PSYC 101 MODULES 1 TO 10 EXAMS 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Structuralism. Answer: Focused on the structure of consciousness
and the mind (not identified with anymore)
◉ 2 Structuralists. Answer: Wundt and Titchener
◉ Functionalism. Answer: Focused on the function of the mind in
helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with
anymore)
◉ 2 Functionalists. Answer: Darwin and James
◉ 3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena.
Answer: Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted
Methods of Observation
◉ Modern Perspectives. Answer: Psychodynamic, Behaviorist,
Cognitive, Evolutionary
◉ Psychodynamic. Answer: started by Sigmund Freud; case studies,
not easy to test or prove because of small sample size
,◉ Behaviorist. Answer: Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental
processes are byproducts of environmental events; experiment
◉ Behaviorist Metaphor. Answer: People are like machines
◉ Cognitive. Answer: Wundt; focuses on how people perceive,
process and retrieve information (Perspective)
◉ Cognitive Metaphor. Answer: Brain like a computer
◉ Evolutionary. Answer: Darwin; behaviors have come about
because they helped our ancestors survive
◉ Evolutionary Metaphor. Answer: runners in a race
◉ Biopsychology. Answer: Physical bases of psychological
phenomena (sub-discipline)
◉ Developmental psychology. Answer: How thought, feeling, and
behavior develops through life span
, ◉ Social Psychology. Answer: Influence of real or imagined others
influence on the individual
◉ Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Answer: Human behavior
within an organization as well as organizational problems (sub-
discipline)
◉ Educational Psychology. Answer: Psychological processes in
learning environments (sub-discipline)
◉ Health Psychology. Answer: Psychological factors involved in
health and disease
◉ Clinical Psychology. Answer: Nature and treatment of
psychological processes leading to emotional distress
◉ Cognitive Psychology. Answer: Nature of mental process such as
thought, memory, language
◉ Personality Psychology. Answer: Enduring patterns of thought,
feeling and behavior for types of people or individuals (sub-
discipline)
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Structuralism. Answer: Focused on the structure of consciousness
and the mind (not identified with anymore)
◉ 2 Structuralists. Answer: Wundt and Titchener
◉ Functionalism. Answer: Focused on the function of the mind in
helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with
anymore)
◉ 2 Functionalists. Answer: Darwin and James
◉ 3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena.
Answer: Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted
Methods of Observation
◉ Modern Perspectives. Answer: Psychodynamic, Behaviorist,
Cognitive, Evolutionary
◉ Psychodynamic. Answer: started by Sigmund Freud; case studies,
not easy to test or prove because of small sample size
,◉ Behaviorist. Answer: Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental
processes are byproducts of environmental events; experiment
◉ Behaviorist Metaphor. Answer: People are like machines
◉ Cognitive. Answer: Wundt; focuses on how people perceive,
process and retrieve information (Perspective)
◉ Cognitive Metaphor. Answer: Brain like a computer
◉ Evolutionary. Answer: Darwin; behaviors have come about
because they helped our ancestors survive
◉ Evolutionary Metaphor. Answer: runners in a race
◉ Biopsychology. Answer: Physical bases of psychological
phenomena (sub-discipline)
◉ Developmental psychology. Answer: How thought, feeling, and
behavior develops through life span
, ◉ Social Psychology. Answer: Influence of real or imagined others
influence on the individual
◉ Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Answer: Human behavior
within an organization as well as organizational problems (sub-
discipline)
◉ Educational Psychology. Answer: Psychological processes in
learning environments (sub-discipline)
◉ Health Psychology. Answer: Psychological factors involved in
health and disease
◉ Clinical Psychology. Answer: Nature and treatment of
psychological processes leading to emotional distress
◉ Cognitive Psychology. Answer: Nature of mental process such as
thought, memory, language
◉ Personality Psychology. Answer: Enduring patterns of thought,
feeling and behavior for types of people or individuals (sub-
discipline)
