Question 1

According to James, human beliefs should be evaluated primarily in terms of

Accepted Answer

A) their consistency 
B) how they square with sacred traditions 
C) the real work they accomplish in the world 
D) their general social acceptance

Question 2

_____ was primarily concerned with mental activity, defined as "the acquisition, fixation, retention, organization, and evaluation of experiences and their subsequent utilization in the guidance of conduct."

Accepted Answer

A) John Dewey 
B) Harvey A. Carr 
C) James Rowland Angell 
D) Robert Sessions Woodworth

Question 3

According to James, the greatest issue in philosophy is the

Accepted Answer

A) free will and determinism issue 
B) monism-pluralism issue 
C) mind-body issue 
D) materialism-idealism issue

Question 4

_____ developed the paired-associate method for studying memory.

Accepted Answer

A) James McKeen Cattell 
B) Leta Stetter Hollingworth 
C) Mary Whiton Calkins 
D) Williams James

Question 5

James's position on free will and determinism is characterized most accurately by which of the following
Statements?

Accepted Answer

A) "God does not play dice with the universe." 
B) "My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will." 
C) "The ego is not master in its own house." 
D) "God is clever, but not malicious."

Question 6

Although Harvard University refused to grant her a Ph.D. _________ served as the first female president of the American Psychological Association, and she argued that the concept of the self should be a major focus in the work of psychologists.

Accepted Answer

A) Leta Stetter Hollingworth 
B) Dorothea Lynde Dix 
C) Margaret Floy Washburn 
D) Mary Whiton Calkins

Question 7

The importance of motivation had been neglected in many early systems of psychology. Which of the following did most to elevate the importance of motivation?

Accepted Answer

A) G. Stanley Hall 
B) James McKeen Cattell 
C) Robert Sessions Woodworth 
D) Leta Stetter Hollingworth

Question 8

Which of the following best characterizes James's view on the roles that definitions should play in our lives?

Accepted Answer

A) definitions are unavoidable and practical, therefore they should be absolutely prescriptive for every 
B) person 
C) a word or definition does not close our quest; a definition is only a program for more work 
D) definitions are answers to the enigmas of life 
E) definitions should always be derived logically and rationally from the larger belief system

Question 9

_____ earned the first Ph.D. in psychology.

Accepted Answer

A) William James 
B) G. Stanley Hall 
C) Hugo Münsterberg 
D) James McKeen Cattell

Question 10

Which of the following best characterizes James's view on emotion?

Accepted Answer

A) the experience of emotion is purely mental 
B) bodily changes are indispensable to the experience of emotion 
C) bodily arousal is not a necessary condition for the experience of emotion 
D) the experience of emotion is dictated exclusively by the cerebral hemispheres

Question 11

The term mental tests was coined by

Accepted Answer

A) William James 
B) John Dewey 
C) James McKeen Cattell 
D) Leta Stetter Hollingworth

Question 12

Functionalism is more consistent with philosophies of _________ whereas structuralism is more consistent with philosophies of ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) being . . . becoming 
B) becoming . . . being 
C) content . . . process 
D) being . . . process

Question 13

Whereas Cattell attempted to measure intelligence by exploring differences in elementary processes such as reaction times, Alfred Binet looked for differences in

Accepted Answer

A) sensory acuity 
B) complex superior processes such as memories for designs and ability to solve spatial problems 
C) compound reaction times 
D) ability to discriminate within all sensory modalities

Question 14

Briefly stated, the so-called variability hypothesis held that in all things

Accepted Answer

A) men are more variable than women 
B) women are more variable than men 
C) humans are more variable among themselves than any other animal species 
D) younger people are more variable than older people

Question 15

Which of the following definitions of psychology would James advocate?

Accepted Answer

A) psychology is the scientific study of behavior 
B) psychology is the scientific study of the elements of mental life 
C) psychology is the science of mental life, both of its phenomena and of their conditions 
D) psychology is the study of human action

Question 16

This individual developed the first successful intelligence test which examined complex mental processes like memory for designs and the ability to solve spatial problems.

Accepted Answer

A) Robert Yerkes 
B) James McKeen Cattell 
C) Alfred Binet 
D) Lewis Terman

Question 17

_____ brought Freud and Jung to America and helped introduce psychoanalysis to the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) Hugo Münsterberg 
B) William James 
C) G. Stanley Hall 
D) Walter Dill Scott

Question 18

Hugo Münsterberg is remembered, among other things, for his pioneering books on ________ and _________.

Accepted Answer

A) intelligence . . . instinct 
B) infancy . . . aging 
C) sensation . . . motivation 
D) psychotherapy . . . industrial psychology

Question 19

Each of the following is included by James as a component of the self EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) the social selves 
B) the material self 
C) the spiritual self 
D) the malevolent self

Question 20

According to William James, there are three components of the self. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Accepted Answer

A) physical self 
B) material self 
C) social self 
D) spiritual self

Exam 12: Functionalism