Question 1

For Wundt,the most basic unit of thought is

Accepted Answer

A)  any word which expresses a distinct concept. 
B)  a "general impression" that is independent of words. 
C)  a "train" of associated ideas. 
D)  an unconscious sensation. 
A)  any word which expresses a distinct concept. 
B)  a "general impression" that is independent of words. 
C)  a "train" of associated ideas. 
D)  an unconscious sensation.

Question 2

Match the publication with the author.
-Eleanor Acheson McCulloch Gamble

Accepted Answer

A) Grundzüge der Physiologischen Psychologie (Principles of Physiological Psychol-ogy) 
B) The Animal Mind 
C) "The Applicability of Weber's Law to Smell" 
A) Grundzüge der Physiologischen Psychologie (Principles of Physiological Psychol-ogy) 
B) The Animal Mind 
C) "The Applicability of Weber's Law to Smell"

Question 3

Match the definition with the term.
-mental chronometry

Accepted Answer

A) an approach that argues psychology should focus introspectively on discovering the elements of consciousness rather than their functions 
B) an approach to psychology that emphasizes conscious experiences of will or voluntary effort 
C) nonexperimental psychology that explores communal and cultural products of human nature using comparative and historical methods 
D) the use of reaction time experiments to measure the speed of information pro-cessing and make inferences about basic elements of consciousness 
A) an approach that argues psychology should focus introspectively on discovering the elements of consciousness rather than their functions 
B) an approach to psychology that emphasizes conscious experiences of will or voluntary effort 
C) nonexperimental psychology that explores communal and cultural products of human nature using comparative and historical methods 
D) the use of reaction time experiments to measure the speed of information pro-cessing and make inferences about basic elements of consciousness

Question 4

Match the definition with the term.
-Völkerpsychologie

Accepted Answer

A) an approach that argues psychology should focus introspectively on discovering the elements of consciousness rather than their functions 
B) an approach to psychology that emphasizes conscious experiences of will or voluntary effort 
C) nonexperimental psychology that explores communal and cultural products of human nature using comparative and historical methods 
D) the use of reaction time experiments to measure the speed of information processing and make inferences about basic elements of consciousness 
A) an approach that argues psychology should focus introspectively on discovering the elements of consciousness rather than their functions 
B) an approach to psychology that emphasizes conscious experiences of will or voluntary effort 
C) nonexperimental psychology that explores communal and cultural products of human nature using comparative and historical methods 
D) the use of reaction time experiments to measure the speed of information processing and make inferences about basic elements of consciousness

Question 5

Johann Zöllner,Wundt's older colleague and one-time supporter at Leipzig,came to bitterly oppose him because of Wundt's

Accepted Answer

A)  emphasis on a nonexperimental Völkerpsychologie. 
B)  skeptical analysis of "spiritualistic" phenomena. 
C)  highly restrictive introspection methods. 
D)  support for women in experimental psychology. 
A)  emphasis on a nonexperimental Völkerpsychologie. 
B)  skeptical analysis of "spiritualistic" phenomena. 
C)  highly restrictive introspection methods. 
D)  support for women in experimental psychology.

Question 6

Wundt classified feelings according to what three basic dimensions?

Accepted Answer

A)  brightness-dullness, tension-relaxation, and activity-passivity 
B)  tension-relaxation, pleasantness-unpleasantness, and visual-auditory 
C)  pleasantness-unpleasantness, tension-relaxation, and activity-passivity 
D)  action-non-action, brightness-dullness, and pleasant-unpleasantness 
A)  brightness-dullness, tension-relaxation, and activity-passivity 
B)  tension-relaxation, pleasantness-unpleasantness, and visual-auditory 
C)  pleasantness-unpleasantness, tension-relaxation, and activity-passivity 
D)  action-non-action, brightness-dullness, and pleasant-unpleasantness

Question 7

One of the Wundtian mental chronometry experiments had one condition in which the subject was required to make a different response to each of two different stimuli,and another in which two stimuli were randomly presented but only one had to be responded to.The mental process presumably required for the first task,but not for the second,was

Accepted Answer

A)  perception. 
B)  apperception. 
C)  cognition. 
D)  association. 
A)  perception. 
B)  apperception. 
C)  cognition. 
D)  association.

Question 8

Match the definition with the term.
-creative synthesis

Accepted Answer

A) a technique where average reaction time for a simple task is subtracted from the average time for a more complex task,with the difference taken to been the time required for a "higher" mental function 
B) consistent individual differences in reaction times,first noted in discrepancies be-tween observers taking astronomical transit readings. 
C) the notion that apperceived ideas may be combined and organized in many ways,including some that have never been experienced before 
D) the notion that there are different rules in place for apperceptive processes that are not reducible to mechanistic causality 
A) a technique where average reaction time for a simple task is subtracted from the average time for a more complex task,with the difference taken to been the time required for a "higher" mental function 
B) consistent individual differences in reaction times,first noted in discrepancies be-tween observers taking astronomical transit readings. 
C) the notion that apperceived ideas may be combined and organized in many ways,including some that have never been experienced before 
D) the notion that there are different rules in place for apperceptive processes that are not reducible to mechanistic causality

Question 9

Match the idea with the researcher who championed it.
-Oswald Külpe

Accepted Answer

A) advocated structuralism as the proper task of experimental psychology,which privileged discovering the contents of consciousness rather than their functions 
B) believed that the higher mental processes,particularly memory,could be studied experimentally 
C) found that certain introspectors reported imageless thoughts,ones that contained no identifiable sensations or feelings 
A) advocated structuralism as the proper task of experimental psychology,which privileged discovering the contents of consciousness rather than their functions 
B) believed that the higher mental processes,particularly memory,could be studied experimentally 
C) found that certain introspectors reported imageless thoughts,ones that contained no identifiable sensations or feelings

Question 10

Match the definition with the term.
-introspection

Accepted Answer

A) can be categorized according to dimensions of pleasantness-unpleasantness,ten-sion-relaxation,and activity-passivity 
B) can be categorized according to mode,qualities,intensities,and durations 
C) process that occurs when ideas are "registered" in consciousness,accompanied by self-awareness,and become subject to focused attention 
D) the observation and systematic reporting of subjective inner experiences 
A) can be categorized according to dimensions of pleasantness-unpleasantness,ten-sion-relaxation,and activity-passivity 
B) can be categorized according to mode,qualities,intensities,and durations 
C) process that occurs when ideas are "registered" in consciousness,accompanied by self-awareness,and become subject to focused attention 
D) the observation and systematic reporting of subjective inner experiences

Question 11

Hermann Ebbinghaus was particularly pleased because the results of his memory experiments

Accepted Answer

A)  revealed a forgetting curve whose shape resembled Fechner's psychophysical law. 
B)  confirmed Wundt's opinion about the highly complex nature of normal memory. 
C)  showed that imageless thoughts and mental sets were important aspects of the process of remembering. 
D)  suggested the possibility for a new memory-based test of intelligence. 
A)  revealed a forgetting curve whose shape resembled Fechner's psychophysical law. 
B)  confirmed Wundt's opinion about the highly complex nature of normal memory. 
C)  showed that imageless thoughts and mental sets were important aspects of the process of remembering. 
D)  suggested the possibility for a new memory-based test of intelligence.

Question 12

In recent years,Wundt's theories have been newly appreciated for their relevance to which current psychological specialty?

Accepted Answer

A)  psycholinguistics 
B)  evolutionary psychology 
C)  intelligence testing 
D)  psychophysics 
A)  psycholinguistics 
B)  evolutionary psychology 
C)  intelligence testing 
D)  psychophysics

Question 13

Wundt's former student Oswald Külpe started his own laboratory,where research focused on which of the following subjects?

Accepted Answer

A)  the forgetting curve and word association 
B)  mental chronometry and psychic causality 
C)  imageless thought and directed association 
D)  association tests and the forgetting curve 
A)  the forgetting curve and word association 
B)  mental chronometry and psychic causality 
C)  imageless thought and directed association 
D)  association tests and the forgetting curve

Question 14

In Wundt's theory,a creative synthesis accompanies acts of

Accepted Answer

A)  perception. 
B)  apperception. 
C)  unconscious inference. 
D)  discrimination. 
A)  perception. 
B)  apperception. 
C)  unconscious inference. 
D)  discrimination.

Question 15

Titchener insisted that introspectors should avoid imposing "meaning" or "interpretation" on their subjects,thereby eliminating what he called

Accepted Answer

A)  the reaction time. 
B)  apperception. 
C)  the stimulus error. 
D)  the forgetting curve. 
A)  the reaction time. 
B)  apperception. 
C)  the stimulus error. 
D)  the forgetting curve.

Question 16

Define Völkerpsychologie.

Accepted Answer

Völkerpsychologie was Wundt's psychology

Question 17

Match the definition with the term.
-voluntaristic psychology

Accepted Answer

A) an approach that argues psychology should focus introspectively on discovering the elements of consciousness rather than their functions 
B) an approach to psychology that emphasizes conscious experiences of will or voluntary effort 
C) nonexperimental psychology that explores communal and cultural products of human nature using comparative and historical methods 
D) the use of reaction time experiments to measure the speed of information processing and make inferences about basic elements of consciousness 
A) an approach that argues psychology should focus introspectively on discovering the elements of consciousness rather than their functions 
B) an approach to psychology that emphasizes conscious experiences of will or voluntary effort 
C) nonexperimental psychology that explores communal and cultural products of human nature using comparative and historical methods 
D) the use of reaction time experiments to measure the speed of information processing and make inferences about basic elements of consciousness

Question 18

Match the definition with the term.
-directed association

Accepted Answer

A) introspective accounts of consciousness free of identifiable sensations or feelings 
B) preliminary orientations toward stimuli,which are outside of conscious awareness,but influence a subject's associations 
C) the association of stimulus words according to specific instructions rather than in a completely free fashion 
A) introspective accounts of consciousness free of identifiable sensations or feelings 
B) preliminary orientations toward stimuli,which are outside of conscious awareness,but influence a subject's associations 
C) the association of stimulus words according to specific instructions rather than in a completely free fashion

Question 19

For Wundt,the most striking conclusion from his early "thought meter" experiment was that

Accepted Answer

A)  both the sound and the sight of a pendulum reaching its farthest extent could be registered in his consciousness simultaneously. 
B)  if he concentrated on the sound he was unable to process the sight. 
C)  if he concentrated on the sight the sound seemed quieter. 
D)  separate and measurable acts of attention were required to register first the sound and then the sight of the pendulum's position. 
A)  both the sound and the sight of a pendulum reaching its farthest extent could be registered in his consciousness simultaneously. 
B)  if he concentrated on the sound he was unable to process the sight. 
C)  if he concentrated on the sight the sound seemed quieter. 
D)  separate and measurable acts of attention were required to register first the sound and then the sight of the pendulum's position.

Question 20

Match the study with the researcher.
-Eleanor Acheson McCulloch Gamble

Accepted Answer

A) an experiment with a "thought meter," which challenged the idea that when two separate stimuli strike our sense at the same time we become consciously aware of them at the same instant 
B) extensive introspective studies of the elements of consciousness that produced an estimated 43,000 distinct elements of sensory experience 
C) introspective analyzes of the basic elements of smell,which produced an estimat-ed just noticeable difference for intensities of smell 
A) an experiment with a "thought meter," which challenged the idea that when two separate stimuli strike our sense at the same time we become consciously aware of them at the same instant 
B) extensive introspective studies of the elements of consciousness that produced an estimated 43,000 distinct elements of sensory experience 
C) introspective analyzes of the basic elements of smell,which produced an estimat-ed just noticeable difference for intensities of smell

For Wundt,the most basic unit of thought is

Match the publication with the author. -Eleanor Acheson McCulloch Gamble

Match the definition with the term. -mental chronometry

Match the definition with the term. -Völkerpsychologie

Johann Zöllner,Wundt's older colleague and one-time supporter at Leipzig,came to bitterly oppose him because of Wundt's

Wundt classified feelings according to what three basic dimensions?

Match the definition with the term. -creative synthesis

Match the idea with the researcher who championed it. -Oswald Külpe

Match the definition with the term. -introspection

Hermann Ebbinghaus was particularly pleased because the results of his memory experiments

In recent years,Wundt's theories have been newly appreciated for their relevance to which current psychological specialty?

Wundt's former student Oswald Külpe started his own laboratory,where research focused on which of the following subjects?

In Wundt's theory,a creative synthesis accompanies acts of

Titchener insisted that introspectors should avoid imposing "meaning" or "interpretation" on their subjects,thereby eliminating what he called

Define Völkerpsychologie.

Match the definition with the term. -voluntaristic psychology

Match the definition with the term. -directed association

For Wundt,the most striking conclusion from his early "thought meter" experiment was that

Match the study with the researcher. -Eleanor Acheson McCulloch Gamble

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

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

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 6: Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

For Wundt,the most basic unit of thought is

Match the publication with the author. -Eleanor Acheson McCulloch Gamble

Match the definition with the term. -mental chronometry

Match the definition with the term. -Völkerpsychologie

Johann Zöllner,Wundt's older colleague and one-time supporter at Leipzig,came to bitterly oppose him because of Wundt's

Wundt classified feelings according to what three basic dimensions?

Match the definition with the term. -creative synthesis

Match the idea with the researcher who championed it. -Oswald Külpe

Match the definition with the term. -introspection

Hermann Ebbinghaus was particularly pleased because the results of his memory experiments

In recent years,Wundt's theories have been newly appreciated for their relevance to which current psychological specialty?

Wundt's former student Oswald Külpe started his own laboratory,where research focused on which of the following subjects?

In Wundt's theory,a creative synthesis accompanies acts of

Titchener insisted that introspectors should avoid imposing "meaning" or "interpretation" on their subjects,thereby eliminating what he called

Define Völkerpsychologie.

Match the definition with the term. -voluntaristic psychology

Match the definition with the term. -directed association

For Wundt,the most striking conclusion from his early "thought meter" experiment was that

Match the study with the researcher. -Eleanor Acheson McCulloch Gamble

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

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

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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