Question 1

Eleanor Gibson's studies of the responses of visually inexperienced animals and human infants to the "visual cliff" seem to

Accepted Answer

A)  support Helmholtz's nativist perceptual theory. 
B)  refute Helmholtz's trichromatic theory. 
C)  disconfirm aspects of Helmholtz's empiricist perceptual theory. 
D)  support Helmholtz's theory of unconscious inference.

Question 2

Match the definition with the term.
-complementary colors

Accepted Answer

A) pairs of colors which,when mixed together,create a sensation of white light in-distinguishable from full sunlight 
B) the alteration of spatial perception through experience 
C) the three colors on the color spectrum that are the building blocks for all kinds of color sensation 
D) the unconscious adoption of certain rules that operate like the major premises in logical syllogisms

Question 3

Match the definition with the term.
-the power (Stevens's)law

Accepted Answer

A) capable of expressing psychophysical relationships when subjective intensities in-crease at a faster rate than physical intensities 
B) proposal that the retina contains three different kinds of light-sensitive receptor cells,each one responding most strongly to light waves of one of the three prima-ry colors 
C) states that the subjective intensity (S)of a stimulus measured in jnd units is pro-portional to the logarithm of its physical intensity (P)times some constant (k)

Question 4

A major consequence of the adoption of the doctrine of physiological mechanism by Helmholtz and his fellow students was that they

Accepted Answer

A)  were encouraged to try to solve problems that previously seemed unsolvable, such as analyzing and measuring the nervous impulse. 
B)  were motivated to perform the ultimate experiment, disproving vitalism completely. 
C)  lost support from their superiors, including Müller, and had extra challenges in pursuing their later careers. 
D)  were able to develop the law of specific nerve energies.

Question 5

Match the individual with the doctrine.
-Psychophysics

Accepted Answer

A) Gustav Fechner 
B) Hermann Helmholtz 
C) Johannes Müller 
D) Kurt Koffka

Question 6

The idea that all living things are imbued with an ultimately unanalyzable "life force" is the major tenet of what doctrine?

Accepted Answer

A)  mechanism 
B)  vitalism 
C)  conservation of energy 
D)  transcendental idealism

Question 7

Match the definition with the term.
-phenomenal world

Accepted Answer

A) objects in a "pure" state independent of human experience 
B) the dimensions of space and time according to which the mind automatically lo-cates experience 
C) the subjective experience of external reality as it impacts the human mind

Question 8

Match the definition with the term.
-physiological mechanism

Accepted Answer

A) the doctrine that all living organisms possess a nonphysical "life force" essential for life and not open to scientific study 
B) the doctrine that all physiological process may be understood in terms of physical and chemical principles 
C) the study of relationships between the objectively measured intensities of various stimuli and the subjective impressions of those intensities 
D) the study of the ways the mind organizes experiences and perceptions into orga-nized wholes that are more than the sums of their separate parts

Question 9

Gestalt-trained psychologist __________ argued that every individual lives within a unique psychological field or __________,which is the totality of the individual's psychological situation at any given moment.

Accepted Answer

A)  Kurt Lewin; life space 
B)  Kurt Lewin; force field 
C)  Kurt Goldstein; life space 
D)  Kurt Goldstein; force field

Question 10

Match the definition with the term.
-law of specific nerve energies

Accepted Answer

A) All kinds of forces in the universe are potentially interchangeable forms of a sin-gle huge but quantitatively fixed reservoir of energy. 
B) All living organisms possess a nonphysical "life force" essential for life and not open to scientific analysis. 
C) All physiological process may be understood in terms of physical and chemical principles. 
D) Each sensory nerve in the body only carries one kind of sensation.

Question 11

Who of the following was NOT a founder of the movement known as Gestalt psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Max Wertheimer 
B)  Kurt Koffka 
C)  Wolfgang Köhler 
D)  Ernst Weber

Question 12

The inspiring idea that led most directly to Fechner's development of psychophysics was

Accepted Answer

A)  Helmholtz's concept of conservation of energy. 
B)  Newton's conception of the solar spectrum. 
C)  Wertheimer's discovery of the phi phenomenon. 
D)  Weber's demonstration of the jnd.

Question 13

Relative to Kant in his theory of visual perception,Helmholtz was more

Accepted Answer

A)  nativist. 
B)  rationalist. 
C)  idealist. 
D)  empiricist.

Question 14

Match the book with its author.
-Helmholtz

Accepted Answer

A) Nanna,or on the Soul-life of Plants 
B) Principles of Gestalt Psychology 
C) Productive Thinking 
D) The Theory of the Sensation of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music

Question 15

Match the definition with the term.
-noumenal world

Accepted Answer

A) objects in a "pure" state independent of human experience 
B) the dimensions of space and time according to which the mind automatically lo-cates experience 
C) the subjective experience of external reality as it impacts the human mind

Question 16

A photograph providing an image identical to what is recorded by the eye would feature

Accepted Answer

A)  a fully in-focus scene. 
B)  only ten percent of the total visual field. 
C)  the center of the scene in shades of grey and the rest in blurred colors. 
D)  all but the center of the scene as blurred.

Question 17

Match the definition with the term.
-intuitions

Accepted Answer

A) objects in a "pure" state independent of human experience 
B) the dimensions of space and time according to which the mind automatically lo-cates experience 
C) the subjective experience of external reality as it impacts the human mind

Question 18

What important experiment did Helmholtz perform with severed frog legs?

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

Match the book with its author.
-Koffka

Accepted Answer

A) Nanna,or on the Soul-life of Plants 
B) Principles of Gestalt Psychology 
C) Productive Thinking 
D) The Theory of the Sensation of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music

Question 20

Match the definition with the term.
-perceptions

Accepted Answer

A) a small part of the retina where the optic nerve exits and which therefore contains no light-sensitive cells 
B) the meaningful interpretations of the "raw elements" of conscious experience 
C) the measured time that elapses between the presentation of a stimulus and the performance of a specified response 
D) the "raw elements" of conscious experience that require no learning or prior expe-rience

Exam 5: The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Eleanor Gibson's studies of the responses of visually inexperienced animals and human infants to the "visual cliff" seem to

Match the definition with the term. -complementary colors

Match the definition with the term. -the power (Stevens's) law

A major consequence of the adoption of the doctrine of physiological mechanism by Helmholtz and his fellow students was that they

Match the individual with the doctrine. -Psychophysics

The idea that all living things are imbued with an ultimately unanalyzable "life force" is the major tenet of what doctrine?

Match the definition with the term. -phenomenal world

Match the definition with the term. -physiological mechanism

Gestalt-trained psychologist argued that every individual lives within a unique psychological field or ,which is the totality of the individual's psychological situation at any given moment.

Match the definition with the term. -law of specific nerve energies

Who of the following was NOT a founder of the movement known as Gestalt psychology?

The inspiring idea that led most directly to Fechner's development of psychophysics was

Relative to Kant in his theory of visual perception,Helmholtz was more

Match the book with its author. -Helmholtz

Match the definition with the term. -noumenal world

A photograph providing an image identical to what is recorded by the eye would feature

Match the definition with the term. -intuitions

What important experiment did Helmholtz perform with severed frog legs?

Match the book with its author. -Koffka

Match the definition with the term. -perceptions