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*Which of the following is the most complete definition of psychology?*
a. the science of abnormal behavior and thoughts
b. the science of behavior
c. the science of mental processes
d. the science of behavior and mental processes
e. the art of behavior and mental processes - ANSWER ✔✔d. the
science of behavior and mental processes
,*Which Greek philosopher first espoused that people are motivated by a
pleasure principle?*
a. Socrates
b. Plato
c. Sophocles
d. Confucius
e. Aristotle - ANSWER ✔✔e. Aristotle
*Socrates is associated with all of the following EXCEPT:*
a. An emphasis on the senses in understanding the world
b. A focus on self-exploration
c. A belief in acquiring knowledge through thought and reason
d. "The unexamined life is not worth living"
e. "Know thyself" - ANSWER ✔✔a. An emphasis on the senses in
understanding the world
*Psychology made the transition from philosophy to science with which
event?*
a. Fechner published Elements of Psychophysics.
,b. Confucius proposed the idea that humans have an inborn capacity for
good.
c. G. Stanley Hall founded the American Psychological Association.
d. Titchener brought methods of introspection to the U.S.
e. Wundt founded the first psychological laboratory. - ANSWER ✔✔e.
Wundt founded the first psychological laboratory.
*______ refers to the ways in which the intensity and other physical
characteristics of stimuli give rise to our psychological experience of
them.*
a. Psychophysics b. Introspection
c. Structuralism
d. Gestalt
e. Functionalism - ANSWER ✔✔a. Psychophysics
*G. Stanley Hall is known for all of the following EXCEPT:*
a. He founded the American Psychological Association.
b. He is considered the founder of American psychology.
c. He was the first president of the American Psychological Association.
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, d. He established the first psychological laboratory in the U.S.
e. He was the first American to work in Wundt's laboratory. -
ANSWER ✔✔b. He is considered the founder of American
psychology.
*Which of the following early pioneers of psychology became the first
scientist of the mind?*
a. Fechner
b. von Helmholtz
c. James
d. Wundt
e. Titchener - ANSWER ✔✔d. Wundt
*You have been assigned to write a report on Wilhelm Wundt's
contributions to psychology. Which would be the most useful term for an
Internet search?*
a. introspection
b. psychodynamic
c. behaviorism
d. association e. humanism - ANSWER ✔✔a. introspection