Test Bank for Understanding Psychology 9th Edition By Morris Complete Guide All Chapters 2023.

Test Bank for Understanding Psychology 9th Edition By Morris Complete Guide All Chapters 2023. Wundt's primary experimental interest was ________. a. sensation b. human instincts c. emotion d. memory Answer: d Difficulty: 2 Page Reference: 11 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: F 62. According to Wundt, the mind should be studied ________. a. scientifically b. according to philosophical traditions c. as a spiritual entity d. subjectively and introspectively Full file at Answer: a Difficulty: 2 2 yr.: 84% r = .24 Page Reference: 11 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: F 63. The person most directly responsible for moving psychology out of the realm of philosophy and into the world of science is ________. a. William James b. Sigmund Freud c. B.F. Skinner d. Wilhelm Wundt Answer: d Difficulty: 1 Page Reference: 11 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: F 64. Wundt used the term ________ to describe his view of psychology. a. voluntarism b. cognitism c. Gestaltism d. mentalism Answer: a Difficulty: 3 Page Reference: 11-12 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: F 65. According to James, the atoms of experience (pure sensations without associations) ________. a. were best understood through experimental research b. were the basis of all human behavior c. were genetically predetermined d. did not exist Answer: d Difficulty: 1 Page Reference: 12 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: F 66. James argued that consciousness ________. Full file at a. is comprised of "atoms of thought" b. is an illusion c. flows in a continuous stream d. does not exist Answer: c Difficulty: 2 Page Reference: 12 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: F 67. James suggested that ________ allow us to benefit from previous experience. a. atoms of experience b. rewards and punishments c. mental associations d. dreams Answer: c Difficulty: 3 Page Reference: 12 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: F 68. The ideas that mental associations allow us to benefit from experience, every time we repeat something our nervous systems are changed are central to ________. a. Gestaltism b. humanism c. functionalism Correct: These are the major tenets of functionalism, which differ significantly from the core concepts of structuralism. d. structuralism Incorrect: Structuralism posited that psychology should focus on the individual units, or atoms, of consciousness. Answer: c Difficulty: 3 Page Reference: 12 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: C 69. A central idea of functionalism is that ________. a. thoughts must be studied by objective introspection Incorrect: Objective introspection was a major tenet of structuralism, not functionalism. b. consciousness is a continuous flow Correct: William James, the father of functionalism, suggested that consciousness flows in a continuous stream. Full file at c. individual differences are the basis of human behavior d. consciousness can be broken down into three elements Answer: b Difficulty: 3 4 yr.: 28% r = .21 Page Reference: 12 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: C 70. A noted scientist argues that consciousness is a continuous flow, and that perceptions, associations, sensations and emotions cannot be separated. This scientist is MOST likely a follower of ________. a. Titchener Incorrect: Titchener, the founder of structuralism, felt that consciousness could be separated into three basic elements – physical sensations, feelings, and images. b. Wundt c. James Correct: James, the founder of functionalism, believed that consciousness flowed in a continuous stream. d. Galton Answer: c Difficulty: 2 Page Reference: 12 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: A 71. James suggested that when we repeat something several times, ________. a. we become bored with the activity b. our nervous systems change c. we must re-learn the activity each time d. we can strip perceptions of their basic associations Answer: b Difficulty: 1 2 yr.: 36% r = .02 Page Reference: 12 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: F 72. In discussing sensations, feelings, and images the ________. a. structuralist considered the three to be atoms of experience whereas the functionalist claimed that these three aspects of experience could not be teased apart Correct: This answer correctly distinguishes the basic concepts of structuralism from those of functionalism. b. functionalist considered the three to be atoms of experience whereas the structuralist claimed that these three aspects of experience could not be teased apart Full file at Incorrect: This is the opposite of the correct answer. c. structuralist focused on the primary role of sensations in our experience of the world while the functionalist focused on the primary role of feelings d. structuralist and the functionalist completely agreed on how they should be studied Answer: a Difficulty: 3 4 yr.: 79% r = .40 Page Reference: 12 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: C 73. William James is noted for founding the ________ school of psychology. a. Gestalt b. structuralist c. reductionist d. functionalist Answer: d Difficulty: 1 Page Reference: 12 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: F 74. Wundt believed that attention is actively controlled by ________. a. intentions and motives Correct: Wundt believed that the attention of humans was set apart from other organisms by our ability to focus our attention based on intentions and motives. b. instincts and drives c. hormones and neurotransmitters Incorrect: The study of hormones and neurotransmitters would not have been possible in the late 1800s due to the lack of technology needed to study such concepts and events. d. rewards and punishments Answer: a Difficulty: 3 Page Reference: 12 Topic: The Growth of Psychology Skill: C 75. The person who established the first American psychology laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in 1883 was ________. a. J. M. Cattell b. G. Stanley Hall c. William James d. Edward Titchener