General Psychology: Guide Questions / Revised, 2015

 

I.  Introduction to Psychology

 

1. Give the etymological definition of psychology.

2. State and explain the goals of psychology.

3. Name the schools of psychology and their contributions.

4. Describe the different fields in psychology.

5. Compare educational psychology, counseling psychology and vocational guidance.

6. Compare developmental psychology, child psychology and adolescent psychology.

7. Distinguish counseling psychology from psychiatry using two areas of comparison.

8. Give a short but concise explanation on the procedure involved in the experimental method of research.

9. Name the contributions of the following persons to psychology: a) Francis Galton, b) Wilhelm Wundt, c) Sigmund Freud,  d) Wolfgang Kohler and e) B.F. Skinner.

10. Who do you think were the individuals who helped define psychology as an “exact science”? Name at least three persons. Support you answers.

 

 

II.  Physiological Bases of Human Behavior

 

1. Draw and label the parts of the neuron.

2. Differentiate sensory and motor neurons.

3. Name three opposing actions of the sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system.

4. Name the parts of the brain and their locations.

5. Which part of our body can these endocrine glands be found? Identify the hormones they secrete: a) pituitary gland, b) adrenal glands and c) thyroid gland.

 

 

III.  Human Growth and Development

 

1. Define maturation.

2. Compare the following: chromosome, gene, DNA.

3. State and explain the principles of development.

4. What role does heredity plays in human growth and development?

5. Name five motor developmental tasks that a child has to achieve during the infancy period.

6. Name four developmental tasks associated with the adolescence period.

7. What are the important concerns that a person at old age needs to deal with? Name two.

 

 

IV.  Sensation

 

1. What is sensation?

2. How do the rods and cones of the retina help us see?

3. How does hearing occur? Explain the process.

4. Name the four primary taste qualities and the specific areas of the tongue most sensitive to these taste qualities.

5. Name the touch receptors associated with the four touch or cutaneous stimuli.

 

 

V.  Perception

 

1. What is perception?

2. How does attention affect our perception?

3. State, illustrate and explain the following principles: principle of similarity, principle of closure and principle of continuity.

4. What is an illusion? Provide one illustration and explain it.

5. Provide a critical discussion: What is the future for extra-sensory perception?

 

 

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