Question 1

Match the psychologist and project with their research partner.
-Kenneth Clark

Accepted Answer

A) Edward Lee Thorndike's study of transfer of training 
B) Mamie Phipps Clark's doll study of racial identity development 
C) Mary Whiton Calkins's experimental study of dreams 
A) Edward Lee Thorndike's study of transfer of training 
B) Mamie Phipps Clark's doll study of racial identity development 
C) Mary Whiton Calkins's experimental study of dreams B

Question 2

Match the achievement with the individual.
-Mary Whiton Calkins

Accepted Answer

A) first African American to earn a Ph.D.in psychology 
B) first female president of the American Psychological Association 
C) first individual to earn a Ph.D.in the United States for research in experimental psychology 
D) This psychologist's study was cited in a brief submitted in a U.S.Supreme Court case. 
A) first African American to earn a Ph.D.in psychology 
B) first female president of the American Psychological Association 
C) first individual to earn a Ph.D.in the United States for research in experimental psychology 
D) This psychologist's study was cited in a brief submitted in a U.S.Supreme Court case. B

Question 3

In the early 1900s Edward Thorndike collaborated with Robert S.Woodworth in an influential study of

Accepted Answer

A)  maze learning in cats. 
B)  the genetics of intelligence. 
C)  the transfer of training in humans. 
D)  trial-and-error learning. 
A)  maze learning in cats. 
B)  the genetics of intelligence. 
C)  the transfer of training in humans. 
D)  trial-and-error learning. C

Question 4

Match the achievement with the individual.
-Mary Whiton Calkins

Accepted Answer

A) established the first American English-language journal devoted to the new exper-imental psychology 
B) established the first psychological laboratory at a women's college in the United States 
C) wrote the first highly successful American English-language textbook covering the new experimental psychology 
A) established the first American English-language journal devoted to the new exper-imental psychology 
B) established the first psychological laboratory at a women's college in the United States 
C) wrote the first highly successful American English-language textbook covering the new experimental psychology

Question 5

Mamie Phipps Clark and Kenneth Clark were students of __________ and are known for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Francis Cecil Sumner; conducting the famous doll studies of racial identity in black and white children that were cited as part of the U.S. Supreme Court case that desegregated public schools 
B)  Mary Whiton Calkins; creating the paired-associates technique 
C)  Francis Cecil Sumner; creating the paired-associates technique 
D)  Edward Thorndike; conducting the famous doll studies of racial identity in black and white children that were cited as part of the U.S. Supreme Court case that desegregated public schools 
A)  Francis Cecil Sumner; conducting the famous doll studies of racial identity in black and white children that were cited as part of the U.S. Supreme Court case that desegregated public schools 
B)  Mary Whiton Calkins; creating the paired-associates technique 
C)  Francis Cecil Sumner; creating the paired-associates technique 
D)  Edward Thorndike; conducting the famous doll studies of racial identity in black and white children that were cited as part of the U.S. Supreme Court case that desegregated public schools

Question 6

William James's most important contribution to psychology was probably

Accepted Answer

A)  an infectious enthusiasm and point of view that made psychology seem interesting and attractive. 
B)  his series of experiments on consciousness. 
C)  his theory of language and society. 
D)  his system of psychotherapy. 
A)  an infectious enthusiasm and point of view that made psychology seem interesting and attractive. 
B)  his series of experiments on consciousness. 
C)  his theory of language and society. 
D)  his system of psychotherapy.

Question 7

Match the area of interest with the individual.
-Edward Lee Thorndike

Accepted Answer

A) animal psychology 
B) child study 
C) psychology of the self 
D) spiritism and psychical research 
A) animal psychology 
B) child study 
C) psychology of the self 
D) spiritism and psychical research

Question 8

Match the book with its author.
-G.Stanley Hall

Accepted Answer

A) Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relation to Physiology,Anthropology,Sociol-ogy,Sex,Crime,Religion and Education 
B) Seven Psychologies 
C) The Emotions and the Will 
D) The Varieties of Religious Experience 
A) Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relation to Physiology,Anthropology,Sociol-ogy,Sex,Crime,Religion and Education 
B) Seven Psychologies 
C) The Emotions and the Will 
D) The Varieties of Religious Experience

Question 9

Describe G.Stanley Hall's recapitulationist theory of child development.

Accepted Answer

Hall's recapitulationist theory of child

Question 10

In The Varieties of Religious Experience James characterized science as objective,general,and impersonal and religion as subjective,individual,and personal.What was his final stance when it came to science and religion?

Accepted Answer

A)  He advocated science as superior to religion. 
B)  He argued the two were complementary and equal in standing. 
C)  He held that science and religion were not comparable with each other. 
D)  He held that religion deals with issues of greater ultimate importance. 
A)  He advocated science as superior to religion. 
B)  He argued the two were complementary and equal in standing. 
C)  He held that science and religion were not comparable with each other. 
D)  He held that religion deals with issues of greater ultimate importance.

Question 11

Match the book with its author.
-William James

Accepted Answer

A) Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relation to Physiology,Anthropology,Sociol-ogy,Sex,Crime,Religion and Education 
B) Seven Psychologies 
C) The Emotions and the Will 
D) The Varieties of Religious Experience 
A) Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relation to Physiology,Anthropology,Sociol-ogy,Sex,Crime,Religion and Education 
B) Seven Psychologies 
C) The Emotions and the Will 
D) The Varieties of Religious Experience

Question 12

__________ coined the term pragmatism,which holds that knowledge can never be certain but instead that ideas __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Sanders Peirce; are true when we believe them to be true 
B)  Charles Sanders Peirce; work with varying effectiveness in adapting to the world 
C)  William James; work with varying effectiveness in adapting to the world 
D)  William James; are true when we believe them to be true 
A)  Charles Sanders Peirce; are true when we believe them to be true 
B)  Charles Sanders Peirce; work with varying effectiveness in adapting to the world 
C)  William James; work with varying effectiveness in adapting to the world 
D)  William James; are true when we believe them to be true

Question 13

Match the definition with the term.
-transfer of training

Accepted Answer

A) apparently random behavior that accidentally produces correct responses,which then occur with greater frequency 
B) the idea that exercise or instruction in one mental function has an effect on per-formance in other functions 
C) the stamping in of stimulus-response sequences that are followed by pleasure 
A) apparently random behavior that accidentally produces correct responses,which then occur with greater frequency 
B) the idea that exercise or instruction in one mental function has an effect on per-formance in other functions 
C) the stamping in of stimulus-response sequences that are followed by pleasure

Question 14

Match the idea promoted by William James with the other individual who suggested it.
-Carl Lange

Accepted Answer

A) emotion is a consequence,rather than cause,of physiological reactions 
B) free will is "the sustaining of a thought because I choose to when I might have other thoughts" 
C) good habits may be established through the voluntary repetition of morally desir-able actions that become permanently impressed in the nervous system 
D) pragmatism is a viewpoint according to which ideas are never certain but rather work with varying effectiveness in adapting to the world 
A) emotion is a consequence,rather than cause,of physiological reactions 
B) free will is "the sustaining of a thought because I choose to when I might have other thoughts" 
C) good habits may be established through the voluntary repetition of morally desir-able actions that become permanently impressed in the nervous system 
D) pragmatism is a viewpoint according to which ideas are never certain but rather work with varying effectiveness in adapting to the world

Question 15

Match the contribution with its originator.
-Mary Whiton Calkins

Accepted Answer

A) self-psychology 
B) stream of consciousness 
C) trial-and-error learning 
A) self-psychology 
B) stream of consciousness 
C) trial-and-error learning

Question 16

Describe Edward Lee Thorndike's studies of trial-and-error learning.

Accepted Answer

Using cats enclosed in makeshift puzzle

Question 17

The finding that when certain stimulus-response sequences are followed by pleasure they are strengthened and when followed by annoyance or pain they tend to be "stamped out" exemplifies

Accepted Answer

A)  Thorndike's law of effect. 
B)  Calkins's paired associates relationship. 
C)  Hall's law of reinforced learning. 
D)  The James-Lange theory of emotion. 
A)  Thorndike's law of effect. 
B)  Calkins's paired associates relationship. 
C)  Hall's law of reinforced learning. 
D)  The James-Lange theory of emotion.

Question 18

The James-Lange theory of emotion holds that

Accepted Answer

A)  emotion is a consequence rather than a cause of the bodily changes associated with it. 
B)  emotions cause bodily changes such as sweating and a rapid heartbeat. 
C)  emotions and bodily changes occur at the same time. 
D)  emotions and bodily changes occur completely independent of one another. 
A)  emotion is a consequence rather than a cause of the bodily changes associated with it. 
B)  emotions cause bodily changes such as sweating and a rapid heartbeat. 
C)  emotions and bodily changes occur at the same time. 
D)  emotions and bodily changes occur completely independent of one another.

Question 19

Match the area of interest with the individual.
-William James

Accepted Answer

A) animal psychology 
B) child study 
C) psychology of the self 
D) spiritism and psychical research 
A) animal psychology 
B) child study 
C) psychology of the self 
D) spiritism and psychical research

Question 20

Match the definition with the term.
-functionalism

Accepted Answer

A) a system of psychology that grew out of Darwinian thinking and focuses atten-tion on the utility and purpose of behavior 
B) psychology of the self,according to which the self is active,guiding,purposeful,and present in all acts of consciousness 
C) the notion that individual development parallels the evolution of the species 
D) viewpoint according to which ideas are never certain,but rather work with vary-ing effectiveness in adapting to the world 
A) a system of psychology that grew out of Darwinian thinking and focuses atten-tion on the utility and purpose of behavior 
B) psychology of the self,according to which the self is active,guiding,purposeful,and present in all acts of consciousness 
C) the notion that individual development parallels the evolution of the species 
D) viewpoint according to which ideas are never certain,but rather work with vary-ing effectiveness in adapting to the world

Match the psychologist and project with their research partner. -Kenneth Clark

Match the achievement with the individual. -Mary Whiton Calkins

In the early 1900s Edward Thorndike collaborated with Robert S.Woodworth in an influential study of

Match the achievement with the individual. -Mary Whiton Calkins

Mamie Phipps Clark and Kenneth Clark were students of and are known for .

William James's most important contribution to psychology was probably

Match the area of interest with the individual. -Edward Lee Thorndike

Match the book with its author. -G.Stanley Hall

Describe G.Stanley Hall's recapitulationist theory of child development.

In The Varieties of Religious Experience James characterized science as objective,general,and impersonal and religion as subjective,individual,and personal.What was his final stance when it came to science and religion?

Match the book with its author. -William James

coined the term pragmatism,which holds that knowledge can never be certain but instead that ideas .

Match the definition with the term. -transfer of training

Match the idea promoted by William James with the other individual who suggested it. -Carl Lange

Match the contribution with its originator. -Mary Whiton Calkins

Describe Edward Lee Thorndike's studies of trial-and-error learning.

The finding that when certain stimulus-response sequences are followed by pleasure they are strengthened and when followed by annoyance or pain they tend to be "stamped out" exemplifies

The James-Lange theory of emotion holds that

Match the area of interest with the individual. -William James

Match the definition with the term. -functionalism

Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

Psychology Gets “Personality”: Allport, Maslow, and the Broadening Field

The Developing Mind: Binet, Piaget, and the Study of Intelligence

Minds, Machines, and Cognitive Psychology

Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

The Art and Science of Clinical Psychology

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Exam 9: American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Match the psychologist and project with their research partner. -Kenneth Clark

Match the achievement with the individual. -Mary Whiton Calkins

In the early 1900s Edward Thorndike collaborated with Robert S.Woodworth in an influential study of

Match the achievement with the individual. -Mary Whiton Calkins

Mamie Phipps Clark and Kenneth Clark were students of __________ and are known for __________.

William James's most important contribution to psychology was probably

Match the area of interest with the individual. -Edward Lee Thorndike

Match the book with its author. -G.Stanley Hall

Describe G.Stanley Hall's recapitulationist theory of child development.

In The Varieties of Religious Experience James characterized science as objective,general,and impersonal and religion as subjective,individual,and personal.What was his final stance when it came to science and religion?

Match the book with its author. -William James

__________ coined the term pragmatism,which holds that knowledge can never be certain but instead that ideas __________.

Match the definition with the term. -transfer of training

Match the idea promoted by William James with the other individual who suggested it. -Carl Lange

Match the contribution with its originator. -Mary Whiton Calkins

Describe Edward Lee Thorndike's studies of trial-and-error learning.

The finding that when certain stimulus-response sequences are followed by pleasure they are strengthened and when followed by annoyance or pain they tend to be "stamped out" exemplifies

The James-Lange theory of emotion holds that

Match the area of interest with the individual. -William James

Match the definition with the term. -functionalism

Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

Psychology Gets “Personality”: Allport, Maslow, and the Broadening Field

The Developing Mind: Binet, Piaget, and the Study of Intelligence

Minds, Machines, and Cognitive Psychology

Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

The Art and Science of Clinical Psychology

Filters

Mamie Phipps Clark and Kenneth Clark were students of and are known for .

coined the term pragmatism,which holds that knowledge can never be certain but instead that ideas .