Question 1

In Kuhn's (1970)view,psychology is at the paradigm stage because it has several models from which one might choose.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The school of thought that is distinct in its focus on the role of the unconscious in determining behavior is the ____ school.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​functionalist 
B) psychoanalytic 
C) ​behaviorist 
D) Gestalt 
E) cognitive 
A) ​functionalist 
B) psychoanalytic 
C) ​behaviorist 
D) Gestalt 
E) cognitive

Question 3

The distinction between modern psychology and its roots has more to do with the kinds of questions asked than with the methods used.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Psychology is one of the oldest and one of the newest scholarly disciplines.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The hallmark of psychology's separation from philosophy was its reliance on ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​physics 
B) biology 
C) ​experimentation 
D) deduction 
E) psychophysics 
A) ​physics 
B) biology 
C) ​experimentation 
D) deduction 
E) psychophysics

Question 6

History ignores the work of the majority of ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​women 
B) African-Americans 
C) ​Jews 
D) white me 
E) all psychologists 
A) ​women 
B) African-Americans 
C) ​Jews 
D) white me 
E) all psychologists

Question 7

Jung wrote his autobiography

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Psychology is unique among the sciences in its requirement that its students ____​

Accepted Answer

A) ​have a minor in the natural sciences 
B) learn the experimental method 
C) ​use carefully controlled observations in its procedures 
D) study the history of psychology 
E) have a liberal arts background in the humanities 
A) ​have a minor in the natural sciences 
B) learn the experimental method 
C) ​use carefully controlled observations in its procedures 
D) study the history of psychology 
E) have a liberal arts background in the humanities

Question 9

​The new discipline of psychology was the product of the union of ____.

Accepted Answer

A) ​philosophy and ethics 
B) philosophy and physics 
C) ​physics and biology 
D) physics and physiology 
E) philosophy and physiology 
A) ​philosophy and ethics 
B) philosophy and physics 
C) ​physics and biology 
D) physics and physiology 
E) philosophy and physiology

Question 10

Perhaps the most valuable outcome of the study of the history of psychology is that one will learn the ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​relationships among psychology's ideas,theories,and research strategies 
B) contributions of the classic Greek philosophers 
C) ​origins of the experimental methods 
D) evolution of the scientist-practitioner model of clinical psychology 
E) issues at the root of the pure versus applied research conflict in psychology 
A) ​relationships among psychology's ideas,theories,and research strategies 
B) contributions of the classic Greek philosophers 
C) ​origins of the experimental methods 
D) evolution of the scientist-practitioner model of clinical psychology 
E) issues at the root of the pure versus applied research conflict in psychology

Question 11

The school of thought that deals with conscious experience as it is dependent on the experiencing person is the ____ school.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​structuralist 
B) functionalist 
C) ​Gestalt 
D) humanistic 
E) cognitive 
A) ​structuralist 
B) functionalist 
C) ​Gestalt 
D) humanistic 
E) cognitive

Question 12

Current evidence demonstrates that Freud's works were ignored or even renounced by intellectuals during his lifetime.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

A course in the history of psychology is a typical requirement for only 10% of undergraduate degree programs in psychology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

​In the first years of psychology's emergence as a new discipline,which man determined its direction?

Accepted Answer

A) ​James McKeen Cattell 
B) Edward Bradford Titchener 
C) ​The Unknown Soldier 
D) Wilhelm Wundt 
E) Thomas Kuhn 
A) ​James McKeen Cattell 
B) Edward Bradford Titchener 
C) ​The Unknown Soldier 
D) Wilhelm Wundt 
E) Thomas Kuhn

Question 15

A school of thought emerges whenever ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) a group shares a theoretical orientation and investigates similar problems​ 
B) some person organizes and markets several compatible themes or practices,as did Wundt and Watson 
C) ​a group at a particular college or university focuses on a particular problem,such as the "Würzburg school" 
D) a college or university adopts a particular orientation,such as behaviorism at Harvard or the "Chicago school" of functionalism 
E) a college or university adopts a single methodology,such as the experimental psychology program at the University of Illinois 
A) a group shares a theoretical orientation and investigates similar problems​ 
B) some person organizes and markets several compatible themes or practices,as did Wundt and Watson 
C) ​a group at a particular college or university focuses on a particular problem,such as the "Würzburg school" 
D) a college or university adopts a particular orientation,such as behaviorism at Harvard or the "Chicago school" of functionalism 
E) a college or university adopts a single methodology,such as the experimental psychology program at the University of Illinois

Question 16

The data of history are most accurately depicted or described as ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​public records 
B) private records 
C) ​eyewitness testimony 
D) recollections 
E) data fragments 
A) ​public records 
B) private records 
C) ​eyewitness testimony 
D) recollections 
E) data fragments

Question 17

It can be argued that psychology today studies and debates some of the same questions as those that concerned the philosophers of ancient Greece.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The historical treatment of Freud's impact upon psychology is still incomplete because ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​he changed his ideas so many times 
B) many of his most important works have not been translated into English 
C) ​many of his papers and letters will not be publicly available until later in the 21st century 
D) All of the choices are correct. 
E) None of the choices are correct. 
A) ​he changed his ideas so many times 
B) many of his most important works have not been translated into English 
C) ​many of his papers and letters will not be publicly available until later in the 21st century 
D) All of the choices are correct. 
E) None of the choices are correct.

Question 19

​Modern psychology shares which of the following characteristics with ancient Greek philosophy?

Accepted Answer

A) ​An interest in the same kinds of questions about human nature 
B) The development of common methods of research to answer questions about human nature 
C) ​A reliance upon biology to help in the understanding of human nature 
D) The denial that humans are composed of a physical body and a spiritual soul 
E) None of the choices are correct 
A) ​An interest in the same kinds of questions about human nature 
B) The development of common methods of research to answer questions about human nature 
C) ​A reliance upon biology to help in the understanding of human nature 
D) The denial that humans are composed of a physical body and a spiritual soul 
E) None of the choices are correct

Question 20

A surge in the practice of applied psychology occurred in response to the lack of jobs in academic settings for PhDs.Thus,the development of applied psychology was a direct consequence of the ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​great number of psychologists Wundt trained 
B) political context of Europe 
C) ​economic context of the United States 
D) fact that the first generation of American psychologists learned all their courses in German and thus could not practice Wundt's psychology 
E) political context of the United States 
A) ​great number of psychologists Wundt trained 
B) political context of Europe 
C) ​economic context of the United States 
D) fact that the first generation of American psychologists learned all their courses in German and thus could not practice Wundt's psychology 
E) political context of the United States

In Kuhn's (1970)view,psychology is at the paradigm stage because it has several models from which one might choose.

The school of thought that is distinct in its focus on the role of the unconscious in determining behavior is the ____ school.

The distinction between modern psychology and its roots has more to do with the kinds of questions asked than with the methods used.

Psychology is one of the oldest and one of the newest scholarly disciplines.

The hallmark of psychology's separation from philosophy was its reliance on ____.

History ignores the work of the majority of ____.

Jung wrote his autobiography

Psychology is unique among the sciences in its requirement that its students ____

The new discipline of psychology was the product of the union of ____.

Perhaps the most valuable outcome of the study of the history of psychology is that one will learn the ____.

The school of thought that deals with conscious experience as it is dependent on the experiencing person is the ____ school.

Current evidence demonstrates that Freud's works were ignored or even renounced by intellectuals during his lifetime.

A course in the history of psychology is a typical requirement for only 10% of undergraduate degree programs in psychology.

In the first years of psychology's emergence as a new discipline,which man determined its direction?

A school of thought emerges whenever ____.

The data of history are most accurately depicted or described as ____.

It can be argued that psychology today studies and debates some of the same questions as those that concerned the philosophers of ancient Greece.

The historical treatment of Freud's impact upon psychology is still incomplete because ____.

Modern psychology shares which of the following characteristics with ancient Greek philosophy?

A surge in the practice of applied psychology occurred in response to the lack of jobs in academic settings for PhDs.Thus,the development of applied psychology was a direct consequence of the ____.

Philosophical Influences on Psychology

Physiological Influences on Psychology

The New Psychology.

Structuralism

Functionalism: Antecedent Influences

Functionalism: Development and Founding

Applied Psychology: the Legacy of Functionalism

Behaviorism: Antecedent Influences.

Behaviorism: the Beginnings

Behaviorism: After the Founding.

gestalt Psychology

Psychoanalysis: the Beginnings.

Psychoanalysis: After the Founding.

Contemporary Developments in Psychology.

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Exam 1: The Study of the History of Psychology.

In Kuhn's (1970)view,psychology is at the paradigm stage because it has several models from which one might choose.​

The school of thought that is distinct in its focus on the role of the unconscious in determining behavior is the ____ school.​

The distinction between modern psychology and its roots has more to do with the kinds of questions asked than with the methods used.

Psychology is one of the oldest and one of the newest scholarly disciplines.

The hallmark of psychology's separation from philosophy was its reliance on ____.​

History ignores the work of the majority of ____.​

Jung wrote his autobiography

Psychology is unique among the sciences in its requirement that its students ____​

​The new discipline of psychology was the product of the union of ____.

Perhaps the most valuable outcome of the study of the history of psychology is that one will learn the ____.​

The school of thought that deals with conscious experience as it is dependent on the experiencing person is the ____ school.​

Current evidence demonstrates that Freud's works were ignored or even renounced by intellectuals during his lifetime.​

A course in the history of psychology is a typical requirement for only 10% of undergraduate degree programs in psychology.

​In the first years of psychology's emergence as a new discipline,which man determined its direction?

A school of thought emerges whenever ____.​

The data of history are most accurately depicted or described as ____.​

It can be argued that psychology today studies and debates some of the same questions as those that concerned the philosophers of ancient Greece.​

The historical treatment of Freud's impact upon psychology is still incomplete because ____.​

​Modern psychology shares which of the following characteristics with ancient Greek philosophy?

A surge in the practice of applied psychology occurred in response to the lack of jobs in academic settings for PhDs.Thus,the development of applied psychology was a direct consequence of the ____.​

Philosophical Influences on Psychology

Physiological Influences on Psychology

The New Psychology.

Structuralism

Functionalism: Antecedent Influences

Functionalism: Development and Founding

Applied Psychology: the Legacy of Functionalism

Behaviorism: Antecedent Influences.

Behaviorism: the Beginnings

Behaviorism: After the Founding.

gestalt Psychology

Psychoanalysis: the Beginnings.

Psychoanalysis: After the Founding.

Contemporary Developments in Psychology.

Filters

In Kuhn's (1970)view,psychology is at the paradigm stage because it has several models from which one might choose.

The school of thought that is distinct in its focus on the role of the unconscious in determining behavior is the ____ school.

The hallmark of psychology's separation from philosophy was its reliance on ____.

History ignores the work of the majority of ____.

Psychology is unique among the sciences in its requirement that its students ____

The new discipline of psychology was the product of the union of ____.

Perhaps the most valuable outcome of the study of the history of psychology is that one will learn the ____.

The school of thought that deals with conscious experience as it is dependent on the experiencing person is the ____ school.

Current evidence demonstrates that Freud's works were ignored or even renounced by intellectuals during his lifetime.

In the first years of psychology's emergence as a new discipline,which man determined its direction?

A school of thought emerges whenever ____.

The data of history are most accurately depicted or described as ____.

It can be argued that psychology today studies and debates some of the same questions as those that concerned the philosophers of ancient Greece.

The historical treatment of Freud's impact upon psychology is still incomplete because ____.

Modern psychology shares which of the following characteristics with ancient Greek philosophy?

A surge in the practice of applied psychology occurred in response to the lack of jobs in academic settings for PhDs.Thus,the development of applied psychology was a direct consequence of the ____.