PSYC 1111 TRU chapter 1+2 Exam with
100% Correct Answers
Research psychologist - correct Answer-These people use scientific methods to create
new knowledge about the cause of behaviour
Psychologist practitioners - correct Answer-These people use existing research to
enhance the everyday life of others
hindsight bias - correct Answer-I knew it all along phenomenon, or making sense of the
past
Structuralism - correct Answer-early school of thought promoted by Wundt and
Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind by identifying
basic elements of the psychological experience
Functionalism and evolutionary psychology - correct Answer-Functionalism evolved into
Evolutionary Psychology. The evolution of natural selection. "Survival of the fittest"
psychodynamic psychology - correct Answer-an approach to understanding human
behavior that focuses on the role of unconscious thoughts, feelings, and memories
(Freud)
Paychoanalysis - correct Answer-The importance of the unconscious in human
behavior, early childhood experiences, through talk therapy, and dream analysis
Behaviourism - correct Answer-the view that psychology should be an objective science
that studies behaviour without reference to mental processes
Humanism - correct Answer-A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human
potential and creativity. Self help such as mindfulness and client centred therapy.
Cognitive psychology - correct Answer-Studies, mental processes, including perception,
thinking, memory and judgement
social-cultural psychology - correct Answer-the study of how situations and cultures
affect our behavior and thinking
self-reference effect - correct Answer-tendency to better remember information when
made relevant to ourselves
100% Correct Answers
Research psychologist - correct Answer-These people use scientific methods to create
new knowledge about the cause of behaviour
Psychologist practitioners - correct Answer-These people use existing research to
enhance the everyday life of others
hindsight bias - correct Answer-I knew it all along phenomenon, or making sense of the
past
Structuralism - correct Answer-early school of thought promoted by Wundt and
Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind by identifying
basic elements of the psychological experience
Functionalism and evolutionary psychology - correct Answer-Functionalism evolved into
Evolutionary Psychology. The evolution of natural selection. "Survival of the fittest"
psychodynamic psychology - correct Answer-an approach to understanding human
behavior that focuses on the role of unconscious thoughts, feelings, and memories
(Freud)
Paychoanalysis - correct Answer-The importance of the unconscious in human
behavior, early childhood experiences, through talk therapy, and dream analysis
Behaviourism - correct Answer-the view that psychology should be an objective science
that studies behaviour without reference to mental processes
Humanism - correct Answer-A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human
potential and creativity. Self help such as mindfulness and client centred therapy.
Cognitive psychology - correct Answer-Studies, mental processes, including perception,
thinking, memory and judgement
social-cultural psychology - correct Answer-the study of how situations and cultures
affect our behavior and thinking
self-reference effect - correct Answer-tendency to better remember information when
made relevant to ourselves
