HISTORY OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY BY
DANIEL N SCHULTZ CHAPTER 10 TO 15
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY SHEET 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS PREMIUM BUNDLE
◉ Describe Academic Psychology.
Answer: Students study in this field to prepare for a career in
psychology or as preparation for a number of other fields.
Schools, colleges, universities, research institutes.
◉ Describe the Profession of Psychology.
Answer: Applying knowledge to real-world problems.
Usually more than a bachelors degree, and licensure.
Mental health, I/O, forensic, sport, school, clinical/counseling.
◉ Describe Public/Popular Psychology.
Answer: Public interest in and beliefs about behaviors and mental
states.
No expertise, educational background, or training in area.
Books/media, phrenologists, mesmerists.
,◉ List the benefits of studying history that Benjamin identifies.
Answer: Recounts the drama of our past.
Allows us to connect our lives to that past.
Helps make sense of present.
Gives basis to speculate intelligently about future.
Helps integrate knowledge in a framework of more meaningful
understanding.
Teaches humility of our own views.
Teaches tolerance and understanding of others views.
Fills us with joy or sadness, hope or despair.
◉ According to consensus, what event marks the beginning of
modern psychology?
Answer: Establishment of a research laboratory by Wilhelm Wundt
at the University of Leipzig in Germany, 1879.
◉ At the time laboratory experimental psychology arrived in
America from Germany, what was the existing academic psychology?
Answer: Mental philosophy
◉ What were the three parts of the existing academic psychology?
Answer: Intellect (sensation, perception, attention, learning,
memory, thinking)
, Sensibilities (emotion)
Will (determinism vs. free will)
◉ What were the basic assumptions that Gall made about the
organization of the brain and skull?
Answer: Gall=phrenology
Overdeveloped brain=bump
Underdeveloped brain=indentation
Different parts of brain were responsible for different intellectual,
emotional, behavioral functions.
Location of functions were specific to particular area of skull.
◉ In addition to measurements that identified talents and
dispositions, what else did phrenologists provide for their clients?
Answer: A plan of action designed to strengthen the weaker faculties
and thus provide greater happiness and success in life for clients.
◉ What is physiognomy?
Answer: The evaluation of a persons character, intellect, and abilities
based on facial features.
◉ What is mesmerism?
DANIEL N SCHULTZ CHAPTER 10 TO 15
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY SHEET 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS PREMIUM BUNDLE
◉ Describe Academic Psychology.
Answer: Students study in this field to prepare for a career in
psychology or as preparation for a number of other fields.
Schools, colleges, universities, research institutes.
◉ Describe the Profession of Psychology.
Answer: Applying knowledge to real-world problems.
Usually more than a bachelors degree, and licensure.
Mental health, I/O, forensic, sport, school, clinical/counseling.
◉ Describe Public/Popular Psychology.
Answer: Public interest in and beliefs about behaviors and mental
states.
No expertise, educational background, or training in area.
Books/media, phrenologists, mesmerists.
,◉ List the benefits of studying history that Benjamin identifies.
Answer: Recounts the drama of our past.
Allows us to connect our lives to that past.
Helps make sense of present.
Gives basis to speculate intelligently about future.
Helps integrate knowledge in a framework of more meaningful
understanding.
Teaches humility of our own views.
Teaches tolerance and understanding of others views.
Fills us with joy or sadness, hope or despair.
◉ According to consensus, what event marks the beginning of
modern psychology?
Answer: Establishment of a research laboratory by Wilhelm Wundt
at the University of Leipzig in Germany, 1879.
◉ At the time laboratory experimental psychology arrived in
America from Germany, what was the existing academic psychology?
Answer: Mental philosophy
◉ What were the three parts of the existing academic psychology?
Answer: Intellect (sensation, perception, attention, learning,
memory, thinking)
, Sensibilities (emotion)
Will (determinism vs. free will)
◉ What were the basic assumptions that Gall made about the
organization of the brain and skull?
Answer: Gall=phrenology
Overdeveloped brain=bump
Underdeveloped brain=indentation
Different parts of brain were responsible for different intellectual,
emotional, behavioral functions.
Location of functions were specific to particular area of skull.
◉ In addition to measurements that identified talents and
dispositions, what else did phrenologists provide for their clients?
Answer: A plan of action designed to strengthen the weaker faculties
and thus provide greater happiness and success in life for clients.
◉ What is physiognomy?
Answer: The evaluation of a persons character, intellect, and abilities
based on facial features.
◉ What is mesmerism?
