GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY MGCCC
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
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social science - ✔✔the systematic study of people
psychology - ✔✔the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
behaviorist theory - ✔✔- watson, pavlov, skinner
- learning, conditioning, rewards, punishment, reinforcement, stimuli, response,
environment, observable behaviour
psychodynamic theory - ✔✔- sigmund freud
- psychosexual stages, id, ego, superego, unconscious, childhood events, conflict, &
instinct
cognitive theory - ✔✔- piaget
- thinking, knowing, perception, intelligence, understanding, memory, decision making,
& judgment
humanistic theory - ✔✔- rogers, maslow
- self actualization, free will, subjective experience, hierarchy of needs, and potential
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY BRITTIE DONALD, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, wilhelm wundt - ✔✔father of experimental psychology
g. stanley hall - ✔✔creator of the American Psychological Association
psychologist - ✔✔PhD, grad school, does not typically prescribe meds, theoretical
orientation
psychiatrist - ✔✔MD, medical school, prescribes meds, biological orientation
scientific method - ✔✔1. examine past research
2. define question
3. propose hypothesis
4. gather evidence and test hypothesis: reject or retain hypothesis
5. build theory
6. publication & replication of results
4 types of research - ✔✔1. experimental
2. quasi-experimental
3. correlational
4. case study/clinical method
mean - ✔✔average (add all numbers and divide by the total number)
median - ✔✔list numbers in order, find middle number
mode - ✔✔the number that appears the most
axon terminals - ✔✔purple squiggles on the right
axons - ✔✔yellow blobs on rope
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY BRITTIE DONALD, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
- ✔✔
social science - ✔✔the systematic study of people
psychology - ✔✔the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
behaviorist theory - ✔✔- watson, pavlov, skinner
- learning, conditioning, rewards, punishment, reinforcement, stimuli, response,
environment, observable behaviour
psychodynamic theory - ✔✔- sigmund freud
- psychosexual stages, id, ego, superego, unconscious, childhood events, conflict, &
instinct
cognitive theory - ✔✔- piaget
- thinking, knowing, perception, intelligence, understanding, memory, decision making,
& judgment
humanistic theory - ✔✔- rogers, maslow
- self actualization, free will, subjective experience, hierarchy of needs, and potential
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY BRITTIE DONALD, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, wilhelm wundt - ✔✔father of experimental psychology
g. stanley hall - ✔✔creator of the American Psychological Association
psychologist - ✔✔PhD, grad school, does not typically prescribe meds, theoretical
orientation
psychiatrist - ✔✔MD, medical school, prescribes meds, biological orientation
scientific method - ✔✔1. examine past research
2. define question
3. propose hypothesis
4. gather evidence and test hypothesis: reject or retain hypothesis
5. build theory
6. publication & replication of results
4 types of research - ✔✔1. experimental
2. quasi-experimental
3. correlational
4. case study/clinical method
mean - ✔✔average (add all numbers and divide by the total number)
median - ✔✔list numbers in order, find middle number
mode - ✔✔the number that appears the most
axon terminals - ✔✔purple squiggles on the right
axons - ✔✔yellow blobs on rope
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY BRITTIE DONALD, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
