Exam 8: Applied Psychology: the Legacy of Functionalism

Cattell agreed to employ Witmer at the University of Pennsylvania if he would ____.​

Which American psychologist is noteworthy for writing in industrial/organizational psychology,psychotherapy,and forensic psychology?​

Which early psychologist "rescued" the journal Science?​

Münsterberg made direct suggestions to his patients about how he believed they could be cured.

The use of physiological responses to assess a person's truthfulness was proposed by ____.​

Scott wrote that the sense organs are the "windows of the soul."

The technique of telling consumers to "Use Brand X!" is traceable to ____ law of ____.​

The two most profound influences on the growth of clinical psychology as a specialty were ____.​

Scott's approach to the assessment of intelligence was novel in that he examined how people use their cognitive abilities rather than only how much of a particular ability they have.

Cattell's Ph.D.was earned with ____.​

The testing movement even spread to ways to identify potential baseball players.

A significant finding by Witmer was that behavior disorders and cognitive deficits are substantially influenced by a child's environment.

The largest "family" of second-generation psychologists was fostered by ____.​

According to the intelligence testing of U.S.army recruits,which group scored higher on average?​

Cattell's interest in psychology was provoked by ____.

Woodworth's Personal Data Sheet was designed to ____.​

Essentially,the first generation of American psychologists was educated by Wundt yet he had less influence on American psychology than did Darwin and Galton.Discuss the reasons for this paradox.​

The first major alternative market for PhDs in psychology was the field of education.

Binet's test was introduced to the United States by Terman.

Who argued for the sterilization of mental defectives and delinquents and cash incentives for the best and the brightest to marry and have children?​