PSY 205 Exam 1 Final Questions And
Already Passed Answers.
Early definition of Psychology - Answer "study of the mind" in the 18th century
Current definition of Psychology - Answer scientific study of human and animal behavior and mental
processes
Why do people do what they do?
What is going on in the mind?
Wundt - Answer the founder of psychology
Stanley Hall - Answer Brought Psychology to the US, born in Germany and blossomed in the US, first
research lab
Watson - Answer founder of behaviorism
Freud - Answer psychoanalytic theory
Attempts to explain personality, motivation and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious
determination of behavior( Mainly sex)
Freudian slips of tongue/politics
Skinner - Answer Fundamental Principle
People or animals tend to repeat things that lead to good outcomes and not
repeat to things that lead to bad or neutral outcomes.
Asserted that all behaviors are governed by external stimuli
Free-will is an illusion
clinical psychology - Answer diagnose and treat severe psychological disorders
, counseling psychology - Answer similar to clinical, work with individuals with less severe disorders,
requires less training than a clinical psychologist.
School Psychology - Answer Work with student with special needs in the classroom
Industrial Psychology - Answer Working in human resources department, how to better a job at a
company, market...
Psychology vs. psychiatry - Answer Psychiatry: branch of medical concerned with psychological
disorders, perscribe meds
Behaviorism - Answer Scientific psychology should study only observable behavior, watson and skinner
Humanism - Answer focuses on the human rather than divine or supernatural explanations
Cognitive Psychology - Answer Focuses on mental processes like memory
Social Psychology - Answer How I influence you, and you influence me
Racism, genocide, prejudice, attitude
Two "great" assumptions in science - Answer Positivism and empiricism
Positivism - Answer Psych should not focus on the negative experiences but the positive ones as well
Empiricism - Answer An approach to understanding that involves collecting data or making
observations
variable - Answer A factor that can change in an experiment
Already Passed Answers.
Early definition of Psychology - Answer "study of the mind" in the 18th century
Current definition of Psychology - Answer scientific study of human and animal behavior and mental
processes
Why do people do what they do?
What is going on in the mind?
Wundt - Answer the founder of psychology
Stanley Hall - Answer Brought Psychology to the US, born in Germany and blossomed in the US, first
research lab
Watson - Answer founder of behaviorism
Freud - Answer psychoanalytic theory
Attempts to explain personality, motivation and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious
determination of behavior( Mainly sex)
Freudian slips of tongue/politics
Skinner - Answer Fundamental Principle
People or animals tend to repeat things that lead to good outcomes and not
repeat to things that lead to bad or neutral outcomes.
Asserted that all behaviors are governed by external stimuli
Free-will is an illusion
clinical psychology - Answer diagnose and treat severe psychological disorders
, counseling psychology - Answer similar to clinical, work with individuals with less severe disorders,
requires less training than a clinical psychologist.
School Psychology - Answer Work with student with special needs in the classroom
Industrial Psychology - Answer Working in human resources department, how to better a job at a
company, market...
Psychology vs. psychiatry - Answer Psychiatry: branch of medical concerned with psychological
disorders, perscribe meds
Behaviorism - Answer Scientific psychology should study only observable behavior, watson and skinner
Humanism - Answer focuses on the human rather than divine or supernatural explanations
Cognitive Psychology - Answer Focuses on mental processes like memory
Social Psychology - Answer How I influence you, and you influence me
Racism, genocide, prejudice, attitude
Two "great" assumptions in science - Answer Positivism and empiricism
Positivism - Answer Psych should not focus on the negative experiences but the positive ones as well
Empiricism - Answer An approach to understanding that involves collecting data or making
observations
variable - Answer A factor that can change in an experiment
