Exam Questions and Answers for Basic Principles of Psychology
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Cognitive Psychology
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Cognitive Psychology
Psychology - Answers The scientific student of mental processes, behavior, and feelings of humans and/or animals.
Goals of Psychology - Answers To describe, explain, predict, and influence human and animal behavior.
Hypothesis - Answers An assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested th...
Exam Questions and Answers for Basic Principles of Psychology
Psychology - Answers The scientific student of mental processes, behavior, and feelings of humans
and/or animals.
Goals of Psychology - Answers To describe, explain, predict, and influence human and animal behavior.
Hypothesis - Answers An assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through scientific
research and experimentation.
Theory - Answers A set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study
Basic Science - Answers Te pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake
Applied Science - Answers Discovering ways to use scientific finding to accomplish practical goals
Scientific Method - Answers A systematic approach to gathering information and answering questions so
that errors and biases are minimized
Wihelm Wundt - Answers Known as the "Father of Psychology," he established first psychological
laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.
Phrenology - Answers The practice of studying the bumps on a person's head to make judgements about
that person's personality/mental state.
Pseudoscience - Answers Purported "scientific discoveries" which have little actual basis in science. (ex.
Fidget Spinners help ADHD)
Structuralism - Answers the psychological study of the basic elements that make up conscious mental
experiences
Introspection - Answers A method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and
feelings
Functionalism - Answers The psychological study of how people and animals have adapted their mental
processes and behaviors to their environments
William James - Answers Psychologist at Harvard University who is credited with writing the first
psychological textbook "Principles of Psychology." He also helped pioneer the functionalist approach to
psychological study.
Sir Francis Galton - Answers English mathematician and scientist who proposed that certain behaviors
and/or character traits were inheritable. Wrote "Inquiries into Human Faculty"
Gestalt - Answers German psychological movement which studied how sensations are assembled into
perceptual experiences. Would later influence the study of cognitive psychology.
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