Psych 357 exam 2 questions with complete solutions
According to the intelligence testing of US army recruits, the
average mental age of the white population of that time was?
Correct Answers 13 year old.
As a developmental psychologist, what did Hall believe about
adolescence? Correct Answers the development of the
individual mirrors the evolution of the species
Compare Wundt's psychology to that of Titchener's Correct
Answers Structuralism is now used to refer to the psychology of
Titchener while Voluntarism is used to refer to the work of
Wundt.
Darwin's work was influential in bringing about which schools
of psychology Correct Answers Functionalisim
Decribe Terman's study of genius and its limitation Correct
Answers Terman wanted to study the early ripe-early rot myth.
Terman wanted to know if high IQ children had intellectual
success or failure as adults
He found that the gifted were taller, healthier, physically better
developed, superior in leadership and social adaptability,
dispelling the often held contrary opinion
Describe Clinical psychology prior to WWI Correct Answers
job duties rarely extended beyond test administration. Few job
opportunities existed for clinical psychologists
, Describe Ebbinghaus research Correct Answers Memorized list
of nonsense syllables (vowel followed by a consonant)
- Recording the rate at which he forgot them
-Developed the forgetting curve
Describe Eysencks work on psychotherapy's effectivness
Correct Answers No evidence existed for psychotherapy
Describe the difference between Alpha and Beta tests of WWI.
Correct Answers Alpha - written test, for those who were
literate.
Beta- drawings, no need to be literate.
Describe the functionalist approach to psychological
phenomena. Correct Answers Focus should be on how and why
an organism does something. It was suggested that psychologists
should look for the underlying cause of behavior and the mental
the processes involved. This emphasis on the causes and
consequences of behavior has influenced contemporary
psychology.
Describe William James thoughts on himself as a psychologist?
Correct Answers He never intended to establish a system of
psychology and thought of psychology as a nasty little science.
Differentiate the Boulder model from the Vail model of clinical
training. Correct Answers Boulder model- Ph.D (scientist-
practioner) research. It can be possible and desirable to train
clinical psychologists as competent practioners and scietist . It
required students to an original research product + internship.
According to the intelligence testing of US army recruits, the
average mental age of the white population of that time was?
Correct Answers 13 year old.
As a developmental psychologist, what did Hall believe about
adolescence? Correct Answers the development of the
individual mirrors the evolution of the species
Compare Wundt's psychology to that of Titchener's Correct
Answers Structuralism is now used to refer to the psychology of
Titchener while Voluntarism is used to refer to the work of
Wundt.
Darwin's work was influential in bringing about which schools
of psychology Correct Answers Functionalisim
Decribe Terman's study of genius and its limitation Correct
Answers Terman wanted to study the early ripe-early rot myth.
Terman wanted to know if high IQ children had intellectual
success or failure as adults
He found that the gifted were taller, healthier, physically better
developed, superior in leadership and social adaptability,
dispelling the often held contrary opinion
Describe Clinical psychology prior to WWI Correct Answers
job duties rarely extended beyond test administration. Few job
opportunities existed for clinical psychologists
, Describe Ebbinghaus research Correct Answers Memorized list
of nonsense syllables (vowel followed by a consonant)
- Recording the rate at which he forgot them
-Developed the forgetting curve
Describe Eysencks work on psychotherapy's effectivness
Correct Answers No evidence existed for psychotherapy
Describe the difference between Alpha and Beta tests of WWI.
Correct Answers Alpha - written test, for those who were
literate.
Beta- drawings, no need to be literate.
Describe the functionalist approach to psychological
phenomena. Correct Answers Focus should be on how and why
an organism does something. It was suggested that psychologists
should look for the underlying cause of behavior and the mental
the processes involved. This emphasis on the causes and
consequences of behavior has influenced contemporary
psychology.
Describe William James thoughts on himself as a psychologist?
Correct Answers He never intended to establish a system of
psychology and thought of psychology as a nasty little science.
Differentiate the Boulder model from the Vail model of clinical
training. Correct Answers Boulder model- Ph.D (scientist-
practioner) research. It can be possible and desirable to train
clinical psychologists as competent practioners and scietist . It
required students to an original research product + internship.
