Question 1

Wundt's Principles of Physiological Psychology contained:

Accepted Answer

A)  the justification for reducing psychology to physiology. 
B)  the justification for reducing psychology to psychophysics. 
C)  methodologies that were largely deductive in approach. 
D)  acceptance of various methods of empiricism. 
E)  a systematic justification for a new method of psychological inquiry. 
A)  the justification for reducing psychology to physiology. 
B)  the justification for reducing psychology to psychophysics. 
C)  methodologies that were largely deductive in approach. 
D)  acceptance of various methods of empiricism. 
E)  a systematic justification for a new method of psychological inquiry.

Question 2

The subject matter of structural psychology was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  analytic study of the adult human mind. 
B)  study of psychic phenomena expressed as acts and processes. 
C)  analytic study of mediated experience. 
D)  analytic study of higher thought processes. 
E)  analysis of sensations into stimulus dimensions. 
A)  analytic study of the adult human mind. 
B)  study of psychic phenomena expressed as acts and processes. 
C)  analytic study of mediated experience. 
D)  analytic study of higher thought processes. 
E)  analysis of sensations into stimulus dimensions.

Question 3

Both structural psychology and act psychology:

Accepted Answer

A)  established the benefits of the experimental method. 
B)  established the benefits of various empirical methods. 
C)  contained essentially the same definition and method of psychology. 
D)  succeeded in establishing contemporary psychology in a definitive way. 
E)  failed in establishing contemporary psychology in a definitive way. 
A)  established the benefits of the experimental method. 
B)  established the benefits of various empirical methods. 
C)  contained essentially the same definition and method of psychology. 
D)  succeeded in establishing contemporary psychology in a definitive way. 
E)  failed in establishing contemporary psychology in a definitive way.

Question 4

In structural psychology, consciousness was defined in terms of:

Accepted Answer

A)  psychic phenomena. 
B)  mental passivity. 
C)  mediated experience. 
D)  associations. 
E)  immediate experience. 
A)  psychic phenomena. 
B)  mental passivity. 
C)  mediated experience. 
D)  associations. 
E)  immediate experience.

Question 5

The dimension of feeling, agreed to by both Wundt and Titchener, was:

Accepted Answer

A)  strength-weakness. 
B)  pleasant-unpleasant. 
C)  strain-relaxation. 
D)  excitement-calm. 
E)  conscious-unconscious. 
A)  strength-weakness. 
B)  pleasant-unpleasant. 
C)  strain-relaxation. 
D)  excitement-calm. 
E)  conscious-unconscious.

Question 6

The goal of analyzing memory as Fechner had analyzed sensations was pursued by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Helmholtz. 
B)  Hering. 
C)  Ebbinghaus. 
D)  Wundt. 
E)  Müller. 
A)  Helmholtz. 
B)  Hering. 
C)  Ebbinghaus. 
D)  Wundt. 
E)  Müller.

Question 7

Structural psychology:

Accepted Answer

A)  succeeded in establishing introspection as a valid method. 
B)  pushed psychology into science. 
C)  served as the guiding force of twentieth-century psychology. 
D)  resolved the difference between empiricistic and nativistic positions. 
E)  established the foundation of Gestalt psychology. 
A)  succeeded in establishing introspection as a valid method. 
B)  pushed psychology into science. 
C)  served as the guiding force of twentieth-century psychology. 
D)  resolved the difference between empiricistic and nativistic positions. 
E)  established the foundation of Gestalt psychology.

Question 8

Hering, Georg Müller, and Ebbinghaus:

Accepted Answer

A)  all succeeded in establishing systematic positions on psychology. 
B)  were act psychologists. 
C)  accepted the value of introspection. 
D)  were experimentalists rather than system builders. 
E)  were students of Wundt. 
A)  all succeeded in establishing systematic positions on psychology. 
B)  were act psychologists. 
C)  accepted the value of introspection. 
D)  were experimentalists rather than system builders. 
E)  were students of Wundt.

Question 9

For psychology, Bergson's views on proper scientific methodology criticized:

Accepted Answer

A)  phenomenology. 
B)  metaphysics. 
C)  intuition. 
D)  applied technologies. 
E)  natural science methodologies. 
A)  phenomenology. 
B)  metaphysics. 
C)  intuition. 
D)  applied technologies. 
E)  natural science methodologies.

Question 10

According to structural psychology, thought must be accompanied by:

Accepted Answer

A)  images. 
B)  sensations. 
C)  introspections. 
D)  past associations. 
E)  perceptions. 
A)  images. 
B)  sensations. 
C)  introspections. 
D)  past associations. 
E)  perceptions.

Question 11

A major goal of act psychology was to:

Accepted Answer

A)  determine the elements of consciousness. 
B)  describe psychic processes. 
C)  analyze the phenomena of consciousness. 
D)  determine the elements of mediated experience. 
E)  determine the stream of consciousness. 
A)  determine the elements of consciousness. 
B)  describe psychic processes. 
C)  analyze the phenomena of consciousness. 
D)  determine the elements of mediated experience. 
E)  determine the stream of consciousness.

Question 12

Mach and Avenarius were:

Accepted Answer

A)  radical empiricists. 
B)  anti-positivists. 
C)  metaphysicists. 
D)  act psychologists. 
E)  opposed to sense validation. 
A)  radical empiricists. 
B)  anti-positivists. 
C)  metaphysicists. 
D)  act psychologists. 
E)  opposed to sense validation.

Question 13

According to Titchener, stimulus errors were:

Accepted Answer

A)  improper scaling techniques. 
B)  chance variation. 
C)  psychological descriptions. 
D)  associations. 
E)  physical descriptions. 
A)  improper scaling techniques. 
B)  chance variation. 
C)  psychological descriptions. 
D)  associations. 
E)  physical descriptions.

Question 14

"Psychology as a natural science" implies:

Accepted Answer

A)  the recognition of psychic phenomena of a dynamic nature. 
B)  a reliance on deductive methods. 
C)  the analytic study of variables under experimental scrutiny. 
D)  a reliance on nonempirical methods. 
E)  the equation of psychology with physics. 
A)  the recognition of psychic phenomena of a dynamic nature. 
B)  a reliance on deductive methods. 
C)  the analytic study of variables under experimental scrutiny. 
D)  a reliance on nonempirical methods. 
E)  the equation of psychology with physics.

Question 15

The individual person, studied in light of the meaning of historical contingency and change, was central to the views of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Mach 
B)  Stumpf. 
C)  Bergson. 
D)  Avenarius. 
E)  Dilthey. 
A)  Mach 
B)  Stumpf. 
C)  Bergson. 
D)  Avenarius. 
E)  Dilthey.

Wundt's Principles of Physiological Psychology contained:

The subject matter of structural psychology was the:

Both structural psychology and act psychology:

In structural psychology, consciousness was defined in terms of:

The dimension of feeling, agreed to by both Wundt and Titchener, was:

The goal of analyzing memory as Fechner had analyzed sensations was pursued by:

Structural psychology:

Hering, Georg Müller, and Ebbinghaus:

For psychology, Bergson's views on proper scientific methodology criticized:

According to structural psychology, thought must be accompanied by:

A major goal of act psychology was to:

Mach and Avenarius were:

According to Titchener, stimulus errors were:

"Psychology as a natural science" implies:

The individual person, studied in light of the meaning of historical contingency and change, was central to the views of:

Past for Present: Psychology in Search of a Paradigm

Psychology in the Ancient and Classical East

Psychological Foundations in Ancient Greece

From Classical Rome to the Early Middle Ages

The Reawakening of Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages

The Renaissance

The Emergence of Modern Science

Sensationalism and Positivism: the French Tradition

Mental Passivity- the British Tradition

Mental Activity-the German Tradition

Romanticism and Existentialism

Nineteenth Century Bases of Psychology

American Functionalism

The Gestalt Movement

Psychoanalysis

Behaviorism

The Third Force Movement

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Exam 13: The Founding of Modern Psychology

Wundt's Principles of Physiological Psychology contained:

The subject matter of structural psychology was the:

Both structural psychology and act psychology:

In structural psychology, consciousness was defined in terms of:

The dimension of feeling, agreed to by both Wundt and Titchener, was:

The goal of analyzing memory as Fechner had analyzed sensations was pursued by:

Structural psychology:

Hering, Georg Müller, and Ebbinghaus:

For psychology, Bergson's views on proper scientific methodology criticized:

According to structural psychology, thought must be accompanied by:

A major goal of act psychology was to:

Mach and Avenarius were:

According to Titchener, stimulus errors were:

"Psychology as a natural science" implies:

The individual person, studied in light of the meaning of historical contingency and change, was central to the views of:

Past for Present: Psychology in Search of a Paradigm

Psychology in the Ancient and Classical East

Psychological Foundations in Ancient Greece

From Classical Rome to the Early Middle Ages

The Reawakening of Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages

The Renaissance

The Emergence of Modern Science

Sensationalism and Positivism: the French Tradition

Mental Passivity- the British Tradition

Mental Activity-the German Tradition

Romanticism and Existentialism

Nineteenth Century Bases of Psychology

American Functionalism

The Gestalt Movement

Psychoanalysis

Behaviorism

The Third Force Movement

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