Psych 357 Exam 4 Questions With Complete Solutions
Apparent motion is? Correct Answers Where you feel like
you're moving when you are actually stationary (ex cars)
Define artificial intelligence Correct Answers The study/design
of intelligent machines
Define materialism Correct Answers The fact that the universe
could be explained by the properties of matter and energy
Materialism- that the universe can be understood in terms of the
basic units of the material world
Define reductionism Correct Answers Explain phenomena on
one level, such as complex ideas, in terms of phenomena on
another level, such as simple ideas
Descartes' dualism was a novel in its emphasis on what?
Correct Answers Mind- Body Problem - parallel spiritual and
material realities- proposed interaction between mind and body
mutual interaction- each exerting influence over the other
Describe Ebbinghaus' research Correct Answers Hermann
Ebbinghaus was the first psychologist to perform experimental
studies on memory. Who is best known for his forgetting curb.
-Ebbinghaus assessed effects of varying amounts of learning on
memory
-used different lists, each with 16 nonsense syllables
-varied the repetitions of each
-relearned 24 hours later
, -as the original number of repot ions increased, the time
necessary to relearn them 24 hours later decreased (did
experiments on himself and do tease arch in higher order
process)
Describe Hulls background Correct Answers Poor, polio, one
room schoolhouse, was a mining engineer/mathematician
Differentiate naturalistic from personalistic Correct Answers
Personalistic- the actions of unique individuals- the great person
theory
Naturalistic- the zeitgeist which may make people receptive to
some ideas but not others
* The personalistic theory of scientific history
-the actions of unique individuals (the "great person" theory)
* The naturalistic theory of scientific history
-the Zeitgeist, which may make people receptive to some ideas
but not to others
For Watson, the goal of psychology was? Correct Answers
Prediction and control behavior.
For Wundt, the purpose of introspection was? Correct Answers
To study the mind's self organizing capacity- immediate and
mediate experiences- introspection was a form of internal
observation- Wundt used to observe his own consciousness
experiences, Wundt's application had rigid techniques
Galton's differential psychology focused on what aspects if
human differences? Correct Answers Genetic
Apparent motion is? Correct Answers Where you feel like
you're moving when you are actually stationary (ex cars)
Define artificial intelligence Correct Answers The study/design
of intelligent machines
Define materialism Correct Answers The fact that the universe
could be explained by the properties of matter and energy
Materialism- that the universe can be understood in terms of the
basic units of the material world
Define reductionism Correct Answers Explain phenomena on
one level, such as complex ideas, in terms of phenomena on
another level, such as simple ideas
Descartes' dualism was a novel in its emphasis on what?
Correct Answers Mind- Body Problem - parallel spiritual and
material realities- proposed interaction between mind and body
mutual interaction- each exerting influence over the other
Describe Ebbinghaus' research Correct Answers Hermann
Ebbinghaus was the first psychologist to perform experimental
studies on memory. Who is best known for his forgetting curb.
-Ebbinghaus assessed effects of varying amounts of learning on
memory
-used different lists, each with 16 nonsense syllables
-varied the repetitions of each
-relearned 24 hours later
, -as the original number of repot ions increased, the time
necessary to relearn them 24 hours later decreased (did
experiments on himself and do tease arch in higher order
process)
Describe Hulls background Correct Answers Poor, polio, one
room schoolhouse, was a mining engineer/mathematician
Differentiate naturalistic from personalistic Correct Answers
Personalistic- the actions of unique individuals- the great person
theory
Naturalistic- the zeitgeist which may make people receptive to
some ideas but not others
* The personalistic theory of scientific history
-the actions of unique individuals (the "great person" theory)
* The naturalistic theory of scientific history
-the Zeitgeist, which may make people receptive to some ideas
but not to others
For Watson, the goal of psychology was? Correct Answers
Prediction and control behavior.
For Wundt, the purpose of introspection was? Correct Answers
To study the mind's self organizing capacity- immediate and
mediate experiences- introspection was a form of internal
observation- Wundt used to observe his own consciousness
experiences, Wundt's application had rigid techniques
Galton's differential psychology focused on what aspects if
human differences? Correct Answers Genetic
