PSYCH 105

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JEOPARDY
PSYCH 105
EXAM 2
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APPLYING TO GRAD SCHOOL
DO YOU MIND?
MAJORING IN PSYCH
STUDYING HUMAN NATURE
MISC.
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Do You Mind?100

• I contributed to modern psychology by connecting
  mental health to early scientists and their
  methods, and by developing the theory of
  humors. Who am I?

Hippocrates
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Do You Mind? 200

• As a contributor to modern psychology, I ran
  hospitals that provided better treatment to
  patients by shifting focus to more humane forms
  of treatment. Who am I?

Philippe Pinel
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Do You Mind? 300

• My name is Joseph Gall and invented a form of
  pseudoscience that included judging
  personality/characteristics based on the bumps on
  individuals heads. What did I invent?

Phrenology
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Do You Mind?400

• My name is Alcmaeon of Croton and I helped
  contribute several things to modern psychology.
  Name two of them.

• I promoted naturalistic medicine
• I helped rid medicine of superstition and magical
  thinking
• When I dissected humans, I realized that
  sensations, perception, memory, and thinking
  happen in the brain

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Do You Mind? 500

• We developed early trait-based theories of
  personality. Who are we and what did we
  contribute?

• Joseph Gall Phrenology (yes, this can be looked
  at as both a misconception AND a contribution)
• Hippocrates Theory of Humors

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Majoring in Psych100

• When forming a career plan, there are generally
  two types of students. What are the two types?
  Name two characteristics of each.

• Aligned Students
• Ambitions match career plans
• Most likely to construct good plans (selects
  courses and clubs/activities thoughtfully
  understands needed KSAOs
• Misaligned Students
• Equally ambitious
• Unsure what to do
• Limited knowledge about occupation, school
  educational requirements, helpful educational
  opportunities, and future demand for people in
  desired occupation

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Majoring in Psych200

• There are two types of curricula in academic
  institutions. What are they?

• Overt (Content WHAT to learn) Problem
  Oriented
• Classes, course work, etc.
• Problems arise if this is the only form of
  learning students receive
• Covert (HOW to learn) Better Form of Learning
• Info management, synthesis, decision making, etc.
• Study skills, strategies
• University Learning Centers
• This type of learning teaches students important
  skills instead of just memorizing facts

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Majoring in Psych300

• The combination of five things make psychology
  unique. Can you name three of the five?

• It is a science
• It studies human AND non-human behavior
• It studies brain, individual mind/identity,
  social/group phenomena AND how these interact
• It develops real-world applications/interventions
• Uses science to test the effectiveness of
  applications/interventions

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Majoring in Psych400

• Name four of the seven core goals of
  undergraduate psychology programs

• Strong knowledge base
• Strong critical thinking skills
• Strong info gathering/synthesis skills
• Qualitative and quantitative analysis
  interpretation
• Strong interpersonal/intrapersonal skills
• Develop communication skills
• History of Psychology (Ethics and Values)

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Majoring in Psych500

• Employers want psych majors to have skills in
  four different categories. What are they?

• Social Skills
• Personal Skills
• Communication Skills
• Information Gathering and Processing Skills
• (Also, make sure that you know which specific
  skills are in each of these categories).

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Applying to Grad School100

• What GPA is considered best for getting into
  doctoral program? (Hint Having a ____ or higher
  will most likely help you get you into a program).

• 3.5 or higher

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Applying to Grad School200

• What are the four main selection criteria for
  getting into a grad program?

• GPA
• Letter of Recommendation
• GRE
• Research Experience

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Applying to Grad School300

• Name three of the five secondary criteria for
  getting into grad school.

• GPA (last two years only)
• Personal statement (goodness of fit)
• Coursework
• Interview
• Interest of proposed faculty member

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Applying to Grad School400

• Name three things that grad schools look for in
  letters of recommendation.

• Motivated and Hardworking
• High intellectual and scholarly ability
• Research skills
• Emotionally stable and mature
• Writing skills

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Applying to Grad School500

• Gaining research experience as an undergrad shows
  grad schools that student have ___? Name two of
  the four answers.

• Motivation
• Related knowledge, skills, abilities
• Commitment
• Realistic expectations of work

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Studying Human Nature100

• My name is Hobbes. Which model of human nature
  am I associated with? Name two characteristics
  of this model?

• Biological Instinct
• Biological machinery drives lead to selfishness,
  violence
• Must yield to authority and society

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Studying Human Nature 200

• Name the four models of human nature and who is
  associated with each one. (Hint Even though the
  models are only listed, make sure that you can
  explain each one).

• Hobbes Biological Instinct
• Locke Blank Slate
• Rousseau Nobel Savage
• Descarte Ghost in the Machine

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Studying Human Nature300

• There is a debate over who should be the be
  considered the Father of Psychology? Who are
  the candidates for the title?

• Gustav Fechner
• Wilhelm Wundt

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Studying Human Nature 400

• Edward Titchener founded structuralism. Name two
  characteristics of Titcheners approach.

• Goal is to identify composition of
  mind/consciousness
• Used introspection only
• Ignores applied problems, children, animals,
  individual differences, and higher mental
  processes

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Studying Human Nature 500

• Behaviorism, which focuses on behavior being a
  product of the immediate environment, is closest
  to which of the early models of human nature?

The Blank Slate
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Misc.100

• Which school of thought in psychology argues that
  individuals have an innate drive to find meaning
  of their own existence?

Humanism
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Misc.200

• According to Gestaltist views, therapy should
  focus on three things. What are they?

• How person is constructing reality
• Immediate experience
• Whole (inaccurate) perceptions

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Misc.300

• Kids were told the story of Mr. Alligator and the
  brown mouse. After, they were asked which of the
  brown mouses processes continued after he died?
  What did they say?

Kids said that his biological processes ceased
with death, but his psychological processes
continued on.
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Misc.400

• I asked the questions, What is real? What is
  imagined? Am I imagined? I also came to the
  conclusion that consciousness equaled the
  function of the mind. Who am I?

Descartes
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Misc.500

• I claimed that Psychology will never be a
  science because there is no measurement and
  experimentation to quantify events. Who am I?

Emaunuel Kant