Question 1

William James's personal crisis was resolved in part because of his reading the following philosophical work.

Accepted Answer

A)  John Locke on associationism 
B)  Emmanuel Swedenborg on "vastations" 
C)  David Hume on causality 
D)  Charles Renouvier on free will 
A)  John Locke on associationism 
B)  Emmanuel Swedenborg on "vastations" 
C)  David Hume on causality 
D)  Charles Renouvier on free will

Question 2

Which the following was NOT one of James's eminent students?

Accepted Answer

A)  G. Stanley Hall 
B)  Mary Whiton Calkins 
C)  Edward Thorndike 
D)  James Roland Angell 
A)  G. Stanley Hall 
B)  Mary Whiton Calkins 
C)  Edward Thorndike 
D)  James Roland Angell

Question 3

Match the achievement with the individual.
-G.Stanley Hall

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 4

Match the study with the psychologist(s).
-Mary Whiton Calkins

Accepted Answer

A) famous doll studies of racial identity development 
B) study of associative learning using the paired-associates technique 
C) study of trial-and-error learning using cats in makeshift puzzle boxes 
A) famous doll studies of racial identity development 
B) study of associative learning using the paired-associates technique 
C) study of trial-and-error learning using cats in makeshift puzzle boxes

Question 5

G.Stanley Hall advocated which of the following approaches in his theory of child development?

Accepted Answer

A)  a "structuralist" view, that the child passes through several distinct cognitive stages 
B)  a "recapitulationist" view, that individual development parallels the evolution of the species 
C)  a "functional" view, that the child progresses via trial-and-error learning experiences 
D)  a "Freudian" view, that the child passes through several sexually oriented stages 
A)  a "structuralist" view, that the child passes through several distinct cognitive stages 
B)  a "recapitulationist" view, that individual development parallels the evolution of the species 
C)  a "functional" view, that the child progresses via trial-and-error learning experiences 
D)  a "Freudian" view, that the child passes through several sexually oriented stages

Question 6

Match the achievement with the individual.
-Francis Cecil Sumner

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.

Question 7

Match the book with its author.
-Edna Heidbreder

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 8

Match the book with its author.
-Alexander Bain

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

Match the psychologist and project with their research partner.
-Robert Sessions Woodworth

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

Question 10

Match the contribution with its originator.
-William James

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 11

Match the idea promoted by William James with the other individual who suggested it.
-Alexander Bain

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 12

Match the definition with the term.
-self-psychology

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

Question 13

Match the achievement with the individual.
-G.Stanley Hall

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.

Question 14

Match the contribution with its originator.
-Edward Lee Thorndike

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 15

The "Metaphysical Club," to which James belonged as a young man,was devoted to

Accepted Answer

A)  philosophical discussion of questions such as Darwinism and the pragmatic evaluation of scientific ideas. 
B)  critical discussion of the "new" experimental psychology, its methods, and techniques. 
C)  discussion of new books and their literary as well as scientific value. 
D)  informal discussions between Harvard teachers and their best students on current topics. 
A)  philosophical discussion of questions such as Darwinism and the pragmatic evaluation of scientific ideas. 
B)  critical discussion of the "new" experimental psychology, its methods, and techniques. 
C)  discussion of new books and their literary as well as scientific value. 
D)  informal discussions between Harvard teachers and their best students on current topics.

Question 16

All of the following are true of William James's family members EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  his father's personal crisis was resolved when he encountered the work of mystical philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg. 
B)  his brother Henry James Jr. became a great novelist. 
C)  his sister Alice James was intellectually gifted but denied educational opportunities because she was female. 
D)  his mother was a well-known spiritualist and medium. 
A)  his father's personal crisis was resolved when he encountered the work of mystical philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg. 
B)  his brother Henry James Jr. became a great novelist. 
C)  his sister Alice James was intellectually gifted but denied educational opportunities because she was female. 
D)  his mother was a well-known spiritualist and medium.

Question 17

Psychologist __________ said that fellow psychologist __________'s form of psychology "could hardly have arisen in a country whose natives could be bored… There is little of the grand style about these new prism,pendulum,and chronograph-philosophers.They mean business,not chivalry."

Accepted Answer

A)  William James; Wilhelm Wundt 
B)  Wilhelm Wundt; William James 
C)  William James; G. Stanley Hall 
D)  G. Stanley Hall; Wilhelm Wundt 
A)  William James; Wilhelm Wundt 
B)  Wilhelm Wundt; William James 
C)  William James; G. Stanley Hall 
D)  G. Stanley Hall; Wilhelm Wundt

Question 18

Edward Thorndike's early research on learning involved which kinds of subjects?

Accepted Answer

A)  human children 
B)  chickens and cats 
C)  white rats 
D)  rhesus monkeys 
A)  human children 
B)  chickens and cats 
C)  white rats 
D)  rhesus monkeys

Question 19

Which of the following was NOT true regarding the career of Mary Whiton Calkins?

Accepted Answer

A)  She became President of both the American Psychological and American Philosophical Associations. 
B)  She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard. 
C)  She published articles on association and dreams while still a student. 
D)  She promoted an influential psychology of the self. 
A)  She became President of both the American Psychological and American Philosophical Associations. 
B)  She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard. 
C)  She published articles on association and dreams while still a student. 
D)  She promoted an influential psychology of the self.

Question 20

Match the achievement with the individual.
-William James

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

William James's personal crisis was resolved in part because of his reading the following philosophical work.

Which the following was NOT one of James's eminent students?

Match the achievement with the individual. -G.Stanley Hall

Match the study with the psychologist(s). -Mary Whiton Calkins

G.Stanley Hall advocated which of the following approaches in his theory of child development?

Match the achievement with the individual. -Francis Cecil Sumner

Match the book with its author. -Edna Heidbreder

Match the book with its author. -Alexander Bain

Match the psychologist and project with their research partner. -Robert Sessions Woodworth

Match the contribution with its originator. -William James

Match the idea promoted by William James with the other individual who suggested it. -Alexander Bain

Match the definition with the term. -self-psychology

Match the achievement with the individual. -G.Stanley Hall

Match the contribution with its originator. -Edward Lee Thorndike

The "Metaphysical Club," to which James belonged as a young man,was devoted to

All of the following are true of William James's family members EXCEPT

Psychologist said that fellow psychologist 's form of psychology "could hardly have arisen in a country whose natives could be bored… There is little of the grand style about these new prism,pendulum,and chronograph-philosophers.They mean business,not chivalry."

Edward Thorndike's early research on learning involved which kinds of subjects?

Which of the following was NOT true regarding the career of Mary Whiton Calkins?

Match the achievement with the individual. -William James

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

William James's personal crisis was resolved in part because of his reading the following philosophical work.

Which the following was NOT one of James's eminent students?

Match the achievement with the individual. -G.Stanley Hall

Match the study with the psychologist(s). -Mary Whiton Calkins

G.Stanley Hall advocated which of the following approaches in his theory of child development?

Match the achievement with the individual. -Francis Cecil Sumner

Match the book with its author. -Edna Heidbreder

Match the book with its author. -Alexander Bain

Match the psychologist and project with their research partner. -Robert Sessions Woodworth

Match the contribution with its originator. -William James

Match the idea promoted by William James with the other individual who suggested it. -Alexander Bain

Match the definition with the term. -self-psychology

Match the achievement with the individual. -G.Stanley Hall

Match the contribution with its originator. -Edward Lee Thorndike

The "Metaphysical Club," to which James belonged as a young man,was devoted to

All of the following are true of William James's family members EXCEPT

Psychologist __________ said that fellow psychologist __________'s form of psychology "could hardly have arisen in a country whose natives could be bored… There is little of the grand style about these new prism,pendulum,and chronograph-philosophers.They mean business,not chivalry."

Edward Thorndike's early research on learning involved which kinds of subjects?

Which of the following was NOT true regarding the career of Mary Whiton Calkins?

Match the achievement with the individual. -William James

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

Psychologist said that fellow psychologist 's form of psychology "could hardly have arisen in a country whose natives could be bored… There is little of the grand style about these new prism,pendulum,and chronograph-philosophers.They mean business,not chivalry."