Which School of Psychology Takes the Most Optimistic View of Human

question 103

Multiple Choice

Which school of psychology takes the most optimistic view of human nature

• A) structuralism 
• B) behaviourism 
• C) humanism 
• D) functionalism

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Definitions:

Forgetting Curves

A graphical representation of how information is lost over time when there is no attempt to retain it.

Long-Term Memory

A type of memory capable of storing large amounts of information for potentially unlimited duration.

Short-Term Memory

A component of human memory system that is capable of holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

Encoding Specificity

The principle that recall is most effective when the cues present at the time of learning are also present at the time of retrieval.