Question 1

Floyd Allport was invited in 1921 by __________ to become co-editor of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

Accepted Answer

A)  Hugo Münsterberg 
B)  William James 
C)  Morton Prince 
D)  Norman Triplett 
A)  Hugo Münsterberg 
B)  William James 
C)  Morton Prince 
D)  Norman Triplett

Question 2

Who was the original founder of the Nancy School of hypnotism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ambroise Liébeault 
B)  Hippolyte Bernheim 
C)  Joseph Delboeuf 
D)  Jean Charcot 
A)  Ambroise Liébeault 
B)  Hippolyte Bernheim 
C)  Joseph Delboeuf 
D)  Jean Charcot

Question 3

Match the definition with the term.
-cognitive dissonance

Accepted Answer

A) fictitious recollections of events that can be created through suggestion 
B) the experience of holding two or more incompatible or contradictory beliefs,which produces such an uncomfortable state that one becomes motivated to re-lieve it 
C) the finding that most people can be interconnected through a small chain of mu-tual acquaintances 
D) the idea that crowds can constitute superordinate entities or group minds,which are more than the combined reactions of their individual members 
A) fictitious recollections of events that can be created through suggestion 
B) the experience of holding two or more incompatible or contradictory beliefs,which produces such an uncomfortable state that one becomes motivated to re-lieve it 
C) the finding that most people can be interconnected through a small chain of mu-tual acquaintances 
D) the idea that crowds can constitute superordinate entities or group minds,which are more than the combined reactions of their individual members

Question 4

Match the definition with the term.
-suggestibility

Accepted Answer

A) a condition in which patients experience physiological symptoms without obvious organic causes 
B) a form of artificial somnambulism in which one goes into a deep trance state 
C) a general trait defined as "the aptitude to transform an idea into an act" 
D) a tub filled with water and iron filings,featuring metal rods inserted into it with protruding handles onto which patients grasped 
A) a condition in which patients experience physiological symptoms without obvious organic causes 
B) a form of artificial somnambulism in which one goes into a deep trance state 
C) a general trait defined as "the aptitude to transform an idea into an act" 
D) a tub filled with water and iron filings,featuring metal rods inserted into it with protruding handles onto which patients grasped

Question 5

Charcot's most important scientific contribution was probably his

Accepted Answer

A)  victory over the Nancy School in the debate about the nature of hypnosis. 
B)  demonstration that hysteria was caused by neurological degeneracy. 
C)  demonstration of the relationships between hysteria and crowd behavior. 
D)  bringing scientific respectability to the study of such previously unfashionable subjects as hysteria and hypnotism. 
A)  victory over the Nancy School in the debate about the nature of hypnosis. 
B)  demonstration that hysteria was caused by neurological degeneracy. 
C)  demonstration of the relationships between hysteria and crowd behavior. 
D)  bringing scientific respectability to the study of such previously unfashionable subjects as hysteria and hypnotism.

Question 6

Match the study with the researcher(s).
-Leon Festinger

Accepted Answer

A) a study of group dynamics among members of a doomsday cult 
B) an investigation of conformity where subjects were asked to judge the length of lines within a group of confederates 
C) the Stanford Prison Experiment 
D) the use of the "lost in the mall" technique to induce false memories 
A) a study of group dynamics among members of a doomsday cult 
B) an investigation of conformity where subjects were asked to judge the length of lines within a group of confederates 
C) the Stanford Prison Experiment 
D) the use of the "lost in the mall" technique to induce false memories

Question 7

"Mesmerism" was a term once used to describe situations that now go commonly under the name __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  suggestibility 
B)  social influence processes 
C)  perfect crises 
D)  hypnotism 
A)  suggestibility 
B)  social influence processes 
C)  perfect crises 
D)  hypnotism

Question 8

Match the idea with the individual.
-Marquis de Puységur

Accepted Answer

A) described a new state as a "perfect crisis" (later called artificial somnambulism) 
B) employed mesmerism as a form of anesthesia for surgical patients 
C) proposed "neurohypnology" as a term for the study of mesmeric phenomena 
A) described a new state as a "perfect crisis" (later called artificial somnambulism) 
B) employed mesmerism as a form of anesthesia for surgical patients 
C) proposed "neurohypnology" as a term for the study of mesmeric phenomena

Question 9

Match the idea with the individual.
-James Braid

Accepted Answer

A) described a new state as a "perfect crisis" (later called artificial somnambulism) 
B) employed mesmerism as a form of anesthesia for surgical patients 
C) proposed "neurohypnology" as a term for the study of mesmeric phenomena 
A) described a new state as a "perfect crisis" (later called artificial somnambulism) 
B) employed mesmerism as a form of anesthesia for surgical patients 
C) proposed "neurohypnology" as a term for the study of mesmeric phenomena

Question 10

In his landmark obedience research,Stanley Milgram found that

Accepted Answer

A)  certain personality types were far more obedient than others. 
B)  in his laboratory situation subjects were far more obedient than anyone had predicted. 
C)  men were more obedient than women in administering the shocks. 
D)  women were more obedient than men in administering the shocks. 
A)  certain personality types were far more obedient than others. 
B)  in his laboratory situation subjects were far more obedient than anyone had predicted. 
C)  men were more obedient than women in administering the shocks. 
D)  women were more obedient than men in administering the shocks.

Question 11

An individual who simultaneously holds two or more incompatible beliefs or ideas,producing an uncomfortable state that the individual is motivated to relieve,is experiencing

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive dissonance. 
B)  social facilitation. 
C)  the small world phenomenon. 
D)  artificial somnambulism. 
A)  cognitive dissonance. 
B)  social facilitation. 
C)  the small world phenomenon. 
D)  artificial somnambulism.

Question 12

Floyd Allport made all of the following contributions to the establishment of social psychology EXCEPT that he

Accepted Answer

A)  completed the first Ph.D. dissertation on an experimental social psychology topic. 
B)  co-edited The Journal of Abnormal Psychology and added Social Psychology to its title and subject matter. 
C)  created the first social psychology laboratory at Harvard University. 
D)  wrote the first textbook devoted to experimental social psychology. 
A)  completed the first Ph.D. dissertation on an experimental social psychology topic. 
B)  co-edited The Journal of Abnormal Psychology and added Social Psychology to its title and subject matter. 
C)  created the first social psychology laboratory at Harvard University. 
D)  wrote the first textbook devoted to experimental social psychology.

Question 13

Binet and Henri's experiments showed that children's reported recall of recently observed stimuli was

Accepted Answer

A)  remarkably accurate even in young children. 
B)  influenced by "leading questions" but not by neutral ones. 
C)  strongly unreliable under all conditions. 
D)  most accurate when they were simply given paper and a pencil and asked to write down what they remembered. 
A)  remarkably accurate even in young children. 
B)  influenced by "leading questions" but not by neutral ones. 
C)  strongly unreliable under all conditions. 
D)  most accurate when they were simply given paper and a pencil and asked to write down what they remembered.

Question 14

The model Charcot followed in specifying major and minor types of the illnesses that he studied was first suggested by

Accepted Answer

A)  grand mal and petit mal epilepsy. 
B)  major and minor hysteria. 
C)  poliomyelitis. 
D)  hypnotism. 
A)  grand mal and petit mal epilepsy. 
B)  major and minor hysteria. 
C)  poliomyelitis. 
D)  hypnotism.

Question 15

When Mesmer testified before the commission investigating Gassner's exorcisms,he convinced them of what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gassner's cures were real but had naturalistic rather than demonological causes. 
B)  Gassner's cures were mainly the result of suggestion. 
C)  Any patients "cured" by Gassner had really been faking their symptoms. 
D)  Gassner's cures were the genuine result of exorcism. 
A)  Gassner's cures were real but had naturalistic rather than demonological causes. 
B)  Gassner's cures were mainly the result of suggestion. 
C)  Any patients "cured" by Gassner had really been faking their symptoms. 
D)  Gassner's cures were the genuine result of exorcism.

Question 16

Which person became an important critic of the Salpêtrière School,following a visit on which he observed blatant examples of patients being manipulated by suggestion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ambroise Liébeault 
B)  James Braid 
C)  Victor Henri 
D)  Joseph Delboeuf 
A)  Ambroise Liébeault 
B)  James Braid 
C)  Victor Henri 
D)  Joseph Delboeuf

Question 17

Define animal magnetism.

Accepted Answer

Mesmer's now discredited theory that the

Question 18

Define posthypnotic suggestion.

Accepted Answer

The completion of a suggested act after

Question 19

Match the definition with the term.
-hysteria

Accepted Answer

A) a condition in which patients experience physiological symptoms without obvious organic causes 
B) a form of artificial somnambulism in which one goes into a deep trance state 
C) a general trait defined as "the aptitude to transform an idea into an act" 
D) a tub filled with water and iron filings,featuring metal rods inserted into it with protruding handles onto which patients grasped 
A) a condition in which patients experience physiological symptoms without obvious organic causes 
B) a form of artificial somnambulism in which one goes into a deep trance state 
C) a general trait defined as "the aptitude to transform an idea into an act" 
D) a tub filled with water and iron filings,featuring metal rods inserted into it with protruding handles onto which patients grasped

Question 20

Match the definition with the term.
-artificial somnambulism

Accepted Answer

A) a peaceful,sleeplike trance state that could be induced in magnetic therapy,dur-ing which subjects showed increased suggestibility 
B) a hypothetical condition in which a subject enters a deep trance following a se-quence of stages similar to an epileptic seizure 
C) a hypothetical force or energy field in the human body that can become misa-ligned,leading to symptoms of illness 
A) a peaceful,sleeplike trance state that could be induced in magnetic therapy,dur-ing which subjects showed increased suggestibility 
B) a hypothetical condition in which a subject enters a deep trance following a se-quence of stages similar to an epileptic seizure 
C) a hypothetical force or energy field in the human body that can become misa-ligned,leading to symptoms of illness

Floyd Allport was invited in 1921 by __________ to become co-editor of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

Who was the original founder of the Nancy School of hypnotism?

Match the definition with the term. -cognitive dissonance

Match the definition with the term. -suggestibility

Charcot's most important scientific contribution was probably his

Match the study with the researcher(s). -Leon Festinger

"Mesmerism" was a term once used to describe situations that now go commonly under the name __________.

Match the idea with the individual. -Marquis de Puységur

Match the idea with the individual. -James Braid

In his landmark obedience research,Stanley Milgram found that

An individual who simultaneously holds two or more incompatible beliefs or ideas,producing an uncomfortable state that the individual is motivated to relieve,is experiencing

Floyd Allport made all of the following contributions to the establishment of social psychology EXCEPT that he

Binet and Henri's experiments showed that children's reported recall of recently observed stimuli was

The model Charcot followed in specifying major and minor types of the illnesses that he studied was first suggested by

When Mesmer testified before the commission investigating Gassner's exorcisms,he convinced them of what?

Which person became an important critic of the Salpêtrière School,following a visit on which he observed blatant examples of patients being manipulated by suggestion?

Define animal magnetism.

Define posthypnotic suggestion.

Match the definition with the term. -hysteria

Match the definition with the term. -artificial somnambulism

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

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

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

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

Floyd Allport was invited in 1921 by __________ to become co-editor of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

Who was the original founder of the Nancy School of hypnotism?

Match the definition with the term. -cognitive dissonance

Match the definition with the term. -suggestibility

Charcot's most important scientific contribution was probably his

Match the study with the researcher(s). -Leon Festinger

"Mesmerism" was a term once used to describe situations that now go commonly under the name __________.

Match the idea with the individual. -Marquis de Puységur

Match the idea with the individual. -James Braid

In his landmark obedience research,Stanley Milgram found that

An individual who simultaneously holds two or more incompatible beliefs or ideas,producing an uncomfortable state that the individual is motivated to relieve,is experiencing

Floyd Allport made all of the following contributions to the establishment of social psychology EXCEPT that he

Binet and Henri's experiments showed that children's reported recall of recently observed stimuli was

The model Charcot followed in specifying major and minor types of the illnesses that he studied was first suggested by

When Mesmer testified before the commission investigating Gassner's exorcisms,he convinced them of what?

Which person became an important critic of the Salpêtrière School,following a visit on which he observed blatant examples of patients being manipulated by suggestion?

Define animal magnetism.

Define posthypnotic suggestion.

Match the definition with the term. -hysteria

Match the definition with the term. -artificial somnambulism

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

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

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

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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