PSY4604 Midterm Study Exam With
Correct Solutions
Perhaps the most valuable outcome of the study of the history of psychology is that one
will learn _____. - ANSWER Relationships among psychology's ideas, theries, and
research strategies
The contextual forces in psychology deal with ____. - ANSWER Social, economical, and
political factors that influenced the field.
By 1960, the prejudice against women entering prestigious schools of psychology had
ended. - ANSWER FALSE
A new school of thought may overcome its opposition not because the opposing points
of view become convinced to accept the new thinking, but because adherents of the old
school of thought die off. - ANSWER TRUE
Freud's original term for free association was Einfall, which means an intrusion or
invasion. - ANSWER TRUE
As a scientific discipline, psychology is _____. - ANSWER One of the newest and one of
he oldest.
According to your text, it was so difficult for Jewish psychologists to get a job that some
resorted to ____. - ANSWER Changing their name to something that didn't seem Jewish
Which theory suggests that "the time makes the person"? - ANSWER Naturalistic
Modern psychology shares which of the following characteristics with Ancient Greek
philosophy? - ANSWER An interest in same kinds of questions about human nature
The effects of the Zeitgeist in inhibiting or delaying the dissemination and/or acceptance
of a discovery operate at a cultural level but also within a science itself. - ANSWER
TRUE
In Kuh's philosophy of science, when Einstien's theory of relativity replaced
Galilean-Newtonian physics a(n) ______ occurred. - ANSWER scientific revolution
The stage in the development of a science when it is still divided into schools of thought
is called _____. - ANSWER preparadigmatic
Regardless of how objective a science and its practitioners are alleged to be, that
science will be influenced by the _____. - ANSWER contextual forces of the time
Freud's idea "Einfall" was translated to English into the term _____ which means
, something other than what Freud implied in the original German. - ANSWER free
association
It can be argued that psychology today studies and debates some of the same questions
as those concerned the philosophers of ancient Greece. - ANSWER TRUE
In contrast to the events that are studied in science, historical vents cannot be
_________. - ANSWER repeated
The various schools of thought in psychology have served well as systems to be
opposed in each case, ______ was the consequence. - ANSWER a new school of thought
The ______ theory would support the claim: "Freud was instrumental in discovering
psychoanalysis. If not for Freud, no other psychologist would have been able to uncover
the human psyche." - ANSWER personalistic
In the first years of psychology's emergence as a new discipline, which man determined
its direction? - ANSWER Wilhelm Wundt
Even when some women were admitted to graduate programs in psychology, they still
encountered many barriers to their success, such as _______. - ANSWER not being
allowed to participate in some seminar topics, being unable to eat in graduate
cafeterias, being barred from some laboratory facilities, being prevented from using
graduate library facilities. <----All of the above.
The nativistic theory of perception holds that certain ideas and mental functions are
learned through experience. - ANSWER FASLE
Accorsing to Locke, simple ideas become complex ideas through the process of ____. -
ANSWER reflection
The question of the distinction between mental and physical refers to _____. - ANSWER
the mind-body problem
The pursuit of knowledge through the observation of nature and the attribution of all
knowledge to experience is _______. - ANSWER empiricism
Materialism is the belief that ________. - ANSWER all things can be described in physical
terms
Determinism is the belief that every act is brought about by past events. - ANSWER
TRUE
For Locke, the difference between a simple and a complex idea is that a simple idea
_______ - ANSWER cannot be reduced
Correct Solutions
Perhaps the most valuable outcome of the study of the history of psychology is that one
will learn _____. - ANSWER Relationships among psychology's ideas, theries, and
research strategies
The contextual forces in psychology deal with ____. - ANSWER Social, economical, and
political factors that influenced the field.
By 1960, the prejudice against women entering prestigious schools of psychology had
ended. - ANSWER FALSE
A new school of thought may overcome its opposition not because the opposing points
of view become convinced to accept the new thinking, but because adherents of the old
school of thought die off. - ANSWER TRUE
Freud's original term for free association was Einfall, which means an intrusion or
invasion. - ANSWER TRUE
As a scientific discipline, psychology is _____. - ANSWER One of the newest and one of
he oldest.
According to your text, it was so difficult for Jewish psychologists to get a job that some
resorted to ____. - ANSWER Changing their name to something that didn't seem Jewish
Which theory suggests that "the time makes the person"? - ANSWER Naturalistic
Modern psychology shares which of the following characteristics with Ancient Greek
philosophy? - ANSWER An interest in same kinds of questions about human nature
The effects of the Zeitgeist in inhibiting or delaying the dissemination and/or acceptance
of a discovery operate at a cultural level but also within a science itself. - ANSWER
TRUE
In Kuh's philosophy of science, when Einstien's theory of relativity replaced
Galilean-Newtonian physics a(n) ______ occurred. - ANSWER scientific revolution
The stage in the development of a science when it is still divided into schools of thought
is called _____. - ANSWER preparadigmatic
Regardless of how objective a science and its practitioners are alleged to be, that
science will be influenced by the _____. - ANSWER contextual forces of the time
Freud's idea "Einfall" was translated to English into the term _____ which means
, something other than what Freud implied in the original German. - ANSWER free
association
It can be argued that psychology today studies and debates some of the same questions
as those concerned the philosophers of ancient Greece. - ANSWER TRUE
In contrast to the events that are studied in science, historical vents cannot be
_________. - ANSWER repeated
The various schools of thought in psychology have served well as systems to be
opposed in each case, ______ was the consequence. - ANSWER a new school of thought
The ______ theory would support the claim: "Freud was instrumental in discovering
psychoanalysis. If not for Freud, no other psychologist would have been able to uncover
the human psyche." - ANSWER personalistic
In the first years of psychology's emergence as a new discipline, which man determined
its direction? - ANSWER Wilhelm Wundt
Even when some women were admitted to graduate programs in psychology, they still
encountered many barriers to their success, such as _______. - ANSWER not being
allowed to participate in some seminar topics, being unable to eat in graduate
cafeterias, being barred from some laboratory facilities, being prevented from using
graduate library facilities. <----All of the above.
The nativistic theory of perception holds that certain ideas and mental functions are
learned through experience. - ANSWER FASLE
Accorsing to Locke, simple ideas become complex ideas through the process of ____. -
ANSWER reflection
The question of the distinction between mental and physical refers to _____. - ANSWER
the mind-body problem
The pursuit of knowledge through the observation of nature and the attribution of all
knowledge to experience is _______. - ANSWER empiricism
Materialism is the belief that ________. - ANSWER all things can be described in physical
terms
Determinism is the belief that every act is brought about by past events. - ANSWER
TRUE
For Locke, the difference between a simple and a complex idea is that a simple idea
_______ - ANSWER cannot be reduced
