Exam 6: Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

Wundtian psychology was mistakenly characterized for many years in English-speaking countries as "structuralism" for all of the reasons below EXCEPT

Hermann Ebbinghaus's study of memory is considered historically important because

Which were the four basic dimensions of sensations in Wundt's scheme?

The title (in translation)of the psychology journal founded by Wilhelm Wundt in 1881 was

Define the stimulus error.

Describe Hermann Ebbinghaus's investigations of memory.

Match the definition with the term. -stimulus error

Match the definition with the term. -feelings

Titchener's group,known as the "Experimentalists," were notable for

Match the definition with the term. -imageless thoughts

Wundt's "thought meter" experiment challenged which of the following?

For Wundt,the most important units of analysis in the study of language are what?

Wundt's former student Oswald Külpe went on to establish his own laboratory which conducted introspective experiments on __________,which Wundt objected to because __________.

Which of the following was NOT an essential aspect of Wundt's research on mental chronometry?

Match the definition with the term. -subtractive method

As indicated by studies in Wundt's laboratory,what was the maximum number of individual units that could be apperceived at once?

Ebbinghaus's finding that memory for a learned task drops off most steeply immediately after the learning and then declines more slowly exemplifies the __________.

Why did Oswald Külpe came to disagree with his former teacher Wundt?

Titchener strongly advocated an approach to psychology he called

Experimental psychologist Narziss Ach expanded introspective psychology by