HISTORY OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY 11TH
EDITION EXAMS SET COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS EXPERT
VERIFIED
◉ Describe the difference between pure science and applied science.
Answer: Pure: research done without regard to any practical beliefs.
Search for knowledge for knowledge's sake. Basic research
enterprise. Researchers are seen as more superior.
Applied: designed to have some practical application.
◉ How did Wundt and Hall differ in their views on applied
psychology?
Answer: Wundt wanted nothing to do with application
Hall actively promoted application with his child study work
◉ What were the two schools of thought in early American
Psychology that Titchener named?
Answer: Structuralism
Functionalism
,◉ What is structuralism?
Answer: Emphasis on discovering the structure of consciousness.
Identify structure by identifying elements, discover how elements
are grouped and arranged, determine case of arrangement
◉ What is functionalism?
Answer: Emphasis on the functions of consciousness
Technology
◉ Which school of thought did Titchener believe to be more
important and hold greater promise?
Answer: Structuralism
◉ In Titchener's view, what were the three tasks for (structuralism)
psychology?
Answer: Analysis
Synthesis
Make connection between elements of consciousness and their
underlying physiological conditions
◉ Which two tasks of psychology in Titchener's view produced a
purely descriptive science?
Answer: Analysis and Synthesis
, ◉ What did Titchener mean by the "stimulus error"?
Answer: The observer would confuse what's being observed with
the basic elements of that stimulus.
Titchener said this is why other labs were reaching different
conclusions for the same phenomena.
◉ How do you avoid the stimulus error?
Answer: By thoroughly training introspectors
◉ What were the three elements of consciousness identified by
Titchener?
Answer: Sensations
Images
Feelings
◉ What was Titchener's main focus regarding the three elements of
consciousness?
Answer: Sensations
◉ What are the four attributes of sensations?
Answer: Quality, intensity, clearness, duration
EDITION EXAMS SET COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS EXPERT
VERIFIED
◉ Describe the difference between pure science and applied science.
Answer: Pure: research done without regard to any practical beliefs.
Search for knowledge for knowledge's sake. Basic research
enterprise. Researchers are seen as more superior.
Applied: designed to have some practical application.
◉ How did Wundt and Hall differ in their views on applied
psychology?
Answer: Wundt wanted nothing to do with application
Hall actively promoted application with his child study work
◉ What were the two schools of thought in early American
Psychology that Titchener named?
Answer: Structuralism
Functionalism
,◉ What is structuralism?
Answer: Emphasis on discovering the structure of consciousness.
Identify structure by identifying elements, discover how elements
are grouped and arranged, determine case of arrangement
◉ What is functionalism?
Answer: Emphasis on the functions of consciousness
Technology
◉ Which school of thought did Titchener believe to be more
important and hold greater promise?
Answer: Structuralism
◉ In Titchener's view, what were the three tasks for (structuralism)
psychology?
Answer: Analysis
Synthesis
Make connection between elements of consciousness and their
underlying physiological conditions
◉ Which two tasks of psychology in Titchener's view produced a
purely descriptive science?
Answer: Analysis and Synthesis
, ◉ What did Titchener mean by the "stimulus error"?
Answer: The observer would confuse what's being observed with
the basic elements of that stimulus.
Titchener said this is why other labs were reaching different
conclusions for the same phenomena.
◉ How do you avoid the stimulus error?
Answer: By thoroughly training introspectors
◉ What were the three elements of consciousness identified by
Titchener?
Answer: Sensations
Images
Feelings
◉ What was Titchener's main focus regarding the three elements of
consciousness?
Answer: Sensations
◉ What are the four attributes of sensations?
Answer: Quality, intensity, clearness, duration
