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PSYC 375 HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM REVIEW
COMPREHENSIVE- ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY 2022
Which of the following was a theme running through functionalism? - CORRECT ANSWER IS an interest in
the function of the mind rather than its contents



Binet believed disadvantaged students could be taught the skills they needed to succeed in school
through the use of: - CORRECT ANSWER IS mental orthopedics



The major conclusion from Terman's study of genius was that: - CORRECT ANSWER IS gifted children
became gifted adults



In his study and treatment of mentally ill individuals, Munsterberg attempted to strengthen thoughts
opposite to those causing his clients to have difficulties. He referred to this technique as: - CORRECT
ANSWER IS reciprocal antagonism



Who is commonly credited with the founding of the school of functionalism? - CORRECT ANSWER IS
Dewey



When studying humans, James felt that: - CORRECT ANSWER IS both the scientific and philosophic
approach must be used



Washburn systematically studied several categories of animal behavior in order to: - CORRECT ANSWER IS
understand animal consciousness



Thorndike's identical elements theory of transfer stated that: - CORRECT ANSWER IS the extent to which
information learned in one situation will transfer to another situation is determined by the similarity
between the two situations



According to James, the most important thing about consciousness was that it was: - CORRECT ANSWER
IS functional



According to Angell, the functional psychologist believed all of the following except: - CORRECT ANSWER
IS mental operations were important, whereas mental elements were not

,b. mental processes intervened between an organism's needs and its environment

c. nothing worthwhile could be learned about humans by studying nonhuman animals Correct(p. 365)

d. the mind and the body could not be separated



Regarding experiencing emotion, which sequence, according to James, is correct? - CORRECT ANSWER IS
we strike a person and then become angry



In his writing on forensic psychology, Munsterberg did all of the following except: - CORRECT ANSWER IS
he indicated that eyewitnesses testimony was often unreliable

b. argued against the harsh interrogation of those thought to be guilty of a crime

c. proposed that suggestion and stress do not affect perception Correct(p. 349)

d. described a device that would later become the lie detector



Hall believed that each individual in his or her lifetime reenacted all of the evolutionary stages of the
human species. This belief was called: - CORRECT ANSWER IS recapitulation theory



One of McDougall's major criticisms of Watson's position was that it: - CORRECT ANSWER IS Could not
account for the most satisfying human experiences.



Pavlov called the words that come to symbolize reality "signals of signals" or the: - CORRECT ANSWER IS
second-signal system



By systematically moving a feared rabbit closer and closer to Peter as Peter ate lunch, Watson and Jones:
- CORRECT ANSWER IS both made use of procedures later called behavior therapy and eliminated Peter's
fear of the rabbit and reduced his fear of related objects



Pavlov called the stimuli (CSs) that come to signal biologically significant events the: - CORRECT ANSWER
IS First-signal system



What Pavlov called a conditioned reflex, Bechterev called a ____ reflex. - CORRECT ANSWER IS association

,What did McDougall include in his definition of psychology that Watson did not? - CORRECT ANSWER IS
study of human consciousness



Which of the following allows reference to internal events in explanations of behavior, provided that
those events are indexed by overt behavior? - CORRECT ANSWER IS methodological behaviorism



Watson described four types of behavior. Which of the following is not one of them? - CORRECT ANSWER
IS thinking



Watson allowed for some influence of genetics on personality by saying that ____ interacted with
experience to produce specific behavior patterns. - CORRECT ANSWER IS bodily structure



The most important concept that Sechenov introduced into psychology was: - CORRECT ANSWER IS
inhibition



In Pavlov's experimental example, the meat powder was the - CORRECT ANSWER IS unconditioned stimuli



According to Pavlov, ____ stimuli were biologically neutral. - CORRECT ANSWER IS conditioned



According to Woodworth, an organism will act differently in the same physical environment depending on
what: - CORRECT ANSWER IS need or drive is present



For ____, ideas causes behavior, but for ____, behavior causes ideas - CORRECT ANSWER IS James;
Münsterberg



Which of the following statements is most closely associated with Angell? - CORRECT ANSWER IS Mind
and body cannot be separated; they act as a unit in an organism's struggle for survival.



In her studies of animal behavior (consciousness), Washburn's use of controlled behavior to index mental
events was similar to the approach of: - CORRECT ANSWER IS contemporary cognitive psychologists

, Dewey believed that the best way to learn is by: - CORRECT ANSWER IS engaging in the activities to be
learned



Woodworth was primarily a functionalist, but he had also described himself as having a middle-of-the-
road attitude. What term best describes his approach? - CORRECT ANSWER IS eclectic



Due to Münsterberg's interests and work he is known as one of the first: - CORRECT ANSWER IS forensic
psychologists



The primary purpose of Morgan's canon was to guard against: - CORRECT ANSWER IS anthropocentrism



Dewey believed that the goal of education should be to facilitate creative intelligence and: - CORRECT
ANSWER IS prepare children to live effectively in a complex society



Which of the following best describes Hall's views on co-education? - CORRECT ANSWER IS He believed
that coeducation could interfere with later sexual functioning.



Which psychologist's research was instrumental in the 1954 court decision on school desegregation? -
CORRECT ANSWER IS Kenneth Clark



What was James's advice with regard to emotional experience? - CORRECT ANSWER IS Act the way you
want to feel



According to James, what keeps people working at boring jobs and also keeps the social strata from
mixing? - CORRECT ANSWER IS habit



Dewey argued that analyzing the elements of a reflex caused the investigator to miss its most important
feature, its ____. - CORRECT ANSWER IS purposiveness



Woodworth was primarily interested in ____, or in what he called dynamic psychology. - CORRECT
ANSWER IS motivation

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