Dear students,

Expect the first exam to have questions like the following. I strongly suggest you form groups
and write detailed answers to all of the questions in this study guide. If you can answer all of
these questions, you should do well in the exam. In addition to these questions, I will also give a
few bonus questions, but you shouldn’t expect the bonus questions to be simple. You still have
time to read the book if you haven’t already.

Ali

EXAM REVIEW

Discuss what Descartes meant by “I think, therefore I am.”

What was Wilhelm Wundt’s contribution to how psychological research is carried out? Explain
the method he developed.

Explain the behaviorist learning theories of operant and classical conditioning.

Explain the developmental stages proposed by Jean Piaget.

Explain the psychosexual stages of development.

Discuss Freud’s theory of mind and the three aspects of personality he proposed.

Contrast the approach of the behaviorists to the study of psychology to that of Wundt and
Freud.

What is phrenology? How did Gall contribute to the modern understanding of the brain? What
are Broca and Wernicke’s areas?

What is Gestalt psychology and what are Gestalt principles of perception?

What was Galton’s main interest in the field of psychology? Discuss Galton’s views about what
the focus of psychology should be about.