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PSYCHOLOGY FIRST EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Psychology - Answer-The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

Behavior - Answer-All outward or overt actions and reactions.

Mental Processes - Answer-Internal, covert activity of the mind.

Four Goals of Psychology - Answer-Description [what is happening?], Understanding
[why is it happening?], Prediction [when will it happen again?], Control [how can it be
changed?]

Willhelm Wundt - Answer-The "father of psychology", a physiologist, who attempted to
apply scientific principles to the study of the human mind.

objective introspection - Answer-the process of examining and measuring one's own
thoughts and mental activities

Edward Titchener - Answer-A student of Wundt and created structuralism.

structuralism - Answer-Focus of the study is the structure or basic elements of the mind.

William James - Answer-Discovered functionalism.

functionalism - Answer-The focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live,
work and play. Influenced the modern fields of educational, evolutionary and
industrial/organizational psychology.

Gestalt Psychology - Answer-Started with Wirtheimer, the "good figure" psychology.
Now part of cognitive psychology and not only focuses on perception but learning,
memory, thought processes and problem solving.

Psychoanalysis - Answer-Theory and therapy based on the work of Sigmund Freud.
Believed that nervous disorders were caused by suppressed urges and that early
childhood experiences were significant.

John B. Watson - Answer-Proposed behaviorism, "the science of behavior" that focuses
on observable behavior.

humanistic perspective - Answer-People have free will, the freedom to choose their own
destiny.

correlation - Answer-a measure of the relationship between two variables

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