Psych 101 Final Exam Questions and
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Wilhelm Wundt ✔✔founder of the science of psychology; formed first psychology laboratory
Sigmund Freud ✔✔unconscious mind and psychoanalytic theory, people are not ma
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Psych 101 Final Exam Questions and
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Wilhelm Wundt ✔✔founder of the science of psychology; formed first psychology laboratory
Sigmund Freud ✔✔unconscious mind and psychoanalytic theory, people are not masters of their
own minds, behavior is influenced by sexual urges; wish-fulfillment
B.F. Skinner ✔✔stimulus-response approach, behavior and environmental factors
Ivan Pavlov ✔✔conditioned reflexes, behaviorist stimulus-response approach
William James ✔✔leader of 'functionalism', wrote Principles of Psychology, discussed the stream
of consciousness
Structuralism ✔✔analyzing consciousness into its basic elements and investigating how these
elements are related
Functionalism ✔✔psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness
Psychoanalytic perspective ✔✔unconscious motives and experiences in early childhood govern
personality and mental disorders; expectations affect our perception
Behavioral perspective ✔✔Only observable events (stimulus-response) can be studied
scientifically
Humanistic perspective ✔✔Humans are free, rational beings with the potential for personal
growth. Fundamentally different from animals.
Cognitive perspective ✔✔Human behavior can't be understood without examining how people
acquire, store, and process information
Biological perspective ✔✔an organism's functioning can be explained through bodily structures
and bio-chemical processes
Evolutionary perspective ✔✔Behavior patterns have evolved to solve adaptive problems; natural
selection favors behaviors that enhance reproductive success
Critical (critical thinking) ✔✔being analytical and evaluating ideas
Anecdotal evidence ✔✔stories, NOT reliable evidence
Neurons ✔✔individual cells in the nervous system that receive, integrate, and transmit information
Soma ✔✔cell body, contains the cell nucleus and chemical machinery
Dendrites ✔✔parts of a neuron specialized to receive information
Axon ✔✔fiber that transmits signals away from the soma and to other neurons, muscles, or glands
Myelin sheath ✔✔insulating material that encases some axons
Terminal buttons ✔✔small knobs that secrete chemicals called neurotransmitters
Synapse ✔✔junction where information is transmitted from one neuron to another
Glia (glue) ✔✔cells found throughout the nervous system that provide support for neurons (glue)
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