LSU PSYC 4008 Baumeister Practice Question/Answers
Graded A+ 2025/2026
He believed that free will was an illusion and was disturbed to the point of depression -
What did William James think about free will?
However, after French philosopher Renouvier defined free will as: "The sustaining of
thought because I choose to when I might have other thoughts", James decided that
"My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will" - How did William James handle
the issue of free will?
James - Pragmatism was popularized by who?
Pragmatic epistemology and theory on mind and body problem - What were James'
theories?
Pragmatic epistemology - This is about what is true is what is useful
"what is good for us to believe" - Pragmatic epistemology defined truth as what?
Pragmatic epistemology - The "truth" of an idea is determined by its functional value or
usefulness
He realizes there is no mind without the body, but accepted dualism as a pragmatic
matter - What is James' theory on mind and body problem?
James - He was interested with communicating with the dead
James - He studied the adaptive role that religion plays in people's lives
James - He studied communication with the dead through séances. Developed negative
reputation for this/criticized. Created somewhat of a scandal in psychology
Developmental psychology and "genetic" (evolutionary) psychology - Hall is best known
for his contributions to what two areas of psychology?
G. Stanley Hall - He founded first laboratory for experimental psychology
Hall - He founded the American Journal of Psychology
Hall - He founded the American Psychological Association
Hall - Who was the first president of the APA?
Hall - Recapitulation theory is associated with who?
, Recapitulation theory - The development of an individual reflects their evolution
Known for establishing adolescents as a distinct stage of development - What is Hall's
contribution to developmental psychology?
Uncivilized - Hall thought adolescents were _____________
Hall was interested in sex, psychoanalytic theory - Why was Hall interested in Freud?
First woman president of the APA - Who was Mary Calkins?
Invented "paired-associates" learning task - What did Calkins invent?
frequency, vividness, primacy, and recency in paired-associates learning - What did
Calkins examine?
Upham - He recognized mental faculties into 3 categories called the trilogy of the mind
Trilogy of the mind - Upham recognized mental faculties into 3 categories called what?
Intellectual, sensibilities, and the will - What were the categories of the trilogy of the
mind?
Sensation/perception, memory, reason, judgment - What are some mental faculties in
the category of intellectual in the trilogy of the mind?
Emotion - What is a mental faculty in the category of sensibilities in the trilogy of the
mind?
Action - What is a mental faculty in the category of the will in the trilogy of the mind?
Faculty psychology - Scottish philosophers (e.g., Reid and Brown) developed
______________ ________________.
Scottish - _______________ philosophers (e.g., Reid and Brown) developed "Faculty
Psychology"
Reid and Brown - Scottish philosophers (e.g., _______ and _________) developed
"Faculty Psychology"
Faculty psychology - What is the following concept? The mind exists independently of
physical reality; physical reality exists independently of mind
Observation and inductive reasoning - Faculty psychology could be best understood
through _____________ and ____________________.
Graded A+ 2025/2026
He believed that free will was an illusion and was disturbed to the point of depression -
What did William James think about free will?
However, after French philosopher Renouvier defined free will as: "The sustaining of
thought because I choose to when I might have other thoughts", James decided that
"My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will" - How did William James handle
the issue of free will?
James - Pragmatism was popularized by who?
Pragmatic epistemology and theory on mind and body problem - What were James'
theories?
Pragmatic epistemology - This is about what is true is what is useful
"what is good for us to believe" - Pragmatic epistemology defined truth as what?
Pragmatic epistemology - The "truth" of an idea is determined by its functional value or
usefulness
He realizes there is no mind without the body, but accepted dualism as a pragmatic
matter - What is James' theory on mind and body problem?
James - He was interested with communicating with the dead
James - He studied the adaptive role that religion plays in people's lives
James - He studied communication with the dead through séances. Developed negative
reputation for this/criticized. Created somewhat of a scandal in psychology
Developmental psychology and "genetic" (evolutionary) psychology - Hall is best known
for his contributions to what two areas of psychology?
G. Stanley Hall - He founded first laboratory for experimental psychology
Hall - He founded the American Journal of Psychology
Hall - He founded the American Psychological Association
Hall - Who was the first president of the APA?
Hall - Recapitulation theory is associated with who?
, Recapitulation theory - The development of an individual reflects their evolution
Known for establishing adolescents as a distinct stage of development - What is Hall's
contribution to developmental psychology?
Uncivilized - Hall thought adolescents were _____________
Hall was interested in sex, psychoanalytic theory - Why was Hall interested in Freud?
First woman president of the APA - Who was Mary Calkins?
Invented "paired-associates" learning task - What did Calkins invent?
frequency, vividness, primacy, and recency in paired-associates learning - What did
Calkins examine?
Upham - He recognized mental faculties into 3 categories called the trilogy of the mind
Trilogy of the mind - Upham recognized mental faculties into 3 categories called what?
Intellectual, sensibilities, and the will - What were the categories of the trilogy of the
mind?
Sensation/perception, memory, reason, judgment - What are some mental faculties in
the category of intellectual in the trilogy of the mind?
Emotion - What is a mental faculty in the category of sensibilities in the trilogy of the
mind?
Action - What is a mental faculty in the category of the will in the trilogy of the mind?
Faculty psychology - Scottish philosophers (e.g., Reid and Brown) developed
______________ ________________.
Scottish - _______________ philosophers (e.g., Reid and Brown) developed "Faculty
Psychology"
Reid and Brown - Scottish philosophers (e.g., _______ and _________) developed
"Faculty Psychology"
Faculty psychology - What is the following concept? The mind exists independently of
physical reality; physical reality exists independently of mind
Observation and inductive reasoning - Faculty psychology could be best understood
through _____________ and ____________________.
