Question 1) According to Carr, which of the following is a necessary part of an adaptive act? Correct! a motive or need a cognitive process an opposing force a link to reproduction Question 2) According to Titchener, all feelings can be explained by employing the dimension of:   tension-relaxation excitement-calm Correct   pleasantness-unpleasantness joy-sadness Question 3) Affections are represented by: Correct!   Elements of emotions Elements of ideas Elements of perceptions Elements of Consciousness Question 4) A theory was proposed and it has proven good at explaining and predicting key phenomena -- however the researchers have had difficulty determining the truth or falseness of the theory describes  Pragmatism Instrumentalism You Answered   Fallibilism Empiricism Question 5) Causation of human behavior can also occur outside the individual is an idea suggested by _____ and enhanced/continued by _____

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Question 1) According to Carr, which of the following is a necessary part of an adaptive act?

Correct!

a motive or need

a cognitive process

an opposing force

a link to reproduction

Question 2)

According to Titchener, all feelings can be explained by employing the dimension of:  

tension-relaxation

excitement-calm

Correct  

pleasantness-unpleasantness

joy-sadness

Question 3)

Affections are represented by:

Correct!  

Elements of emotions

Elements of ideas

Elements of perceptions

Elements of Consciousness

Question 4)

A theory was proposed and it has proven good at explaining and predicting key phenomena -- however the researchers have had difficulty determining the truth or falseness of the theory describes

 Pragmatism

Instrumentalism

You Answered  

Fallibilism

Empiricism

Question 5)

Causation of human behavior can also occur outside the individual is an idea suggested by _____ and enhanced/continued by _____.

Aristotle/James

James/Wertheimer

Correct!  

Galileo/Lewin

Kant/Lewin

Question 6)

Children’s nature is NOT comprised of this per John Dewey

Correct!  

Rational

Curious

Social

Expressive

Question 7)

Early U.S. Psychology has been divided into __________ stages.

  two

three

Correct!  

four

five

Question 8)

Empiricists see sensation as the building blocks of our

  Thought process

You Answered  

Perception

Comprehension

Conscious experience

Question 9

Everyone agrees that the recognized founder of Functionalism was

 John Dewey

You Answered  

William James

Hugo Munsterberg

No such agreement exists

Question 10)

For Titchener, the ____ of psychology involved a search for the neurological correlates of mental events.

  what

how

Correct!  

why

when

Question 11

For Wertheimer, the essence of the gestalt approach was that there are

You Answered  

Wholes that are determined by the nature of their parts rather than the other way around

Wholes that determine the nature of their parts rather than the other way around

Parts that exist separately from the wholes of which they are part

Parts that have intrinsic qualities apart from the wholes of which they are part

Question 12

Gesaltists believe that sensations are the building blocks of conscious experience.

True

Correct!  

False

Question 13

Gestaltists believed that consciousness could

be reduced

Correct! 

not be reduced

explain behavior

explain cognition

Question 14

He studied in the area of Forensic Psychology.

 William James

You Answered  

John Dewey

Hugo Munsterberg 

Wolfgang Kohler

Question 15

Hugo Munsterberg was seen as one of the first, if not the first applied psychologist.

Correct!True
False

Question 16

In explaining how the elements of thought combine, Titchener emphasized:

  apperception

creative synthesis

Correct!  

traditional associationism

an active mind

Question 17)

James believed that the experimental method was the only technique to be employed and the one we should focus on utilizing.

  True

Correct!  

False

Question 18

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John Dewey was a pioneer of progressive education, which is NOT a part of his view

take into account the interests of the child

an strong emphasis should be placed on child centered learning

avoid reliance on traditional views of education with a focus on integrating curriculum

Correct!  

All were part of his views

Question 19

Lewin believed that external forces at any given moment affect the behavior of an organism.

Correct!  

True

False

Question 20

Our mind wants to make the most meaningful yet easiest interpretation of stimuli it can generate is called:

  Minimization of perception

You Answered  

Least possible perception

Minimum principle of perception

Occam's rule of perception

Question 21

Per Gestaltists, an organism learns principles or relationships, not specific responses to specific situations.

  Transfer-training

Insight learning

Correct!  

Transposition

Trial and error

Question 22

Per Wundt, higher mental processes are reflected in

  Dreams

Correct!  

Human Culture

History

Art

Question 23

Phi phenomenon tested by ___________ had influence on ________ theory of______.

  Hugo Münsterberg; Kohler; insight learning

Max Wertheimer; Kohler; film

Hugo Münsterberg; Max Wertheimer; insight learning

Correct!  

Max Wertheimer; Hugo Münsterberg; film

Question 24

Research participants today are treated like blank slates (tabula rasa).  

True

You Answered  

False

Question 25

Retrospection was used

  as an alternative to introspection

You Answered  

as a tool to examine the unconscious

to avoid contamination and as an alternative to introspection

Question 26

Retrospection would be impacted by

poor memory

the need for spontaneous occurrences

Correct!  

both poor memory and spontaneous occurrences

none of the items are correct

Question 27

The central concept on Wundt's voluntarism was:

association

involuntary behavior

Correct!  

will

apperceptive mass

Question 28

The first school of psychology

Functionalism

You Answered  

Structuralism

Voluntarism

ACT psychology

Question 29

The functionalist that most impacted behaviorism was

  W. James

J. Dewey

You Answered  

B.F. Skinner

E. Thorndike

Question 30

The mind is represented by:

  Elements of emotions

Elements of ideas

Elements of perceptions

Correct!  

Elements of consciousness

Question 31

The number representing the speed of sound is named after E. Titchener for his contributions in physics.

  True

Correct!  

False

Question 32

The theory of evolution played a significant role in the philosophy of functionalism.

Correct!  

True

False

Question 33

The very intent to observe X, you alter the psychological process you are trying to observe. This suggests that there may be

  contamination

ambiguity

You Answered  

confounds

none of the choices

Question 34

This is the cornerstone of functionalism.

Correct!  

pragmatism

consequences

truth

none of the other options

Question 35

This researcher examined the area of learning.

Correct!  

Kohler

Koffka

Wertheimer

James

Question 36

Titchener defined ____ as the sum total of mental experience at any given moment.

  the mind

Correct!  

the consciousness

the apperceptive mass

general impression

Question 37

Which item is NOT a component of structuralism?

  Focus on elements

Examine the components of consciousness

Focus on the organization of elements

You Answered  

Association gives meaning to sensations

Question 38

William James doubts the existence of absolute or objective truth.

Correct!  

True

False

Question 39

William James view of consciousness as experience in continuous flux best resembles

  Hume's notion of self (Bundle theory)

Locke's view of psychological continuity

You Answered  

Descartes' dualism

Berkeley's perception

Question 40

Wundt, the father of experimental psychology saw that experimentation was useful to examine both basic and complex phenomena.

  True

Correct!  

False