Question 1

Name Fechner's three psychophysical methods.
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Question 2

What is the basic procedure in each of Fechner's psychophysical methods?

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@#LAT-DLM&comparison of a vari

Question 3

Lotze's theory of local signs asserts that relative locations on the skin or on the retina are innate.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Fechner's experimental esthetics was a quantitative approach to the empirical study of pleasing proportions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is the two-point threshold that was measured by Weber?

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Question 6

What is a just noticeable difference, and what was Weber's law about the jnd?

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@#LAT-DLM&the minimal change in a stimul

Question 7

Mysticism, romanticism, classicism, and interest in "exotic" foreign cultures and languages characterized the German Ortgeist late in the nineteenth century.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Who first used the term "psychology" in the title of a book?

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Question 9

On the mind-body problems, Fechner believed in

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A)  double-aspect monism 
B)  Cartesian dualism 
C)  Berkeleyan idealistic monism 
D)  physicalistic monism 
A)  double-aspect monism 
B)  Cartesian dualism 
C)  Berkeleyan idealistic monism 
D)  physicalistic monism

Question 10

Educational and mathematical psychology were already well established when Herbart wrote his two major works in psychology during the 18th century.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Fechner's psychophysical methods are limited in use exclusively to the laboratory study of sensations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What, according to Herbart, determines whether an idea can enter consciousness?

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Question 13

Herbart's books argued that

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A)  psychology should be empirical and mathematical 
B)  ideas are static until apperceived by repression 
C)  the threshold of consciousness produces the fusion of ideas 
D)  psychological principles should be based on sound educational practices 
A)  psychology should be empirical and mathematical 
B)  ideas are static until apperceived by repression 
C)  the threshold of consciousness produces the fusion of ideas 
D)  psychological principles should be based on sound educational practices

Question 14

Who can be viewed as the founder of modern experimental psychology?

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A)  any of these 
B)  Wundt with his 1879 laboratory in Lepizig 
C)  Fechner with his 1860 Elements of Psychophysics 
D)  James with his 1875 demonstration laboratory at Harvard University 
A)  any of these 
B)  Wundt with his 1879 laboratory in Lepizig 
C)  Fechner with his 1860 Elements of Psychophysics 
D)  James with his 1875 demonstration laboratory at Harvard University

Question 15

Gustav Theodor Fechner invented the psychophysical methods of

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A)  all of these 
B)  limits (or just noticeable differences) 
C)  constant stimuli (or right and wrong cases) 
D)  reproduction (or adjustment or average error) 
A)  all of these 
B)  limits (or just noticeable differences) 
C)  constant stimuli (or right and wrong cases) 
D)  reproduction (or adjustment or average error)

Question 16

Which of these characterized the German Ortgeist at the time of Wundt?

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A)  all of them 
B)  systematic and objective 
C)  concerned with rigorous experimentation 
D)  mystical and romantic 
A)  all of them 
B)  systematic and objective 
C)  concerned with rigorous experimentation 
D)  mystical and romantic

Question 17

What role did unconscious inference play in Helmholtz's account of perception?

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@#LAT-DLM&it is responsible for depth pe

Question 18

Fechner, with his double-aspect monism, was a major proponent of scientific materialism and of associationism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What is evolutionary associationism?

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Name Fechner's three psychophysical methods. Viewable by instructor only Answers to short answer questions for Chapter 5: Wundt's Immediate Predecessors

What is the basic procedure in each of Fechner's psychophysical methods?

Lotze's theory of local signs asserts that relative locations on the skin or on the retina are innate.

Fechner's experimental esthetics was a quantitative approach to the empirical study of pleasing proportions.

What is the two-point threshold that was measured by Weber?

What is a just noticeable difference, and what was Weber's law about the jnd?

Mysticism, romanticism, classicism, and interest in "exotic" foreign cultures and languages characterized the German Ortgeist late in the nineteenth century.

Who first used the term "psychology" in the title of a book?

On the mind-body problems, Fechner believed in

Educational and mathematical psychology were already well established when Herbart wrote his two major works in psychology during the 18th century.

Fechner's psychophysical methods are limited in use exclusively to the laboratory study of sensations.

What, according to Herbart, determines whether an idea can enter consciousness?

Herbart's books argued that

Who can be viewed as the founder of modern experimental psychology?

Gustav Theodor Fechner invented the psychophysical methods of

Which of these characterized the German Ortgeist at the time of Wundt?

What role did unconscious inference play in Helmholtz's account of perception?

Fechner, with his double-aspect monism, was a major proponent of scientific materialism and of associationism.

What is evolutionary associationism?

Introduction

Early Developments

The Lines of Development From Science

The Lines of Development From Philosophy

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 Immediate Post Schools Era

The Last Half of the Twentieth Century

An Evaluation: Psychologys Promising Past and Enigmatic Future

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Name Fechner's three psychophysical methods. Viewable by instructor only Answers to short answer questions for Chapter 5: Wundt's Immediate Predecessors

What is the basic procedure in each of Fechner's psychophysical methods?

Lotze's theory of local signs asserts that relative locations on the skin or on the retina are innate.

Fechner's experimental esthetics was a quantitative approach to the empirical study of pleasing proportions.

What is the two-point threshold that was measured by Weber?

What is a just noticeable difference, and what was Weber's law about the jnd?

Mysticism, romanticism, classicism, and interest in "exotic" foreign cultures and languages characterized the German Ortgeist late in the nineteenth century.

Who first used the term "psychology" in the title of a book?

On the mind-body problems, Fechner believed in

Educational and mathematical psychology were already well established when Herbart wrote his two major works in psychology during the 18th century.

Fechner's psychophysical methods are limited in use exclusively to the laboratory study of sensations.

What, according to Herbart, determines whether an idea can enter consciousness?

Herbart's books argued that

Who can be viewed as the founder of modern experimental psychology?

Gustav Theodor Fechner invented the psychophysical methods of

Which of these characterized the German Ortgeist at the time of Wundt?

What role did unconscious inference play in Helmholtz's account of perception?

Fechner, with his double-aspect monism, was a major proponent of scientific materialism and of associationism.

What is evolutionary associationism?

Introduction

Early Developments

The Lines of Development From Science

The Lines of Development From Philosophy

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 Immediate Post Schools Era

The Last Half of the Twentieth Century

An Evaluation: Psychologys Promising Past and Enigmatic Future

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