A History of Modern Psychology 11th Edition - Final Exam
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Final Exam
True / False
1. A course in the history of psychology is a typical requirement for only 10% of undergraduate degree programs in psychology.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Why Study the History of Psychology?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
2. Virtually every modern ...
1. How did each of the major schools of thought shape psychology as a discipline? What is their current status within the
field?
ANSWER: Answer not provided.
POINTS: 1
2. Describe the antecedents of the cognitive movement in psychology, including the early indications within the field that
a new school of thought was emerging and the role of the changing zeitgeist in physics in influencing it.
ANSWER: Answer not provided.
POINTS: 1
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3. Describe the nature of the founding of cognitive psychology, the roles played by Miller and Neisser in developing it,
and the major contributions of each.
ANSWER: Answer not provided.
POINTS: 1
4. In what ways is the computer an appropriate metaphor for cognitive psychology? Explain the concept of artificial
intelligence and the significance of the chess games between Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue in terms of determining
whether artificial intelligence is equivalent to human intelligence.
ANSWER: Answer not provided.
POINTS: 1
NOTES: WWW
5. Describe the distinctions between early approaches and contemporary cognitive approaches to introspection,
unconscious cognition, and animal cognition.
ANSWER: Answer not provided.
POINTS: 1
6. What is the current status of cognitive psychology?
ANSWER: Answer not provided.
POINTS: 1
7. Describe evolutionary psychology and the four fundamental questions it addresses.
ANSWER: Answer not provided.
POINTS: 1
8. Describe the antecedent and sociobiological influences on evolutionary psychology and its current status within
psychology.
ANSWER: Answer not provided.
POINTS: 1
9. Garry Kasparov was ____.
a. president of the Russian Psychological Association
b. one of the founders of cognitive psychology
c. the greatest chess player in history
d. celebrated for his phenomenal work in artificial
intelligence
e. a minor player on the world stage
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
,REFERENCES: Chess Champion Capitulates to Cunning Computer
10. In his match against the “cunning opponent,” why did Kasparov exhibits signs of fear and confusion?
a. Because he was playing against a computer that could challenge him
intellectually.
b. Because he couldn’t help thinking about the rapid fall of the Soviet Union.
c. Because he was trying to trick his opponent into thinking he had won.
d. Because, after winning five straight games, he was tired.
e. Because he saw a basic flaw in the reasoning of his opponent.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Chess Champion Capitulates to Cunning Computer
11. Which of the following schools made substantial contributions to psychology's evolution?
a. Gestalt psychology
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviorism
e. All of the choices are
correct.
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Schools of Thought in
Perspective
12. There are no structural psychologists left in the United States. However, structural psychology was a success because
it ____.
a. discovered metal elements that compose consciousness
b. helped to establish psychology as an independent science
c. was able to perfect the method of introspection as a means to explore the nature of consciousness
d. discovered the phi phenomenon which shows that mentality has the job of trying to interpret reality from
sensory inputs
e. None of the choices are correct.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Schools of Thought in
Perspective
NOTES: WWW
13. Of all the schools of psychology initiated by 1930, only behaviorism and psychoanalysis ____.
a. have maintained their identities
b. have been absorbed into the mainstream
c. have been phased out of contemporary psychology
d. maintained a focus on the pseudo-problem of consciousness
e. are the primary schools of thought in contemporary
psychology
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
, REFERENCES: Schools of Thought in
Perspective
14. The imperative that "psychology must discard all references to consciousness" was the command of ____.
a. Dewey
b. Angell
c. Watson
d. Skinner
e. Seligman
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: The Cognitive Movement in
Psychology
NOTES: WWW
15. In McKeachie's opinion, the return of consciousness to psychology signaled a change in favor of ____ psychology.
a. operational
b. mechanistic
c. humanistic
d. cognitive
e. behavioral
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: The Cognitive Movement in
Psychology
16. Cognitive psychology is concerned with ____.
a. reducing mental processes to the activity of the brain
b. the study of all mental processes such as perception, learning, memory, and problem
solving
c. the analysis of behavior into stimulus-response associations
d. the explanation of behavior using external stimuli as causes
e. human cognition only
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: The Cognitive Movement in
Psychology
17. In terms of its antecedent influences, cognitive psychology represents a return to ____.
a. the early attempts at a science of the mind and consciousness
b. the type of speculations engaged in by philosophers
c. introspection
d. the active role of the perceiver
e. All of the choices are correct.
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: The Cognitive Movement in
Psychology
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