PSYCHOLOGY THEMES AND VARIATIONS 7TH
CANADIAN EDITION EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What is a Stimulus?
Answer: Detectable input from the Environment
◉ What are examples of Stimuli?
Answer: sight, sound, touch, smell, taste
◉ What is the problem with Structuralism and Introspection?(Why
is it not realistic)
Answer: It does not match how we actually experience the
world/environment
◉ Who is William James?
Answer: Founder of Functionalism
◉ What is Functionalism?
Answer: Investigating the Function/Purpose of Consciousness
◉ What is stream of consciousness?
, Answer: Continuous flow of thoughts in our Consciousness.
◉ Who said "Consciousness, then, does not appear to itself chopped
up in bits. Such words as 'chain' or 'train' do not describe it fitly. ... It
is nothing jointed; it flows. A 'river' or 'stream' is the metaphor by
which it is most naturally described."
Answer: William James
◉ Who is Mary Whiton Calkins?
Answer: Harvard denied her a degree because she is a women; first
women president of the American Psychological Association(APA)
◉ Who is John Watson?
Answer: Founder of Behaviorism
◉ What did John Watson believe?
Answer: "If we can't look at it. We can't verify it. We ignore it"
(Consciousness)
◉ What is Behaviorism?
Answer: the Study of only Observable Behaviours
◉ What is Behavior?
CANADIAN EDITION EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What is a Stimulus?
Answer: Detectable input from the Environment
◉ What are examples of Stimuli?
Answer: sight, sound, touch, smell, taste
◉ What is the problem with Structuralism and Introspection?(Why
is it not realistic)
Answer: It does not match how we actually experience the
world/environment
◉ Who is William James?
Answer: Founder of Functionalism
◉ What is Functionalism?
Answer: Investigating the Function/Purpose of Consciousness
◉ What is stream of consciousness?
, Answer: Continuous flow of thoughts in our Consciousness.
◉ Who said "Consciousness, then, does not appear to itself chopped
up in bits. Such words as 'chain' or 'train' do not describe it fitly. ... It
is nothing jointed; it flows. A 'river' or 'stream' is the metaphor by
which it is most naturally described."
Answer: William James
◉ Who is Mary Whiton Calkins?
Answer: Harvard denied her a degree because she is a women; first
women president of the American Psychological Association(APA)
◉ Who is John Watson?
Answer: Founder of Behaviorism
◉ What did John Watson believe?
Answer: "If we can't look at it. We can't verify it. We ignore it"
(Consciousness)
◉ What is Behaviorism?
Answer: the Study of only Observable Behaviours
◉ What is Behavior?
