Question 1

Who was the first to show that human mental characteristics followed a normal distribution?

Accepted Answer

A) Pearson 
B) Quetelet 
C) Huarte 
D) Galton 
E) Cattell 
A) Pearson 
B) Quetelet 
C) Huarte 
D) Galton 
E) Cattell

Question 2

____ is the preeminent book of Darwin's theory of evolution,which details the evolution of humans from lower forms of life.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​On the Origin of Species 
B) The Descent of Man 
C) ​The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals 
D) Hereditary Genius 
E) Natural Inheritance 
A) ​On the Origin of Species 
B) The Descent of Man 
C) ​The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals 
D) Hereditary Genius 
E) Natural Inheritance

Question 3

The intent of Lloyd Morgan's canon was to ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​exclude anthropological findings from the natural sciences 
B) make comparative psychology more scientific 
C) ​make comparative psychology more behavioral 
D) rid psychology of all traces of the technique of introspection 
E) impose a criterion for a distinction between instincts and thinking in both animals and humans 
A) ​exclude anthropological findings from the natural sciences 
B) make comparative psychology more scientific 
C) ​make comparative psychology more behavioral 
D) rid psychology of all traces of the technique of introspection 
E) impose a criterion for a distinction between instincts and thinking in both animals and humans

Question 4

Romanes was the first scientist to conduct large-scale experimental studies in animal psychology.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

A consequence of Darwin's work for psychology was ____.

Accepted Answer

A) the legitimization of the collective unconscious 
B) work in comparative physiology 
C) the theory of eugenics 
D) a focus on individual differences 
E) statistical analyses 
A) the legitimization of the collective unconscious 
B) work in comparative physiology 
C) the theory of eugenics 
D) a focus on individual differences 
E) statistical analyses

Question 6

Describe the functionalist protest,including the definition of functionalism and the bases on which the functionalists objected to Wundt's psychology and Titchener's structuralism.​

Accepted Answer

Functionalism was a school of psychology

Question 7

Who predicted that humans in the future will live on the edge of starvation because the population of humans increases geometrically while the supply of food increases arithmetically?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Lamarck 
B) Lyell 
C) ​Huxley 
D) Malthus 
E) Hooker 
A) ​Lamarck 
B) Lyell 
C) ​Huxley 
D) Malthus 
E) Hooker

Question 8

____ argued that our bodies adapt to the environment and those adaptations will be heritable.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​La Mettrie 
B) René Descartes 
C) ​Charles Lyell 
D) Erasmus Darwin 
E) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck 
A) ​La Mettrie 
B) René Descartes 
C) ​Charles Lyell 
D) Erasmus Darwin 
E) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Question 9

Lloyd Morgan's Canon was an attempt to limit the tendency to attribute human cognitive processes and abilities to animals.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Explain evolutionary theory using the study of finches' beaks.​

Accepted Answer

Evolutionary theory suggests that specie

Question 11

Which of the of the following statements best summarizes the protest of functional psychology against Wundt and Titchener?​

Accepted Answer

A) Functional psychology proposed that more mental elements exist than allowed by Wundt and Titchener.​ 
B) Functional psychology emphasized that Wundt's and Titchener's approaches to psychology were too broad and included too many topics of study. 
C) ​Functional psychology claimed that Wundt's and Titchener's approaches were too restrictive because they did not study the practical value of mental processes. 
D) In contrast to Wundt and Titchener,functional psychology said that consciousness could not be studied scientifically. 
E) None of the choices are correct. 
A) Functional psychology proposed that more mental elements exist than allowed by Wundt and Titchener.​ 
B) Functional psychology emphasized that Wundt's and Titchener's approaches to psychology were too broad and included too many topics of study. 
C) ​Functional psychology claimed that Wundt's and Titchener's approaches were too restrictive because they did not study the practical value of mental processes. 
D) In contrast to Wundt and Titchener,functional psychology said that consciousness could not be studied scientifically. 
E) None of the choices are correct.

Question 12

Darwin's position on Lamarck's idea that changes due to experiences can be inherited was the ____ of Lamarck's ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​acceptance;doctrine 
B) replacement;doctrine with the variability hypothesis 
C) ​total rejection;doctrine 
D) replacement;doctrine with the doctrine of social Darwinism 
E) synthesis;ideas with Galton's theory of the normal distribution 
A) ​acceptance;doctrine 
B) replacement;doctrine with the variability hypothesis 
C) ​total rejection;doctrine 
D) replacement;doctrine with the doctrine of social Darwinism 
E) synthesis;ideas with Galton's theory of the normal distribution

Question 13

Galton found that a substantial proportion of word associations were evidence of ____.

Accepted Answer

A) rationalism as purported by Berkeley,Kant,and Descartes 
B) empiricism as purported by Locke and Mill 
C) Müller's interference theory of memory 
D) Ebbinghaus's decay theory of memory 
E) the effects of childhood experiences on the adult 
A) rationalism as purported by Berkeley,Kant,and Descartes 
B) empiricism as purported by Locke and Mill 
C) Müller's interference theory of memory 
D) Ebbinghaus's decay theory of memory 
E) the effects of childhood experiences on the adult

Question 14

​The notion that there is a continuity of consciousness and cognitive processes between animals and humans was suggested and/or demonstrated by ____.

Accepted Answer

A) ​Darwin's evidence 
B) Galton's selective breeding notions 
C) ​the structuralists 
D) the functionalists 
E) the behaviorists 
A) ​Darwin's evidence 
B) Galton's selective breeding notions 
C) ​the structuralists 
D) the functionalists 
E) the behaviorists

Question 15

Structuralism asked,"What does the mind do?" whereas functionalism asked,"How does it do it?"​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

​Drastic environmental changes can drive evolutionary changes in animal forms to occur over decades rather than over millennia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Galton proposed that measurement of human traits could be defined and summarized by two numbers,which are ____.

Accepted Answer

A) the mean and the median 
B) the variance and the standard deviation 
C) the median and the mode 
D) the mean and the standard deviation 
E) the mean and the mode 
A) the mean and the median 
B) the variance and the standard deviation 
C) the median and the mode 
D) the mean and the standard deviation 
E) the mean and the mode

Question 18

​Whenever we think we "know what's on someone's mind," we are using which technique?

Accepted Answer

A) ​projection 
B) the anecdotal method 
C) ​introspection 
D) introspection by analogy 
E) identification 
A) ​projection 
B) the anecdotal method 
C) ​introspection 
D) introspection by analogy 
E) identification

Question 19

The most important consequence of functionalism was ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​the introduction of evolution 
B) the replacement of experimentalism 
C) ​the status it gave to pragmatism 
D) the development of applied psychology 
E) the development of clinical psychology 
A) ​the introduction of evolution 
B) the replacement of experimentalism 
C) ​the status it gave to pragmatism 
D) the development of applied psychology 
E) the development of clinical psychology

Question 20

Which of the following works were most influential in the development of functionalism?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Weber's and Fechner's work in psychophysics 
B) Quetelet's and Galton's work in statistics 
C) ​Wundt's and Titchener's systems 
D) The comparative research of physiologists and Darwin's work 
E) The work of Darwin and Galton and comparative research 
A) ​Weber's and Fechner's work in psychophysics 
B) Quetelet's and Galton's work in statistics 
C) ​Wundt's and Titchener's systems 
D) The comparative research of physiologists and Darwin's work 
E) The work of Darwin and Galton and comparative research

Who was the first to show that human mental characteristics followed a normal distribution?

____ is the preeminent book of Darwin's theory of evolution,which details the evolution of humans from lower forms of life.

The intent of Lloyd Morgan's canon was to ____.

Romanes was the first scientist to conduct large-scale experimental studies in animal psychology.

A consequence of Darwin's work for psychology was ____.

Describe the functionalist protest,including the definition of functionalism and the bases on which the functionalists objected to Wundt's psychology and Titchener's structuralism.

Who predicted that humans in the future will live on the edge of starvation because the population of humans increases geometrically while the supply of food increases arithmetically?

____ argued that our bodies adapt to the environment and those adaptations will be heritable.

Lloyd Morgan's Canon was an attempt to limit the tendency to attribute human cognitive processes and abilities to animals.

Explain evolutionary theory using the study of finches' beaks.

Which of the of the following statements best summarizes the protest of functional psychology against Wundt and Titchener?

Darwin's position on Lamarck's idea that changes due to experiences can be inherited was the of Lamarck's .

Galton found that a substantial proportion of word associations were evidence of ____.

The notion that there is a continuity of consciousness and cognitive processes between animals and humans was suggested and/or demonstrated by ____.

Structuralism asked,"What does the mind do?" whereas functionalism asked,"How does it do it?"

Drastic environmental changes can drive evolutionary changes in animal forms to occur over decades rather than over millennia.

Galton proposed that measurement of human traits could be defined and summarized by two numbers,which are ____.

Whenever we think we "know what's on someone's mind," we are using which technique?

The most important consequence of functionalism was ____.

Which of the following works were most influential in the development of functionalism?

The Study of the History of Psychology.

Philosophical Influences on Psychology

Physiological Influences on Psychology

The New Psychology.

Structuralism

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 6: Functionalism: Antecedent Influences

Who was the first to show that human mental characteristics followed a normal distribution?

____ is the preeminent book of Darwin's theory of evolution,which details the evolution of humans from lower forms of life.​

The intent of Lloyd Morgan's canon was to ____.​

Romanes was the first scientist to conduct large-scale experimental studies in animal psychology.​

A consequence of Darwin's work for psychology was ____.

Describe the functionalist protest,including the definition of functionalism and the bases on which the functionalists objected to Wundt's psychology and Titchener's structuralism.​

Who predicted that humans in the future will live on the edge of starvation because the population of humans increases geometrically while the supply of food increases arithmetically?​

____ argued that our bodies adapt to the environment and those adaptations will be heritable.​

Lloyd Morgan's Canon was an attempt to limit the tendency to attribute human cognitive processes and abilities to animals.​

Explain evolutionary theory using the study of finches' beaks.​

Which of the of the following statements best summarizes the protest of functional psychology against Wundt and Titchener?​

Darwin's position on Lamarck's idea that changes due to experiences can be inherited was the ____ of Lamarck's ____.​

Galton found that a substantial proportion of word associations were evidence of ____.

​The notion that there is a continuity of consciousness and cognitive processes between animals and humans was suggested and/or demonstrated by ____.

Structuralism asked,"What does the mind do?" whereas functionalism asked,"How does it do it?"​

​Drastic environmental changes can drive evolutionary changes in animal forms to occur over decades rather than over millennia.

Galton proposed that measurement of human traits could be defined and summarized by two numbers,which are ____.

​Whenever we think we "know what's on someone's mind," we are using which technique?

The most important consequence of functionalism was ____.​

Which of the following works were most influential in the development of functionalism?​

The Study of the History of Psychology.

Philosophical Influences on Psychology

Physiological Influences on Psychology

The New Psychology.

Structuralism

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

____ is the preeminent book of Darwin's theory of evolution,which details the evolution of humans from lower forms of life.

The intent of Lloyd Morgan's canon was to ____.

Romanes was the first scientist to conduct large-scale experimental studies in animal psychology.

Describe the functionalist protest,including the definition of functionalism and the bases on which the functionalists objected to Wundt's psychology and Titchener's structuralism.

Who predicted that humans in the future will live on the edge of starvation because the population of humans increases geometrically while the supply of food increases arithmetically?

____ argued that our bodies adapt to the environment and those adaptations will be heritable.

Lloyd Morgan's Canon was an attempt to limit the tendency to attribute human cognitive processes and abilities to animals.

Explain evolutionary theory using the study of finches' beaks.

Which of the of the following statements best summarizes the protest of functional psychology against Wundt and Titchener?

Darwin's position on Lamarck's idea that changes due to experiences can be inherited was the of Lamarck's .

The notion that there is a continuity of consciousness and cognitive processes between animals and humans was suggested and/or demonstrated by ____.

Structuralism asked,"What does the mind do?" whereas functionalism asked,"How does it do it?"

Drastic environmental changes can drive evolutionary changes in animal forms to occur over decades rather than over millennia.

Whenever we think we "know what's on someone's mind," we are using which technique?

The most important consequence of functionalism was ____.

Which of the following works were most influential in the development of functionalism?