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UVIC PSYCH 210 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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UVIC PSYCH 210 EXAM 1The Elements of Consciousness: Titchener's 3 Problems for Psychology -
ANSWERS-1.) Reduce conscious processes to their simplest component
2.) Determine laws by which these elements of consciousness were associated
3.) Connect the elements with their physiological conditions
What year did Wundt put psychology into practice? - ANSWERS-1879
What can we learn from studying the history of psychology? - ANSWERS--Modern
psychology is marked by diversity
-Common denominator is history
-Build our learning to a higher level of understanding without repetition
-Come to know the assumptions underlying the contemporary psychological ideas
and theories
Dualism - ANSWERS-There are two aspects to humans, one physical and one
mental. Mind is the puppeteer, body is the puppet
What was the ultimate goal of the Berlin Physical Society? - ANSWERS-These
individuals wanted to prove that all findings could be accounted for by the
principles of physics -> goal to be able to connect physiology and physics
, Significance of Helmholtz' research - ANSWERS--Prior research assumed that
impulses were too fast to be measured
-Proved that thought and movement are separate
Significance of Ebbinhaus' research on learning and memory - ANSWERS--Focus of
study was on initial formation of association
-Challeged Wundt's claim that higher mental processes, such as learning and
memory, could not be studied in the lab
-Proved Wundt wrong
What distinction did Titchener draw between consciousness and mind? -
ANSWERS--The consciousness could be broken down into parts and components
-The mind is the sum of our experience accumulated over a lifetime
Titchener's three elementary states of consciousness - ANSWERS-Sensations: the
basic element of perception and occur in sounds, sight, smell etc.
Images: the elements of ideas, and they are found in the process that reflects
experiences that are not actually present at the moment
Affective states: the elements of emotion and are found in experiences such as
love, hate, sadness
Titchener's Four Attributes of Mental Elements - ANSWERS-Quality:
characteristics that clearly distinguish each element from every other
Intensity: refers to a sensations strength, weakness, loudness, or brightness
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