Question 1

Dewey's position was that ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​structure and function cannot be meaningfully separated 
B) form follows function 
C) ​function follows form 
D) reflexes travel in a straight line 
E) None of the choices are correct.

Question 2

The notion of analysis of consciousness is,in James's view,the ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​psychologists' fallacy 
B) strength of experimentation 
C) ​difference between immediate and mediate experience 
D) basic difference between structuralism and functionalism 
E) difference between religion and spirituality

Question 3

The idea of "objective experience" would be ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​consistent with James's position 
B) contrary to James's position 
C) ​congruent with the idea of immediate experience 
D) consistent with James's definition of consciousness 
E) consistent with James's synthetic philosophy

Question 4

James borrowed the term stream of consciousness from Brentano.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

James was interested in the physiological influences on behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

James's position on psychophysics was to ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​reject it because it is a field of physiology,not psychology 
B) reject Fechner's methods 
C) ​reject Weber's Law and Fechner's Law 
D) accept it as a component of psychology to be studied by experimentation 
E) incorporate it into his subsequent research on phenomena such as séances

Question 7

Who was the founder and first president of the American Psychological Association?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​James 
B) Hall 
C) ​Wundt 
D) Jung 
E) Freud

Question 8

Spencer developed synthetic philosophy,which was an attempt to ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​bring together the works of Darwin and Wundt to form a new school of psychology 
B) ban the use of animal experimentation in psychology 
C) ​use evolutionary theory as a way to understand any process that undergoes change and development 
D) argue that consciousness had no use since it did not aid survival.therefore,psychology should give up the study of consciousness 
E) introduce the idea that evolution should be guided by governmental programs to "synthetically" direct evolution in a particular direction

Question 9

The theory that the psychological development of children repeats the history of the human race is known as the ____ theory,proposed by ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​mental evolution;Hall 
B) recapitulation;Hall 
C) ​mental phylogeny;Cattell 
D) mental phylogeny;James 
E) psychical phylogeny;Münsterberg

Question 10

Hall had an interest in ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​psychic phenomena 
B) music and tones 
C) ​religion 
D) emotions 
E) the education of women

Question 11

Angell argued that functional psychology is concerned with psychophysical associations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Whose Ph.D.work was described as the "most brilliant examination for the PhD that we have ever had at Harvard"?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Woolley 
B) Calkins 
C) ​Hollingworth 
D) Dewey 
E) Washburn

Question 13

Who did Darwin call "our philosopher"?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Spencer 
B) James 
C) ​Dewey 
D) Hollerith 
E) Cattell

Question 14

Although Woolley's and Hollingworth's research refuted the notion of male superiority,it did not disconfirm the variability hypothesis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Lifespan developmental psychology is reflected in whose work?​

Accepted Answer

A) Cattell​ 
B) Scott 
C) ​Münsterberg 
D) Yerkes 
E) Hall

Question 16

The notion of a "motherhood instinct" was ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​supported by Woolley's research 
B) refuted by Woolley's research 
C) ​supported by Hollingworth's research 
D) refuted by Hollingworth's research 
E) supported by Woolley's research on the maternal behaviors displayed by mothers of gifted children

Question 17

According to Woodworth,psychological knowledge must begin with ____.

Accepted Answer

A) ​the stimulus and response 
B) animal psychology and then move to human psychology 
C) ​nonexperimental observation 
D) the living organism 
E) introspection

Question 18

For James,one's stream of consciousness ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​can be reduced to sensations by introspection 
B) can be reduced to components by experimental methods without introspection 
C) ​is distorted when analyzed into distinct elements 
D) reflects the continuous movement of material from nonconscious to conscious 
E) reflects the continuous synthesis of elements through the principles of association

Question 19

Spencer's philosophy was ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Darwinism 
B) natural selection 
C) ​survival of the fittest 
D) eugenics 
E) pragmatism

Question 20

The hallmark of Woodworth's psychology was his ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​focus on motivation 
B) focus on the dynamics of conscious experience 
C) ​focus on intervening variables 
D) refusal to ascribe to a particular system or school of thought 
E) protest against functionalism

Exam 7: Functionalism: Development and Founding

Dewey's position was that ____.

The notion of analysis of consciousness is,in James's view,the ____.

The idea of "objective experience" would be ____.

James borrowed the term stream of consciousness from Brentano.

James was interested in the physiological influences on behavior.

James's position on psychophysics was to ____.

Who was the founder and first president of the American Psychological Association?

Spencer developed synthetic philosophy,which was an attempt to ____.

The theory that the psychological development of children repeats the history of the human race is known as the theory,proposed by .

Hall had an interest in ____.

Angell argued that functional psychology is concerned with psychophysical associations.

Whose Ph.D.work was described as the "most brilliant examination for the PhD that we have ever had at Harvard"?

Who did Darwin call "our philosopher"?

Although Woolley's and Hollingworth's research refuted the notion of male superiority,it did not disconfirm the variability hypothesis.

Lifespan developmental psychology is reflected in whose work?

The notion of a "motherhood instinct" was ____.

According to Woodworth,psychological knowledge must begin with ____.

For James,one's stream of consciousness ____.

Spencer's philosophy was ____.

The hallmark of Woodworth's psychology was his ____.

Exam 7: Functionalism: Development and Founding

Dewey's position was that ____.​

The notion of analysis of consciousness is,in James's view,the ____.​

The idea of "objective experience" would be ____.​

James borrowed the term stream of consciousness from Brentano.

James was interested in the physiological influences on behavior.

James's position on psychophysics was to ____.​

Who was the founder and first president of the American Psychological Association?​

Spencer developed synthetic philosophy,which was an attempt to ____.​

The theory that the psychological development of children repeats the history of the human race is known as the ____ theory,proposed by ____.​

Hall had an interest in ____.​

Angell argued that functional psychology is concerned with psychophysical associations.

Whose Ph.D.work was described as the "most brilliant examination for the PhD that we have ever had at Harvard"?​

Who did Darwin call "our philosopher"?​

Although Woolley's and Hollingworth's research refuted the notion of male superiority,it did not disconfirm the variability hypothesis.

Lifespan developmental psychology is reflected in whose work?​

The notion of a "motherhood instinct" was ____.​

According to Woodworth,psychological knowledge must begin with ____.

For James,one's stream of consciousness ____.​

Spencer's philosophy was ____.​

The hallmark of Woodworth's psychology was his ____.​

Dewey's position was that ____.

The notion of analysis of consciousness is,in James's view,the ____.

The idea of "objective experience" would be ____.

James's position on psychophysics was to ____.

Who was the founder and first president of the American Psychological Association?

Spencer developed synthetic philosophy,which was an attempt to ____.

The theory that the psychological development of children repeats the history of the human race is known as the theory,proposed by .

Hall had an interest in ____.

Whose Ph.D.work was described as the "most brilliant examination for the PhD that we have ever had at Harvard"?

Who did Darwin call "our philosopher"?

Lifespan developmental psychology is reflected in whose work?

The notion of a "motherhood instinct" was ____.

For James,one's stream of consciousness ____.

Spencer's philosophy was ____.

The hallmark of Woodworth's psychology was his ____.