Psych 201 - Exam 1 Review questions with correct
answers
Prologue: Correct Answer-The Story of Psychology
Who conducted the first psychology experiment? Correct Answer-
Wilhelm Wundt
When? Correct Answer-December 1879
What did he study? Correct Answer-the time lag between people's
hearing a ball hit a platform and their pressing a telegraph key
What is structuralism? Correct Answer-early school of thought
promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the
structure of the human mind.
Who introduced this school of thought? Correct Answer-Edward
Bradford Titchener
What is introspection? Correct Answer-"looking inward," self-reflection,
to report elements of experience (p. 3)
What were some of the problems when using introspection? Correct
Answer-"Alas, introspection proved somewhat unreliable. It required
smart, verbal people and its results varied from person to person and
,experience to experience. As introspection waned, so did Structuralism."
(p. 3)
What is functionalism? Correct Answer-Early school of thought
promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and
behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt,
survive and flourish.
Who advocated this school of thought? Correct Answer-Promoted by
William James {influenced by Darwin} (p. 3)
What is behaviorism? Correct Answer-The view that psychology 1)
should be an objective science that 2) studies behavior without reference
to mental processes. Most psychologists today agree with the former but
not with the latter.
Humanistic psychology? Correct Answer-Historically significant
perspective that emphasized human growth potential.
Cognitive neuroscience? Correct Answer-The interdisciplinary study of
the brain activity linked with cognition {including perception, thinking,
memory, and language}
How do we define psychology? Correct Answer-The science of behavior
and mental processes (p.5)
, What is the nature-nurture issue? Correct Answer-Psychological events
often stem from the interaction of nature and nurture rather than from
either of them acting alone.
What is natural selection? Correct Answer-This is the process by which
nature selects from chance variations the traits that best enable an
organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
What is the biopsychosocial approach? Correct Answer-an integrated
approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and sociocultural
levels of analysis (p. 9)
Review psychology's current perspectives in Table 1. Correct Answer-
{page 10}
neuroscience Correct Answer-How the body and brain enable emotions,
memories and sensory expereinces
evolutionary Correct Answer-How the natural selection of traits has
promoted the survival of genes
Which lobe is the motor cortex in? Correct Answer-frontal lobes
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