History of Psychology, 3e | Student Quiz 5

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Question 1:

In an early experiment, Wundt analyzed the content of salt in ________.
a) his favourite foods
b) his urine
c) tap water
d) his saliva

Question 2:

In a survey of the 10 most important psychologists of all time, who was ranked second after Wundt?
a) James
b) Watson
c) Pavlov
d) Fechner

Question 3:

Which of the following methods did Wundt use in his lab?
a) Naturalistic observation
b) Introspection
c) Self-observation
d) Chemical analysis

Question 4:

In the metronome example described in your textbook, the successive beats have the same ________ characteristics but not the same ________ characteristics.
a) apprehensive; apprehended
b) psychological; physical
c) physical; psychological
d) inner-perception; self-observation

Question 5:

According to Wundt, acts of the will that involve conflicting emotions are called ________.
a) involuntary synthesis
b) involuntary acts
c) creative synthesis
d) voluntary acts

Question 6:

Who modified the Wundt curve?
a) Brentano
b) Berlyne
c) Ebbinghaus
d) Husserl

Question 7:

Ebbinghaus’ nonsense syllables consisted of ________.
a) two vowels followed by a consonant
b) a vowel followed by a consonant followed by a vowel
c) a consonant followed by a vowel followed by a consonant
d) two consonants followed by a vowel

Question 8:

Who believed that the influence of frequency in learning could lead to practical applications?
a) Wundt
b) Calkins
c) Ebbinghaus
d) Brentano

Question 9:

In 1905, who became the first woman president of the American Psychological Association?
a) Mary Whiton Calkins
b) Christine Ladd-Franklin
c) Christine Calkins
d) Mary Whiton Ladd-Franklin

Question 10:

Who was a Catholic priest before turning to psychology?
a) Ebbinghaus
b) Husserl
c) Calkins
d) Brentano

Question 11:

According to Brentano’s psychology, when we listen to a metronome our focus should be on the ________.
a) experience of listening
b) act of listening
c) process of listening
d) emotion of listening

Question 12:

Who argued that by comparing a number of similar experiences we can intuitively grasp their essential nature?
a) Brentano
b) Stumpf
c) Husserl
d) Külpe

Question 13:

Which approach discussed in your textbook tends to be less experimental and more reliant on intuitive descriptions of experience?
a) The phenomenological approach
b) The introspective approach
c) The act approach
d) The Würzburg School’s

Question 14:

The Würzburgers used introspection to study ________ mental processes while Wundt used introspection to study ________ mental processes.
a) basic; simple
b) elementary; complex
c) complex; elaborate
d) complex; elementary

Question 15:

________’s research focused on determining tendencies.
a) Ach
b) Binet
c) Külpe
d) Brentano

Question 16:

Wundt established the first laboratory in experimental psychology.
a) True
b) False

Question 17:

Wundt based his experimental method in part on methods from more established disciplines, such as chemistry.
a) True
b) False

Question 18:

Inner perception is the type of introspection that is casually engaged in by everyone and is open to personal bias.
a) True
b) False

Question 19:

According to Wundt, apprehension describes the tendency for participants to be apprehensive prior to engaging in an experimental study.
a) True
b) False

Question 20:

Völkerpsychologie translates as ‘act psychology’.
a) True
b) False

Question 21:

Ebbinghaus used nonsense syllables in his research on forgetting.
a) True
b) False

Question 22:

Calkins regarded psychology as the study of the self.
a) True
b) False

Question 23:

Stumpf was one of Brentano’s least productive students.
a) True
b) False

Question 24:

Brentano extended Husserl’s concept of intentionality.
a) True
b) False

Question 25:

Binet and members of the Würzburg school came to similar conclusions independently.
a) True
b) False

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History of Psychology, 3e - Quiz: Chapter 5