Test Bank for A Brief History of Modern Psychology 3rd Edition

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Test Bank for A Brief History of Modern
Psychology 3rd Edition Benjamin Jr

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1. The first psychology laboratories in the United States appeared in what decade?

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A. 1860s B.* 1880s C. 1900s D. 1920s

2. Assessing personality and ability by measuring the bumps and indentations of a

person’s head defined the pseudoscience known as (4)

A. physiognomy C. characterology

B. psychophysics D.* phrenology

3. When phrenological exams revealed negative qualities in an individual, the

phrenologist would (4-7)

A. encourage the client to disguise those qualities

B. focus instead on the positive qualities

C.* encourage the client to work to improve those qualities

D. Phrenologists never identified negative qualities in their clients; it was bad

for business.

4. The pseudoscience that evaluated a person’s personality and abilities based on

facial features is (7)

A.* physiognomy C. phrenology

B. psychophysics D. mesmerism

5. Which of the following pseudosciences was particularly used to validate ethnic

stereotypes? (7)

A. mesmerism C.* physiognomy

B. spiritualism D. new-thought movement

6. It is suggested that mesmerism could be described as the beginnings of