H/S #2 GRADE A Q&A
Galton's measures of intellectual functioning assumed correlation between intelligence
and ____. - (correct answer)acuteness of the senses
In his journal Mind, Darwin describes ____. - (correct answer)the developmental stages
of his son in relation to human evolution
Galton studied paranoid disorders by ____. - (correct answer)imaging that every person
or thing he saw was spying on him
Galton's Hereditary Genius was mainly concerned with ____. - (correct answer)a
statistical analysis of the concept of eminent men producing eminent offspring
Which of the following are influenced by Galton's work? - (correct answer)child
development
statistical techniques
heredity
testing methods
Galton proposed that measurement of human traits could be defined and summarized
by two numbers, which are ____. - (correct answer)the mean and the standard
deviation
The first experimental attempt to study word associations was by ____. - (correct
answer)Galton
The formula currently used for calculating the correlation coefficient was developed by
____. - (correct answer)Pearson
,The idea of measures clustering around the of center or average of a distribution should
be attributed to ____. - (correct answer)Quetelet
The ____ ask, "What's the mind made of?" whereas the ____ demand, "What does it
do?" - (correct answer)structuralists; functionalists
Who brought German psychology to the US? - (correct answer)Titchener
Titchener beliefs - (correct answer)- primary & secondary qualities
- importance of the observer
what was Titchener's style? - (correct answer)- very authoritarian
- experimental psychology is the only psychology
Titchener & the APA - (correct answer)- charter member (1892)
- never attended a meeting due to ethics & science
who formed the experimentalists? - (correct answer)Titchener
Who earned the first female PhD in psychology? - (correct answer)Margaret Washburn
Titchener and structuralism - (correct answer)- described experience rather than explain
it
- reference to observable events does not belong in science
what were Titchener's goals? - (correct answer)- to determine the elements of
experience (contents of the mind)
- laws governing combinations
, - neurological correlates of mental phenomena
Titchener and Introspection - (correct answer)- avoid "stimulus error"
- meaning should not be attached to elemental experience
- describe by shape, texture, and hue
- use highly trained observers
- come up with introspective language
Titchener and Mental Elements - (correct answer)- did most of his work on sensations
(perceptions)
- images (ideas)
- affections (emotions)
Attributes of Elements (Titchener) - (correct answer)- quality
- intensity
- duration
- clearness
- extensity
Laws of Combination (Titchener) - (correct answer)- rejected apperception & creative
synthesis
- association through contiguity
- attention is an attribute of sensation; not will
what happened to structuralism? - (correct answer)- inconsistency in introspective
reports
- introspection was recognized as retrospection
- observation of experience changes experience
Galton's measures of intellectual functioning assumed correlation between intelligence
and ____. - (correct answer)acuteness of the senses
In his journal Mind, Darwin describes ____. - (correct answer)the developmental stages
of his son in relation to human evolution
Galton studied paranoid disorders by ____. - (correct answer)imaging that every person
or thing he saw was spying on him
Galton's Hereditary Genius was mainly concerned with ____. - (correct answer)a
statistical analysis of the concept of eminent men producing eminent offspring
Which of the following are influenced by Galton's work? - (correct answer)child
development
statistical techniques
heredity
testing methods
Galton proposed that measurement of human traits could be defined and summarized
by two numbers, which are ____. - (correct answer)the mean and the standard
deviation
The first experimental attempt to study word associations was by ____. - (correct
answer)Galton
The formula currently used for calculating the correlation coefficient was developed by
____. - (correct answer)Pearson
,The idea of measures clustering around the of center or average of a distribution should
be attributed to ____. - (correct answer)Quetelet
The ____ ask, "What's the mind made of?" whereas the ____ demand, "What does it
do?" - (correct answer)structuralists; functionalists
Who brought German psychology to the US? - (correct answer)Titchener
Titchener beliefs - (correct answer)- primary & secondary qualities
- importance of the observer
what was Titchener's style? - (correct answer)- very authoritarian
- experimental psychology is the only psychology
Titchener & the APA - (correct answer)- charter member (1892)
- never attended a meeting due to ethics & science
who formed the experimentalists? - (correct answer)Titchener
Who earned the first female PhD in psychology? - (correct answer)Margaret Washburn
Titchener and structuralism - (correct answer)- described experience rather than explain
it
- reference to observable events does not belong in science
what were Titchener's goals? - (correct answer)- to determine the elements of
experience (contents of the mind)
- laws governing combinations
, - neurological correlates of mental phenomena
Titchener and Introspection - (correct answer)- avoid "stimulus error"
- meaning should not be attached to elemental experience
- describe by shape, texture, and hue
- use highly trained observers
- come up with introspective language
Titchener and Mental Elements - (correct answer)- did most of his work on sensations
(perceptions)
- images (ideas)
- affections (emotions)
Attributes of Elements (Titchener) - (correct answer)- quality
- intensity
- duration
- clearness
- extensity
Laws of Combination (Titchener) - (correct answer)- rejected apperception & creative
synthesis
- association through contiguity
- attention is an attribute of sensation; not will
what happened to structuralism? - (correct answer)- inconsistency in introspective
reports
- introspection was recognized as retrospection
- observation of experience changes experience
