Unit 1

Question 1

Who is the father of psychology?

Answer 1

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 2

How did Wundt make psychology a science?

Answer 2

He dedicated a laboratory for it and conducted research

Question 3

What was psychology’s first theoretical approach?

Answer 3

Structuralism

Question 4

Who coined structuralism?

Answer 4

Edward Tichener

Question 5

What is structuralism?

Answer 5

Looks at the mind’s different structures of consciousness through individual parts

Question 6

How does structuralism study the mind?

Answer 6

Introspection

Question 7

What is introspection?

Answer 7

Examination of one’s own conscious thoughts

Question 8

Why is introspection difficult?

Answer 8

Most people can’t actively focus on more than one thing at a time

Question 9

Who was the first American to earn a PhD in psychology in the US?

Answer 9

Stanley Hall

Question 10

Who was the first president of the American Psychological Association?

Answer 10

Stanley Hall

Question 11

Who opened the first psychology laboratory in the US?

Answer 11

Stanley Hall

Question 12

What is Gestalt psychology?

Answer 12

Believes we cannot simply separate our conscious and perception into different parts; we need to look at it as a whole experience

Question 13

Who wrote the first psychology textbook?

Answer 13

William James

Question 14

Who created functionalism?

Answer 14

William James

Question 15

What is functionalism?

Answer 15

Seeks to understand how mental and behavioral processes operate

Question 16

What is the evolutionary approach?

Answer 16

Looks at how different traits are adaptations that have come from natural selection

Question 17

What is natural selection?

Answer 17

The idea that traits that are superior in helping an organism survive will be passed on to the next generations

Question 18

Who was the first woman president of the American Psychological Association?

Answer 18

Mary Whiton Calkins

Question 19

Who was the recipient of the first female psychology PhD?

Answer 19

Margaret Floy Washburn

Question 20

What is the psychodynamic approach?

Answer 20

Focuses on the unconscious

Question 21

What is free association?

Answer 21

When a word or image triggers another idea, word, or picture inside our head

Question 22

What is one major criticism of the psychodynamic approach?

Answer 22

Seeked to study something that is hidden and cannot be objectively studied

Question 23

What is behaviorism?

Answer 23

Believes psychology should be an objective science that focuses on studying observable behaviors without referencing the mental processes

Question 24

Who was regarded as the official founder of behaviorism?

Answer 24

John B. Watson

Question 25

What is the sociocultural approach?

Answer 25

Analyzes a person’s experiences and influences in life to better understand how culture shapes us as individuals

Question 26

What is the criticism of the sociocultural approach?

Answer 26

It’s difficult to study culture itself

Question 27

What is humanistic psychology?

Answer 27

Emphasized our potential as humans to grow as individuals

Question 28

What is the cognitive approach?

Answer 28

Focuses on how we as individuals interpret, process, and remember information

Question 29

What is the biological approach?

Answer 29

Seeks to understand the links between our biological and psychological processes

Question 30

What is the biopsychosocial approach?

Answer 30

Looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors impact our health