Psyc 375- History of psychology- Practice Questions With Correct Answers

Psyc 375- History of psychology- Practice
Questions With Correct Answers

In the first stage of psychology in the U.S., which famous British figure
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influenced the field most? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Locke
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In the second stage of psychology in the U.S., Americans aligned with
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the Scottish school, which believed that ________. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Sensory information could be taken at face value | | | | | | |




Which statement is true of structuralism and functionalism? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-The two schools were adversaries and did not get along
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together


Mia is interested in what processes in the mind are for rather than being
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interested in what the processes are like. Which school would Mia most
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closely align with? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Functionalism
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Which statement below is true of functionalists? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-They were very interested in studying motivation. | | | | | |

,Functionalists accepted ________ as legitimate subject matter for
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psychology. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-both mental processes and
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behavior


A psychologist believes that the value of any psychological theory
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depends on its usefulness. Like William James, this psychologist
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subscribes to ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pragmatism
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James believed that consciousness ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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is useful
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According to James, what determines a person's self-esteem? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the ratio of things attempted to things achieved
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What does the treatment known as reciprocal antagonism involve? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-strengthening the thought opposite to those
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causing problems
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Münsterberg was at least partially responsible for forming all of the
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following subfields of psychology EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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dynamic psychology
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,Calkins invented the ________ to study the influence of frequency,
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recency, and vividness on memory. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-paired
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association technique |




Hall focused primarily upon which phase of human life? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-adolescence


Hall believed...
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a. girls and boys should be educated together
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b. each individual went through the stages of human evolution in a
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single lifetime
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c. masturbation was healthy and normal for adolescent boys
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d. few people underwent religious conversion in their adolescence -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B) each individual went through the stages of
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human evolution in a single lifetime
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Which famous psychologist was most instrumental in efforts to
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desegregate schools in the 1950s? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Clark
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A third-grade teacher avoids drills and rote memorization in her
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classroom in order to give children as much hands-on time as possible
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actually doing the skills she wants them to learn. This teacher's
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approach best aligns with ________'s. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Dewey
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, Functionalism had strong ties to ________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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evolutionary theory |




A unit of behavior that includes a need, an environmental setting, and a
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response that satisfies the need is known as a(n) _________. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-adaptive act |




What was dynamic psychology focused on? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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motivation


What was the purpose of Morgan's canon? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to
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avoid anthropocentrism
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An animal trainer encourages a dog owner to praise desired behavior in
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order for it to appear more often and to punish the dog when it displays
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undesirable behavior so that undesirable behavior will appear less
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often. This advice follows the ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The
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law of effect
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Baldwin was a known critic and rival to ________. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Titchener


Baldwin's work had a big influence on which famous psychologist? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Piaget |