NVCC PSY 200-E43L Exam 1 Complete
Questions And Answers
Structualism CORRECT ANSWERS Analysis of basic elements that make up the mind
Functionalism CORRECT ANSWERS The study of the purpose that mental processes
serve
which man believed consciousness was a stream? CORRECT ANSWERS William
James
Which man believed you could break consciousness into part CORRECT ANSWERS
Wilhelm Wundt
Who is known as the founder of psychology and first to teach it and open a lab?
CORRECT ANSWERS Wilhelm Wundt
What is the emphasis of Frauds psychoanalytic theory? CORRECT ANSWERS The
importance of unconscious mental processes.
Who were the founders of humanistic psychology? CORRECT ANSWERS Maslow and
Rogers
What is unconsciousness? CORRECT ANSWERS The part of the mind that operates
outside of awareness but that influences thoughts, feelings, and actions
What is cognitive psychology? CORRECT ANSWERS The scientific study of mental
processes including perception thought memory and reasoning
What is behavioral neuroscience? CORRECT ANSWERS An approach to psychology
that links psychological processes to activities in the nervous system and other bodily
processes
What is evolutionary psychology? CORRECT ANSWERS Explains mind and behavior
in terms of the adaptive value fo abilities that are preserved over time by natural
selection
What is empiricism? CORRECT ANSWERS The belief that accurate knowledge can be
acquired through observation
what is the Scientific Method? CORRECT ANSWERS A procedure for finding the truth
by using empirical evidence
, What is a theory? CORRECT ANSWERS A hypothetical explanation of a natural
phenomenon
What is a hypothesis? CORRECT ANSWERS A falsifiable prediction made by a theory
What is an operational definition? CORRECT ANSWERS a description of a property in
concrete measurable forms
What is validity? CORRECT ANSWERS Concrete event that defines property
What is Reliability? CORRECT ANSWERS That something is producing the same
answers when its measured more than once
Which refers to whether something is consistent? CORRECT ANSWERS Reliablity
Which refers to if something is measuring what its suppose to measure? CORRECT
ANSWERS Validity
What is a variable? CORRECT ANSWERS properties whose value can very across
individuals or over time
What is an experiment? CORRECT ANSWERS A technique for establishing a causal
relationship between variables
What is manipulation? CORRECT ANSWERS Involves changing a variable in order to
determine its causal power
What is self selection and why is it a problem for research? CORRECT ANSWERS
because it allows people to choose what group they are in based on anything about
them making the experiment exposed to more than one difference...no control
What does it mean to say that the difference between the control group and the
experimental group is statistically significant? CORRECT ANSWERS That it is unlikely
to have been caused by a third varibale
What is internal validity? CORRECT ANSWERS refers to our ability to draw inferences
of cause an effect
What is external validity? CORRECT ANSWERS Allows us to generalize to the real
world
What is the cell body? CORRECT ANSWERS The part of the neuron that coordinates
information, processes tasks and keeps the cell alive
What is a dendrite? CORRECT ANSWERS Branch like extensions of the neuron that
receives information from other neurons and relays them to the cell body
Questions And Answers
Structualism CORRECT ANSWERS Analysis of basic elements that make up the mind
Functionalism CORRECT ANSWERS The study of the purpose that mental processes
serve
which man believed consciousness was a stream? CORRECT ANSWERS William
James
Which man believed you could break consciousness into part CORRECT ANSWERS
Wilhelm Wundt
Who is known as the founder of psychology and first to teach it and open a lab?
CORRECT ANSWERS Wilhelm Wundt
What is the emphasis of Frauds psychoanalytic theory? CORRECT ANSWERS The
importance of unconscious mental processes.
Who were the founders of humanistic psychology? CORRECT ANSWERS Maslow and
Rogers
What is unconsciousness? CORRECT ANSWERS The part of the mind that operates
outside of awareness but that influences thoughts, feelings, and actions
What is cognitive psychology? CORRECT ANSWERS The scientific study of mental
processes including perception thought memory and reasoning
What is behavioral neuroscience? CORRECT ANSWERS An approach to psychology
that links psychological processes to activities in the nervous system and other bodily
processes
What is evolutionary psychology? CORRECT ANSWERS Explains mind and behavior
in terms of the adaptive value fo abilities that are preserved over time by natural
selection
What is empiricism? CORRECT ANSWERS The belief that accurate knowledge can be
acquired through observation
what is the Scientific Method? CORRECT ANSWERS A procedure for finding the truth
by using empirical evidence
, What is a theory? CORRECT ANSWERS A hypothetical explanation of a natural
phenomenon
What is a hypothesis? CORRECT ANSWERS A falsifiable prediction made by a theory
What is an operational definition? CORRECT ANSWERS a description of a property in
concrete measurable forms
What is validity? CORRECT ANSWERS Concrete event that defines property
What is Reliability? CORRECT ANSWERS That something is producing the same
answers when its measured more than once
Which refers to whether something is consistent? CORRECT ANSWERS Reliablity
Which refers to if something is measuring what its suppose to measure? CORRECT
ANSWERS Validity
What is a variable? CORRECT ANSWERS properties whose value can very across
individuals or over time
What is an experiment? CORRECT ANSWERS A technique for establishing a causal
relationship between variables
What is manipulation? CORRECT ANSWERS Involves changing a variable in order to
determine its causal power
What is self selection and why is it a problem for research? CORRECT ANSWERS
because it allows people to choose what group they are in based on anything about
them making the experiment exposed to more than one difference...no control
What does it mean to say that the difference between the control group and the
experimental group is statistically significant? CORRECT ANSWERS That it is unlikely
to have been caused by a third varibale
What is internal validity? CORRECT ANSWERS refers to our ability to draw inferences
of cause an effect
What is external validity? CORRECT ANSWERS Allows us to generalize to the real
world
What is the cell body? CORRECT ANSWERS The part of the neuron that coordinates
information, processes tasks and keeps the cell alive
What is a dendrite? CORRECT ANSWERS Branch like extensions of the neuron that
receives information from other neurons and relays them to the cell body
