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ESSAY
1. Why is it important for psychology students to study the development of psychology?
ANS:
Answer not provided.
PTS: 1
2. Argue that Psychology's roots began 2000 years ago. Now argue that they began 200 years ago.
What fields came together to form Psychology?
ANS:
Answer not provided.
PTS: 1 MSC: WWW
3. Define historiography. How do the data of history differ from the data of science? Name and
describe the three major difficulties involved in recalling and presenting the data of history.
ANS:
Answer not provided.
PTS: 1
4. Discuss and give one example of each of the contextual forces that influenced the development of
psychology.
ANS:
Answer not provided.
PTS: 1
5. Describe, compare, and contrast the personalistic and naturalistic theories as conceptions of
scientific history. How could the contributions of Darwin be used to illustrate both?
ANS:
Answer not provided.
PTS: 1 MSC: WWW
6. Define "school of thought" and discuss it in terms of Thomas Kuhn's concept of paradigms in
scientific evolution.
ANS:
Answer not provided.
PTS: 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
7. Psychology is unique among the sciences in its requirement that its students ____.
a. have a minor in the natural sciences
b. learn the experimental method
c. use carefully controlled observations in its procedures
d. study the history of psychology
e. have a liberal arts background in the humanities
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Why Study the History of Psychology?
8. What conclusions can be drawn from the study of the Invisible Gorilla?
a. All psychology students can multitask when presented with multiple stimuli at one time
b. Extraordinary events can induce extreme stress when presented to unsuspecting people
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, c. It is difficult for people to pay attention to more than one stimulus at a time
d. Doing homework and watching television at the same time are as efficient as if the two are
done separately
e. Counting can be a difficult task when one is being watched
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: The Invisible Gorilla
MSC: WWW
9. Division ____ of the American Psychological Association is concerned with the study of the
discipline's history.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 26
d. 32
e. 42
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Why Study the History of Psychology?
10. In what year was the American Psychological Association founded?
a. 1892
b. 1932
c. 1952
d. 1969
e. 1979
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Why Study the History of Psychology?
11. Psychology is marked by diversity and divisiveness. The one aspect of the discipline that
provides cohesiveness and a common ground for discourse is its ____.
a. reliance on the experimental method in all its research
b. focus on the study of overt behavior
c. use of the hypothetico-deductive method
d. national organizations (APA and APS)
e. history
ANS: E PTS: 1 REF: Why Study the History of Psychology?
MSC: WWW
12. Perhaps the most valuable outcome of the study of the history of psychology is that one will
learn the ____.
a. relationships among psychology's ideas, theories, and research strategies
b. contributions of the classic Greek philosophers
c. origins of the experimental methods
d. evolution of the scientist-practitioner model of clinical psychology
e. issues at the root of the pure versus applied research conflict in psychology
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Why Study the History of Psychology?
13. According to Schultz & Schultz, a course in the history of psychology is useful because ____.
a. it helps us to understand why modern psychology has so many different movements
b. it helps to integrate the areas and issues that constitute modern psychology
c. it provides a fascinating story on its own
d. All of the choices are correct
e. None of the choices are correct
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Why Study the History of Psychology?
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,14. As a scientific discipline, psychology is ____.
a. one of the newest
b. one of the oldest
c. the only one to have started in the United States
d. one of the newest and one of the oldest
e. None of the choices are correct
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
15. Greek philosophers studied issues involving ____.
a. motivation
b. abnormal behavior
c. learning
d. thought
e. All of the choices are correct
ANS: E PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
16. Modern psychology shares which of the following characteristics with ancient Greek
philosophy?
a. An interest in the same kinds of questions about human nature
b. The development of common methods of research to answer questions about human
nature
c. A reliance upon biology to help in the understanding of human nature
d. The denial that humans are composed of a physical body and a spiritual soul
e. None of the choices are correct
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
17. Modern psychology emerged from philosophy approximately ____ years ago.
a. 100
b. 150
c. 200
d. 250
e. 300
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
18. The feature of modern psychology that distinguishes it from its antecedents is its ____.
a. methodology
b. focus on learning
c. focus on motivation
d. focus on abnormal behavior
e. use of deductive logic
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
19. Until the last quarter of the 19th century, philosophers studied human nature using which
of the following methods?
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, a. speculation
b. intuition
c. generalizations
d. All of the choices are correct.
e. None of the choices are correct.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
20. The new discipline of psychology was the product of the union of ____.
a. philosophy and ethics
b. philosophy and physics
c. physics and biology
d. physics and physiology
e. philosophy and physiology
ANS: E PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
21. The hallmark of psychology's separation from philosophy was its reliance on ____.
a. physics
b. biology
c. experimentation
d. deduction
e. psychophysics
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
MSC: WWW
22. Modern psychology differs from philosophy in which of the following ways?
a. Modern psychology is concerned with the study of mental processes such as learning,
memory, and perception. Philosophy is concerned with the study of human nature.
b. Modern psychology uses objective methods to study questions. Philosophy depends upon
speculation and intuition in order to answer questions.
c. Modern psychology studies only the brain. Philosophy studies only the mind.
d. Modern psychology is based upon the use of inductive reasoning. Philosophy is based
upon the use of deductive reasoning.
e. None of the choices are correct.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
23. Psychology became an independent discipline during the ____.
a. Renaissance
b. last quarter of the eighteenth century
c. last quarter of the nineteenth century
d. first decade of the nineteenth century
e. first decade of the twentieth century
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
24. The term historiography refers to ____.
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ESSAY
1. Why is it important for psychology students to study the development of psychology?
ANS:
Answer not provided.
PTS: 1
2. Argue that Psychology's roots began 2000 years ago. Now argue that they began 200 years ago.
What fields came together to form Psychology?
ANS:
Answer not provided.
PTS: 1 MSC: WWW
3. Define historiography. How do the data of history differ from the data of science? Name and
describe the three major difficulties involved in recalling and presenting the data of history.
ANS:
Answer not provided.
PTS: 1
4. Discuss and give one example of each of the contextual forces that influenced the development of
psychology.
ANS:
Answer not provided.
PTS: 1
5. Describe, compare, and contrast the personalistic and naturalistic theories as conceptions of
scientific history. How could the contributions of Darwin be used to illustrate both?
ANS:
Answer not provided.
PTS: 1 MSC: WWW
6. Define "school of thought" and discuss it in terms of Thomas Kuhn's concept of paradigms in
scientific evolution.
ANS:
Answer not provided.
PTS: 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
7. Psychology is unique among the sciences in its requirement that its students ____.
a. have a minor in the natural sciences
b. learn the experimental method
c. use carefully controlled observations in its procedures
d. study the history of psychology
e. have a liberal arts background in the humanities
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Why Study the History of Psychology?
8. What conclusions can be drawn from the study of the Invisible Gorilla?
a. All psychology students can multitask when presented with multiple stimuli at one time
b. Extraordinary events can induce extreme stress when presented to unsuspecting people
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, c. It is difficult for people to pay attention to more than one stimulus at a time
d. Doing homework and watching television at the same time are as efficient as if the two are
done separately
e. Counting can be a difficult task when one is being watched
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: The Invisible Gorilla
MSC: WWW
9. Division ____ of the American Psychological Association is concerned with the study of the
discipline's history.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 26
d. 32
e. 42
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Why Study the History of Psychology?
10. In what year was the American Psychological Association founded?
a. 1892
b. 1932
c. 1952
d. 1969
e. 1979
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Why Study the History of Psychology?
11. Psychology is marked by diversity and divisiveness. The one aspect of the discipline that
provides cohesiveness and a common ground for discourse is its ____.
a. reliance on the experimental method in all its research
b. focus on the study of overt behavior
c. use of the hypothetico-deductive method
d. national organizations (APA and APS)
e. history
ANS: E PTS: 1 REF: Why Study the History of Psychology?
MSC: WWW
12. Perhaps the most valuable outcome of the study of the history of psychology is that one will
learn the ____.
a. relationships among psychology's ideas, theories, and research strategies
b. contributions of the classic Greek philosophers
c. origins of the experimental methods
d. evolution of the scientist-practitioner model of clinical psychology
e. issues at the root of the pure versus applied research conflict in psychology
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Why Study the History of Psychology?
13. According to Schultz & Schultz, a course in the history of psychology is useful because ____.
a. it helps us to understand why modern psychology has so many different movements
b. it helps to integrate the areas and issues that constitute modern psychology
c. it provides a fascinating story on its own
d. All of the choices are correct
e. None of the choices are correct
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Why Study the History of Psychology?
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,14. As a scientific discipline, psychology is ____.
a. one of the newest
b. one of the oldest
c. the only one to have started in the United States
d. one of the newest and one of the oldest
e. None of the choices are correct
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
15. Greek philosophers studied issues involving ____.
a. motivation
b. abnormal behavior
c. learning
d. thought
e. All of the choices are correct
ANS: E PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
16. Modern psychology shares which of the following characteristics with ancient Greek
philosophy?
a. An interest in the same kinds of questions about human nature
b. The development of common methods of research to answer questions about human
nature
c. A reliance upon biology to help in the understanding of human nature
d. The denial that humans are composed of a physical body and a spiritual soul
e. None of the choices are correct
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
17. Modern psychology emerged from philosophy approximately ____ years ago.
a. 100
b. 150
c. 200
d. 250
e. 300
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
18. The feature of modern psychology that distinguishes it from its antecedents is its ____.
a. methodology
b. focus on learning
c. focus on motivation
d. focus on abnormal behavior
e. use of deductive logic
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
19. Until the last quarter of the 19th century, philosophers studied human nature using which
of the following methods?
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, a. speculation
b. intuition
c. generalizations
d. All of the choices are correct.
e. None of the choices are correct.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
20. The new discipline of psychology was the product of the union of ____.
a. philosophy and ethics
b. philosophy and physics
c. physics and biology
d. physics and physiology
e. philosophy and physiology
ANS: E PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
21. The hallmark of psychology's separation from philosophy was its reliance on ____.
a. physics
b. biology
c. experimentation
d. deduction
e. psychophysics
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
MSC: WWW
22. Modern psychology differs from philosophy in which of the following ways?
a. Modern psychology is concerned with the study of mental processes such as learning,
memory, and perception. Philosophy is concerned with the study of human nature.
b. Modern psychology uses objective methods to study questions. Philosophy depends upon
speculation and intuition in order to answer questions.
c. Modern psychology studies only the brain. Philosophy studies only the mind.
d. Modern psychology is based upon the use of inductive reasoning. Philosophy is based
upon the use of deductive reasoning.
e. None of the choices are correct.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
23. Psychology became an independent discipline during the ____.
a. Renaissance
b. last quarter of the eighteenth century
c. last quarter of the nineteenth century
d. first decade of the nineteenth century
e. first decade of the twentieth century
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: The Development of Modern Psychology
24. The term historiography refers to ____.
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