UVIC PSYCH 210 EXAM (1, 2 &FINAL) EXAM QUESTION BANK
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➢ UVIC Psych 210 Exam 1
➢ Psych 210 Unit 1 and 2 Exam Uvic - combined
➢ UVIC Psych 210 Final exam
➢ Psych 210 Exam 2 Uvic – actual test
➢ UVIC Psych 210 Exam -STUDY GUIDE
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UVIC Psych 210 Exam 1
QUESTION: Mechanism - ANSWER-The doctrine that natural processes are mechanically
determined and capable of explanation by the laws of physics and chemistry
QUESTION: Determinism - ANSWER-The doctrine that acts are determined by past events
QUESTION: Reductionism - ANSWER-The doctrine that explains phenomena on one level (such
as complex ideas) in terms of phenomena on another level (such as simple ideas), ex:
disassemble a clock to see how it works, springs/gears
QUESTION: Empiricism - ANSWER-The pursuit of knowledge through the observation of nature
and the attribution of all knowledge to experience
QUESTION: Mind-Body problem - ANSWER-The question of the distinction between mental and
physical qualities
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QUESTION: Relax Action Theory - ANSWER-The idea that an external object (stimulus) can bring
about an involuntary response
QUESTION: Derived Ideas - ANSWER-Produced by the direct application an external stimulus
(the idea of the bell or a tree)
QUESTION: Innate Ideas - ANSWER-Arise from mind or consciousness, independent of sensory
experiences or external stimuli, ex: God, the self, perfection, infinity)
QUESTION: Positivism - ANSWER-The doctrine that recognizes only natural phenomena or facts
that are objectively observable
Structuralism - ANSWER-Tichener's system of psychology, which dealt with conscious
experience as dependent on experiencing persons
QUESTION: Functionalism - ANSWER-A system of psychology concerned with the mind as it is
used in an organisms adaptation to its environment
QUESTION: Behaviourism - ANSWER-Watson's science of behaviour, which dealt solely with
observable acts that could be described in objective terms
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QUESTION: Gestalt Psychology - ANSWER-A system of psychology that focuses largely on
learning and perception, suggesting that combining sensory elements produces new patterns
with properties that did not exist in the individual element
QUESTION: Humanistic Psychology - ANSWER-A system of psychology that emphasizes the
study of conscious experience and the wholeness of human nature
QUESTION: Psychoanalysis - ANSWER-Freud's theory of personality and a system of
psychotherapy
QUESTION: Cognitive Psychology - ANSWER-A system of psychology that focuses on the
processes of knowing, on how the mind actively organizes experiences
QUESTION: Personalistic Theory - ANSWER-The view that progress and change in scientific
history are attributable to the ideas of unique individuals
QUESTION: Naturalistic Theory - ANSWER-The view that progress and change in scientific
history are attributable to the Zeitgeist, which make a culture receptive to some ideas but not
to others
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