Exam 8: Early Developments in Physiology and the Rise of Experimental Psychology

The Bell-Magendie law was significant because:

The examination of the skull to determine the magnitude of a person's faculties in the brain was called faculty psychology.

Weber called the smallest difference that could be detected between two stimuli the:

Helmholtz found that when individuals who had been blind since birth acquired sight they:

Which of the following is associated with Gall?

The work of such researchers as Broca,Fritsch,Hitzig,and Ferrier did not support phrenology because:

Fechner attempted to quantify the variables that determine the extent to which a work of art is appealing and in so doing he created the field of:

Müller proposed the doctrine of specific nerve energies.

Describe the psychophysical methods developed by Fechner.

Kant and Helmholtz agreed that:

Kant's account of perception was ____,while Helmholtz's account was ____.

In explaining auditory perception,Helmholtz assumed that a sound wave of a particular frequency caused the appropriate fiber in the ____ to vibrate.

Ladd-Franklin's theory of color vision was based on:

Using the method of ____,pairs of stimuli are presented to the subject.One stimulus remains the same,the standard,and the other varies from one presentation to the next.

Müller's contention that there were five types of sensory nerves,each containing a characteristic energy,was called:

Müller and Helmholtz agreed on the concept of vitalism.

Helmholtz changed slightly the color vision of ____ and supported it with experimental evidence.

Fechner found that for the magnitude of a sensation to rise arithmetically,the magnitude of stimulation must rise:

Examining the protrusions and depressions on person's skull to determine the strength of his or her faculties was called:

Weber's work indicated that the JND is a variable measure based on many factors.