PSYCH 357 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE || ANSWERS 100%
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what was the first american school of psychology? correct answers *Functionalism*
- it was developed by those not satisfied with structuralism
- influenced by Darwin's work
-Focused on the examination of the function and purpose of mind and behavior
-focused on the mental processes and their relation to behavior
what is the functionalist emphasis? correct answers -functionalism asks:
1.) how a mental process operates
2.) what it accomplishes
3.) under what conditions does it appear
Dewey's belief on the reflex arc? correct answers *stimulus response*
- Dewey said " more like a reflex circle"
Dewey believed that the key(s) to human triumph over the struggle for survival was? correct
answers
on what topic did Dewey advise people from China, Japan, Russia? correct answers -Education
Dewey's view on the role of education? correct answers -children should learn to learn, not
through rote learning
-designed an educational laboratory
The APA presidential address of _____ better defined what functionalism was? correct answers
*"the province of Functional psychology"*
, - functionalism studies how consciousness works and why it works this way
-functionalism studies the mind in action because it cannot be stopped for analysis; it is
continually changing and adapting
-functionalism involves the study of the interactions between the physical and psychological
worlds
What did Helen Wooley investigate? What did she find?
What was the reaction of many of her male colleagues? correct answers - investigation of
working children
-investigated sex differences scientifically
-found little to no differences in emotional functioning and intelligence
-differences that were found could be attributed to environmental factors
- accused by her male colleagues as "giving a feminist interpretation to the data"
what is the law of effect?.. and who proposed it? correct answers - Responses to stimuli that
result in satisfaction are more likely to occur again in the situation and responses to stimuli that
result in an unpleasant effect are less likely to reoccur
- Proposed by Edward Thorndike
Contributions of Simon and Binet? correct answers *Binet*
- developed the first psychological scales to assess intelligence
- opposed the concept of IQ
*Simon*
-contributor of the intelligence tests created by Binet
- medical student who wanted to be Binets assistant and worked with him on the intelligence
tests
-opposed the concept of IQ
RATED CORRECT.
what was the first american school of psychology? correct answers *Functionalism*
- it was developed by those not satisfied with structuralism
- influenced by Darwin's work
-Focused on the examination of the function and purpose of mind and behavior
-focused on the mental processes and their relation to behavior
what is the functionalist emphasis? correct answers -functionalism asks:
1.) how a mental process operates
2.) what it accomplishes
3.) under what conditions does it appear
Dewey's belief on the reflex arc? correct answers *stimulus response*
- Dewey said " more like a reflex circle"
Dewey believed that the key(s) to human triumph over the struggle for survival was? correct
answers
on what topic did Dewey advise people from China, Japan, Russia? correct answers -Education
Dewey's view on the role of education? correct answers -children should learn to learn, not
through rote learning
-designed an educational laboratory
The APA presidential address of _____ better defined what functionalism was? correct answers
*"the province of Functional psychology"*
, - functionalism studies how consciousness works and why it works this way
-functionalism studies the mind in action because it cannot be stopped for analysis; it is
continually changing and adapting
-functionalism involves the study of the interactions between the physical and psychological
worlds
What did Helen Wooley investigate? What did she find?
What was the reaction of many of her male colleagues? correct answers - investigation of
working children
-investigated sex differences scientifically
-found little to no differences in emotional functioning and intelligence
-differences that were found could be attributed to environmental factors
- accused by her male colleagues as "giving a feminist interpretation to the data"
what is the law of effect?.. and who proposed it? correct answers - Responses to stimuli that
result in satisfaction are more likely to occur again in the situation and responses to stimuli that
result in an unpleasant effect are less likely to reoccur
- Proposed by Edward Thorndike
Contributions of Simon and Binet? correct answers *Binet*
- developed the first psychological scales to assess intelligence
- opposed the concept of IQ
*Simon*
-contributor of the intelligence tests created by Binet
- medical student who wanted to be Binets assistant and worked with him on the intelligence
tests
-opposed the concept of IQ
