HISTORY OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY 11TH
EDITION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Wilhelm Wundt
Answer: german physiologist who founded psychology as a formal
science; opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879
◉ 3 primary sources of knowledge and information from Greeks
that determined how science developed in western world
Answer: 1. Greek Philosophy (ethics)
2. Metaphysics (Philosophy)
3. Epistemology
◉ Epistemology
Answer: BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT EXAMINES THE NATURE
OF KNOWLEDGE
◉ school of thought
Answer: Refers to a group of psychologists who become associated
ideologically, and sometimes geographically, with the leader of a
movement.
, ◉ Preparadigmatic
Answer: the stage in the development of a science when it is still
divided into schools of thought
◉ Has psychology reached the paradigmatic stage
Answer: No. Many schools of thought still exist. No standard method
or technique integrates the field.
◉ Structuralism
Answer: Titchener's system of psychology that explains human
behaviors as a function of conscious experience that is unique and
deepens on the individual who experiences each unit of
consciousness. Different perceptions of reality are based on different
experiences of environment.
◉ Functionalism
Answer: William James. How mind is used as adaption to
environment. Different environment = different behaviors.
◉ William James
Answer: founder of functionalism; studied how humans use
perception to function in our environment
EDITION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Wilhelm Wundt
Answer: german physiologist who founded psychology as a formal
science; opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879
◉ 3 primary sources of knowledge and information from Greeks
that determined how science developed in western world
Answer: 1. Greek Philosophy (ethics)
2. Metaphysics (Philosophy)
3. Epistemology
◉ Epistemology
Answer: BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT EXAMINES THE NATURE
OF KNOWLEDGE
◉ school of thought
Answer: Refers to a group of psychologists who become associated
ideologically, and sometimes geographically, with the leader of a
movement.
, ◉ Preparadigmatic
Answer: the stage in the development of a science when it is still
divided into schools of thought
◉ Has psychology reached the paradigmatic stage
Answer: No. Many schools of thought still exist. No standard method
or technique integrates the field.
◉ Structuralism
Answer: Titchener's system of psychology that explains human
behaviors as a function of conscious experience that is unique and
deepens on the individual who experiences each unit of
consciousness. Different perceptions of reality are based on different
experiences of environment.
◉ Functionalism
Answer: William James. How mind is used as adaption to
environment. Different environment = different behaviors.
◉ William James
Answer: founder of functionalism; studied how humans use
perception to function in our environment
