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Intro To Psychology CLEP Questions And Answers Latest Update 2024/2025
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Intro To Psychology CLEP Questions AndAnswers Latest Update 2024/2025
Wilhelm Wundt Answer: german physiologist who founded psychology as a formal science; opened
first psychology research laboratory in 1879
Structuralists Answer: Believed that consciousness was made up of basic elements that were
combined to produce diffferent perceptions
Introspection Answer: a method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and
feelings
Edward Titchener Answer: Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of
psychology; set up first psychology lab in U.S.
Functionalists Answer: studied the function of consciousness
William James Answer: 1842-1910; Field: functionalism; Contributions: studied how humans use
perception to function in our environment; Studies: Pragmatism, The Meaning of Truth
Biological Approach Answer: A psychological perspective that examines behavior and mental
processes through a focus on the body, especially the brain and nervous system.
Psychodynamic Approach Answer: Approach that states that behavior reflects unconscious internal
conflict between inherited instincts and society's behavioral rules. **Sigmund Freud
, Behaviorist Approach Answer: A theoretical perspective that focuses only on objective, observable
reactions. Behaviorism emphasizes the environmental stimuli that determines behavior.
Classical Conditioning Answer: a learning procedure in which associations are made between a
natural stimulus and a learned, neutral stimulus
Operant Conditioning Answer: a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a
reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher
Cognitive Approach Answer: According to this approach, behavior is a result of information
processing, such as perception, memory, thought, judgment, and decision making
Humanistic Approach Answer: approach to psychology that sees humans as basically good and
striving to reach their ideal self
Self-actualization Answer: self fulfillment the realization of all ones potential and desire to become
creative in the full sense if the world.
Experiments Answer: a means for researchers to assess cause-and-effect relationships between at
least two variables.
Independent Variable Answer: The experimental factor, "cause", that is manipulated; the variable
whose effect is being studied.
Experimental Group Answer: Exposed to presumed "cause"
Control Group Answer: the group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
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