Psychology Unit 1 Study Guide
Basic Principles, History, and Research Studies
Test makeup: 30 Multiple Choice questions.
Chapter 1: Intro to Psychology –Basic Principles and History
1. What are the four goals of psychology?
2. What is the definition of psychology?
3. What is the difference between psychologists and psychiatrists? (Are they “applied”
professions?)
4. Associate founders of each approach (Wilhelm Wundt, William James, Max Wertheimer,
Sigmund Freud, Abraham Maslow, etc.) with their proper field in Psychology.
5. Matching schools of thought:
Functionalist, Structuralism, Gestalt, Psychoanalytic, Behavioral, Psychoanalytic, Humanistic,
Cognitive, Biological, and Socio-Cultural.
Research Methods
1. Know the different types of research methods and how they can be used:
Naturalistic Observation, Case Study, Survey, Longitudinal Studies, Cross-Sectional Study,
Correlational, Experimental, Random Sample, Representative Sample, Stratified Sample.
2. Correlations, understand two main principles: Positive and negative relations (both by graph
and by list) Statistics. You will have a data set; you will calculate the mean and will be give
the standard deviation. Based on this you will determine if the SD gives you reliable
information or not.
3. Know the different ways to remove “bias” from research (single-blind, double-blind, selffulfilling prophecy, placebo).
Psychology Unit 1 Study Guide
Basic Principles, History, and Research Studies
Test makeup: 30 Multiple Choice questions.
Chapter 1: Intro to Psychology –Basic Principles and History
1. What are the four goals of psychology?
2. What is the definition of psychology?
3. What is the difference between psychologists and psychiatrists? (Are they “applied”
professions?)
4. Associate founders of each approach (Wilhelm Wundt, William James, Max Wertheimer,
Sigmund Freud, Abraham Maslow, etc.) with their proper field in Psychology.
5. Matching schools of thought:
Functionalist, Structuralism, Gestalt, Psychoanalytic, Behavioral, Psychoanalytic, Humanistic,
Cognitive, Biological, and Socio-Cultural.
Research Methods
1. Know the different types of research methods and how they can be used:
Naturalistic Observation, Case Study, Survey, Longitudinal Studies, Cross-Sectional Study,
Correlational, Experimental, Random Sample, Representative Sample, Stratified Sample.
2. Correlations, understand two main principles: Positive and negative relations (both by graph
and by list) Statistics. You will have a data set; you will calculate the mean and will be give
the standard deviation. Based on this you will determine if the SD gives you reliable
information or not.
3. Know the different ways to remove “bias” from research (single-blind, double-blind, selffulfilling prophecy, placebo).