of the mind & behavior
Scientific method
- correct answer based off of observation & experimentation
Scientific method: 1st step
- correct answer ask a question
Scientific method: 2nd step
- correct answer do background research
Scientific method: 3rd step
- correct answer construct a hypothesis
Scientific method: 4th step
- correct answer test hypothesis
Scientific method: 5th step
- correct answer analyze data & draw conclusions
Scientific method: 6th step
- correct answer report your results
, Psychology degree
- correct answer often a general education requirement; may enjoy Psych101 so much that students
may change major; 1 of the most popular majors in the US
Introspection
- correct answer when a person can study the mind by telling their own internal perceptions; too
subjective & there was little agreement b/t individuals
Structuralism
- correct answer didn't last
Sigmund Freud
- correct answer a highly influential figure in the history of psychology; believed that many people's
problems arose from the unconscious mind; gaining access to one's unconscious was crucial the
successful resolution of the patient's problems: did this through Dream Analysis, Free Association, &
Slips of the tongue; theory is called Psychoanalytic Theory & focuses on the role of the person's
unconscious & childhood experiences
Wilhelm Wundt
- correct answer credited as one of the founders of psychology; created the 1st laboratory for
psychological research; found Structuralism through Introspection; viewed Psychology as a scientific
study of conscious experience.
William James
- correct answer the 1st American psychologist; believed that the purpose of Psychology was to study
the function of behavior in the world; his work is also known as Functionalism because he focused on
how mental activities helped organisms fit into its environment
Behaviorism
- correct answer largely responsible for establishing psychology as a scientific discipline through its
objective methods & experimentation
B. F. Skinner
- correct answer famous for his research on operant conditioning
Chapters 1-3) questions and answers
2025\2026 A+ Grade
Psychology
- correct answer study of the mind & behavior
Scientific method
- correct answer based off of observation & experimentation
Scientific method: 1st step
- correct answer ask a question
Scientific method: 2nd step
- correct answer do background research
Scientific method: 3rd step
- correct answer construct a hypothesis
Scientific method: 4th step
- correct answer test hypothesis
Scientific method: 5th step
- correct answer analyze data & draw conclusions
Scientific method: 6th step
- correct answer report your results
, Psychology degree
- correct answer often a general education requirement; may enjoy Psych101 so much that students
may change major; 1 of the most popular majors in the US
Introspection
- correct answer when a person can study the mind by telling their own internal perceptions; too
subjective & there was little agreement b/t individuals
Structuralism
- correct answer didn't last
Sigmund Freud
- correct answer a highly influential figure in the history of psychology; believed that many people's
problems arose from the unconscious mind; gaining access to one's unconscious was crucial the
successful resolution of the patient's problems: did this through Dream Analysis, Free Association, &
Slips of the tongue; theory is called Psychoanalytic Theory & focuses on the role of the person's
unconscious & childhood experiences
Wilhelm Wundt
- correct answer credited as one of the founders of psychology; created the 1st laboratory for
psychological research; found Structuralism through Introspection; viewed Psychology as a scientific
study of conscious experience.
William James
- correct answer the 1st American psychologist; believed that the purpose of Psychology was to study
the function of behavior in the world; his work is also known as Functionalism because he focused on
how mental activities helped organisms fit into its environment
Behaviorism
- correct answer largely responsible for establishing psychology as a scientific discipline through its
objective methods & experimentation
B. F. Skinner
- correct answer famous for his research on operant conditioning
