PSYCHOLOGY THEMES AND VARIATIONS 7TH
CANADIAN EDITION ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Intellectual Parents of Psychology.
Answer: philosophy and physiology
◉ philosophy.
Answer: nature of of consciousness
content and nature of mind
questions about learning and knowledge
perception and reality
rational tradition of investigation
◉ Physiology.
Answer: how our body functions
how our brain functions
how our sensory systems works
empirical tradition of investigation
◉ Wilhelm Wundt.
, Answer: 1879's founder of psychology (date of birth) Characterized
as the founder of psychology. According to Wundt it was
consciousness- the awareness of immediate experience. Formulating
that psychology became the scientific study of conscious experience.
◉ Structuralism.
Answer: Based on the notion that the task of psychology is to
analyze consciousness unto its basic elements and investigate how
these elements are related.
the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into basic
elements and investigate how elements are related
edward titchener
◉ Introspection.
Answer: Careful, systematic self observation of ones own conscious
experience.
personal observation of our own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
ignore what object is and describe your conscious experience of it
◉ Functionalism.
CANADIAN EDITION ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Intellectual Parents of Psychology.
Answer: philosophy and physiology
◉ philosophy.
Answer: nature of of consciousness
content and nature of mind
questions about learning and knowledge
perception and reality
rational tradition of investigation
◉ Physiology.
Answer: how our body functions
how our brain functions
how our sensory systems works
empirical tradition of investigation
◉ Wilhelm Wundt.
, Answer: 1879's founder of psychology (date of birth) Characterized
as the founder of psychology. According to Wundt it was
consciousness- the awareness of immediate experience. Formulating
that psychology became the scientific study of conscious experience.
◉ Structuralism.
Answer: Based on the notion that the task of psychology is to
analyze consciousness unto its basic elements and investigate how
these elements are related.
the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into basic
elements and investigate how elements are related
edward titchener
◉ Introspection.
Answer: Careful, systematic self observation of ones own conscious
experience.
personal observation of our own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
ignore what object is and describe your conscious experience of it
◉ Functionalism.
