Question 1

What were some of the "active models of human nature" that were proposed during the post-schools era?

Accepted Answer

$\bullet$Piaget's developmental stages
$\bullet$Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance
$\bullet$Bandura's social learning theory
$\bullet$Heider's person cognition
$\bullet$Milgram's work on following orders
$\bullet$Zimbardo's prison study

Question 2

The immediate post-schools era was a period of decline in interdisciplinary research and in the extramural sponsorship of psychological research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

How substantial is the evidential base for humanistic psychology?

Accepted Answer

it is very weak

Question 4

Compare and contrast prescriptive and descriptive operationism.

Accepted Answer

@#LAT-DLM&prescriptive: the concept is i

Question 5

What was the influence of the quantification trend on psychology during the post-schools era?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What was the influence of the quantification...

Question 6

During the immediate post-schools era, psychology became progressively a less unified discipline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following methods is an example of the strategy of descriptive operationism?

Accepted Answer

A)  both c and d 
B)  prescriptive operational definition 
C)  converging operations 
D)  operational triangulation 
A)  both c and d 
B)  prescriptive operational definition 
C)  converging operations 
D)  operational triangulation

Question 8

What change in graduate education for the practice of psychology occurred during the post-schools era?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What change in graduate education for the...

Question 9

The use of converging operations and operational triangulation was consistent with the tenets of philosophical or prescriptive operationism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Empirical studies of such phenomena as attitudes, the effects of group pressure, and prejudice are examples of the spread of the empirical method into social psychology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Herbert Simon's computer model of problem solving

Accepted Answer

A)  none of these 
B)  used a sophisticated version of factor analysis 
C)  was based on Bandura's social learning theory 
D)  grew out of the increasing sophistication in the use of computers in the statistical analysis of research data 
A)  none of these 
B)  used a sophisticated version of factor analysis 
C)  was based on Bandura's social learning theory 
D)  grew out of the increasing sophistication in the use of computers in the statistical analysis of research data

Question 12

What has been the main objection of humanistic psychologists to the rest of the field?

Accepted Answer

@#LAT-DLM&it does violence to the positi

Question 13

What has been the impact of computers on psychology?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What has been the impact of computers...

Question 14

The psychological treatment of war veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during and following World War II was

Accepted Answer

A)  none of these 
B)  one of the productive applications of information theory 
C)  a major application of Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance 
D)  a significant result of the growth of humanistic psychology 
A)  none of these 
B)  one of the productive applications of information theory 
C)  a major application of Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance 
D)  a significant result of the growth of humanistic psychology

Question 15

Support for clinical psychology by the Veterans Administration declined rather sharply during the immediate post-schools era.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Among the figures in the spread of the empirical method to almost all areas of psychology during the post-schools era were

Accepted Answer

A)  Hubel and Wiesel, Osgood, McClelland, and Neisser 
B)  Rogers, May, Maslow, and Sartre 
C)  Kierkegaard, Buber, and Piaget 
D)  Lightner Witmer, Rorschach, Mach, and Külpe 
A)  Hubel and Wiesel, Osgood, McClelland, and Neisser 
B)  Rogers, May, Maslow, and Sartre 
C)  Kierkegaard, Buber, and Piaget 
D)  Lightner Witmer, Rorschach, Mach, and Külpe

Question 17

During the immediate post-schools era, there was substantial growth both in applied empirical psychology and especially in the professional practice of psychology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Who were some of the contributors to what has become known as "humanistic psychology?"

Accepted Answer

@#LAT-DLM&Kierkegaar

Question 19

The supply of well-trained practicing psychologists during the post-schools era continued to be increasingly insufficient to meet consumer demand.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Sketch the growth of the practice of psychology during the twentieth century.

Accepted Answer

@#LAT-DLM&the professional practice of psychology

What were some of the "active models of human nature" that were proposed during the post-schools era?

The immediate post-schools era was a period of decline in interdisciplinary research and in the extramural sponsorship of psychological research.

How substantial is the evidential base for humanistic psychology?

Compare and contrast prescriptive and descriptive operationism.

What was the influence of the quantification trend on psychology during the post-schools era?

During the immediate post-schools era, psychology became progressively a less unified discipline.

Which of the following methods is an example of the strategy of descriptive operationism?

What change in graduate education for the practice of psychology occurred during the post-schools era?

The use of converging operations and operational triangulation was consistent with the tenets of philosophical or prescriptive operationism.

Empirical studies of such phenomena as attitudes, the effects of group pressure, and prejudice are examples of the spread of the empirical method into social psychology.

Herbert Simon's computer model of problem solving

What has been the main objection of humanistic psychologists to the rest of the field?

What has been the impact of computers on psychology?

The psychological treatment of war veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during and following World War II was

Support for clinical psychology by the Veterans Administration declined rather sharply during the immediate post-schools era.

Among the figures in the spread of the empirical method to almost all areas of psychology during the post-schools era were

During the immediate post-schools era, there was substantial growth both in applied empirical psychology and especially in the professional practice of psychology.

Who were some of the contributors to what has become known as "humanistic psychology?"

The supply of well-trained practicing psychologists during the post-schools era continued to be increasingly insufficient to meet consumer demand.

Sketch the growth of the practice of psychology during the twentieth century.

Introduction

Early Developments

The Lines of Development From Science

The Lines of Development From Philosophy

Wundts Immediate Predecessors

Wilhelm Wundt

The Contemporary Scene in the Age of Wundt

William James and Psychology in the United States

The Age of Schools

Structuralism and Functionalism

Behaviorism

Gestalt Psychology

Psychoanalysis

The Last Half of the Twentieth Century

An Evaluation: Psychologys Promising Past and Enigmatic Future

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Exam 14: The Immediate Post Schools Era

What were some of the "active models of human nature" that were proposed during the post-schools era?

The immediate post-schools era was a period of decline in interdisciplinary research and in the extramural sponsorship of psychological research.

How substantial is the evidential base for humanistic psychology?

Compare and contrast prescriptive and descriptive operationism.

What was the influence of the quantification trend on psychology during the post-schools era?

During the immediate post-schools era, psychology became progressively a less unified discipline.

Which of the following methods is an example of the strategy of descriptive operationism?

What change in graduate education for the practice of psychology occurred during the post-schools era?

The use of converging operations and operational triangulation was consistent with the tenets of philosophical or prescriptive operationism.

Empirical studies of such phenomena as attitudes, the effects of group pressure, and prejudice are examples of the spread of the empirical method into social psychology.

Herbert Simon's computer model of problem solving

What has been the main objection of humanistic psychologists to the rest of the field?

What has been the impact of computers on psychology?

The psychological treatment of war veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during and following World War II was

Support for clinical psychology by the Veterans Administration declined rather sharply during the immediate post-schools era.

Among the figures in the spread of the empirical method to almost all areas of psychology during the post-schools era were

During the immediate post-schools era, there was substantial growth both in applied empirical psychology and especially in the professional practice of psychology.

Who were some of the contributors to what has become known as "humanistic psychology?"

The supply of well-trained practicing psychologists during the post-schools era continued to be increasingly insufficient to meet consumer demand.

Sketch the growth of the practice of psychology during the twentieth century.

Introduction

Early Developments

The Lines of Development From Science

The Lines of Development From Philosophy

Wundts Immediate Predecessors

Wilhelm Wundt

The Contemporary Scene in the Age of Wundt

William James and Psychology in the United States

The Age of Schools

Structuralism and Functionalism

Behaviorism

Gestalt Psychology

Psychoanalysis

The Last Half of the Twentieth Century

An Evaluation: Psychologys Promising Past and Enigmatic Future

Filters