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UVIC PSYCH 210 EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL 2025/2026
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONSA AND ANSWERS.
VERIFIED /GRADED A+
Structuralism - (ANSWER)Tichener's system of psychology, which dealt with
conscious experience as dependent on experiencing persons
Functionalism - (ANSWER)A system of psychology concerned with the mind as it
is used in an organisms adaptation to its environment
Behaviourism - (ANSWER)Watson's science of behaviour, which dealt solely with
observable acts that could be described in objective terms
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
Humanistic Psychology - (ANSWER)A system of psychology that emphasizes the
study of conscious experience and the wholeness of human nature
Psychoanalysis - (ANSWER)Freud's theory of personality and a system of
psychotherapy
Cognitive Psychology - (ANSWER)A system of psychology that focuses on the
processes of knowing, on how the mind actively organizes experiences
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Personalistic Theory - (ANSWER)The view that progress and change in scientific
history are attributable to the ideas of unique individuals
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
School of Thought - (ANSWER)A group of psychologists who become associated
ideologically, and sometimes geographically, with the leader of a movement
Zeitgeist - (ANSWER)The intellectual and cultural climate or spirit of the times
Histiography - (ANSWER)The principles, methods, and philosophical issues of
historical research
Mechanism - (ANSWER)The doctrine that natural processes are mechanically
determined and capable of explanation by the laws of physics and chemistry
Determinism - (ANSWER)The doctrine that acts are determined by past events
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
UVIC PSYCH 210 EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL 2025/2026
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONSA AND ANSWERS.
VERIFIED /GRADED A+
Structuralism - (ANSWER)Tichener's system of psychology, which dealt with
conscious experience as dependent on experiencing persons
Functionalism - (ANSWER)A system of psychology concerned with the mind as it
is used in an organisms adaptation to its environment
Behaviourism - (ANSWER)Watson's science of behaviour, which dealt solely with
observable acts that could be described in objective terms
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
Humanistic Psychology - (ANSWER)A system of psychology that emphasizes the
study of conscious experience and the wholeness of human nature
Psychoanalysis - (ANSWER)Freud's theory of personality and a system of
psychotherapy
Cognitive Psychology - (ANSWER)A system of psychology that focuses on the
processes of knowing, on how the mind actively organizes experiences
, 2
Personalistic Theory - (ANSWER)The view that progress and change in scientific
history are attributable to the ideas of unique individuals
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
School of Thought - (ANSWER)A group of psychologists who become associated
ideologically, and sometimes geographically, with the leader of a movement
Zeitgeist - (ANSWER)The intellectual and cultural climate or spirit of the times
Histiography - (ANSWER)The principles, methods, and philosophical issues of
historical research
Mechanism - (ANSWER)The doctrine that natural processes are mechanically
determined and capable of explanation by the laws of physics and chemistry
Determinism - (ANSWER)The doctrine that acts are determined by past events
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
