Module 5

Incorrect Question 1

0 / 5 pts

In their evaluation of Titchener's theoretical viewpoint toward the end of his career, Schultz and Schultz conclude that he was ____.

 

too rigid and dogmatic to ever change- wrong

 

a minor figure in the history of modern psychology

 

too tied to Wundtian thought to make any original contributions of his own

 

as flexible and open to change as scientists are supposed to be

 

None of the choices are correct

 

Question 2

5 / 5 pts

In terms of describing the method of introspection, Titchener ____.

 

defined it with the precision of an Oxford scholar

 

had difficulty defining exactly what he meant- correct

 

used inspection and retrospection

 

relied on Wundt's definition

 

used Comte's operational definition

 

Question 3

5 / 5 pts

Titchener argued that psychology is unique among the sciences because ____.​

 

psychology alone is dependent on experiencing persons- correct

 

only psychology studies brain-behavior relationships

 

only psychology uses introspection

 

only psychology depends on human observers

 

None of the choices are correct; he believed psychology was virtually identical to the natural sciences

 

Question 4

5 / 5 pts

In his introspection experiments, Titchener wanted his subjects (observers) to ____.

 

try to create new images in consciousness from the presented stimuli

 

search for their inner self

 

have their galvanic skin response recorded while they gave their introspective reports

 

be passive recorders of the experiences registering on the conscious mind- correct

 

remember their childhood experiences

 

Question 5

5 / 5 pts

Which of the following was a topic to be explored by Titchener's psychology?

 

the reduction of conscious processes

 

the determination of the laws of association of elements of consciousness

 

to identify the physiological correlates of the elements

 

All the choices are correct.- correct

 

None of the answers is correct.

 

Question 6

5 / 5 pts

When Titchener returned to Oxford with his doctorate from Wundt, his colleagues ____.

 

quickly followed in his footsteps

 

incorporated his new ideas into their own approaches

 

tried their best to convince him to stay in England and add the new approaches he had learned to the department of philosophy

 

were skeptical of the use of scientific approaches to philosophical questions

 

None of the choices are correct

 

Question 7

5 / 5 pts

Substantial doubts about and attacks on introspection ____.

 

began when Titchener started using it as a method of study

 

were unknown before the work of Titchener

 

began when Titchener started using it as a method of study and were unknown before the work of Titchener

 

existed long before Titchener used the method

 

None of the choices are correct

 

Question 8

5 / 5 pts

Titchener's research led him to conclude that affective states had only ____ dimension(s); namely ____.

 

two; pleasure/displeasure and tension/ relaxation

 

one; tension/relaxation

 

one; pleasure/displeasure

 

one; excitement/depression

 

two; pleasure/displeasure and excitement/depression

 

Question 9

5 / 5 pts

Titchener vigorously cautioned experimental psychologists about the stimulus error, that is, about ____.

 

assuming a one-to-one correspondence between the stimulus and its perception

 

assuming a logarithmic relationship between the strength of the objective stimulus and the intensity of the psychological experience of the stimulus

 

describing the observed object rather than the experience of it

 

describing feelings instead of sensations

 

describing qualities of the stimulus instead of quantities

 

Question 10

5 / 5 pts

The two most important contributions of Titchener's system to modern psychology are ____.

 

his version of introspection and the experimental method

 

his experimental method and a strong position to protest

 

the delineation of a single dimension of affect and the identification of three (not two) elements of consciousness

 

facilitating the transition from a focus on self-report to a focus on the objective observation of behavior and insisting on pure research

 

the insistence on pure research and the focus on normal individuals as subjects

 

Question 11

5 / 5 pts

Titchener's introspection method was most like ____ method.

 

Wundt's

 

Brentano's

 

Stumpf's

 

Külpe's

 

Fechner's

 

Question 12

5 / 5 pts

Titchener's research identified three elements of consciousness: sensations, affective states, and ____.

 

subliminal perception

 

perception

 

images

 

behavioral intention

 

elements of emotion

 

Question 13

5 / 5 pts

With Titchener's structuralism as an idea to oppose, psychology ____.

 

moved far beyond his initial boundaries

 

made few advances in the United States

 

became even more mysterious

 

went from an emphasis on applied research to an emphasis on basic research

 

None of the choices are correct

 

Question 14

5 / 5 pts

In the Original Source Material from A Textbook of Psychology, Titchener described the difference between ____.​

 

independent and dependent experience

 

immediate and mediate experience

 

structuralism and Wundtian psychology

 

truth and fiction

 

inspection and introspection

 

Question 15

5 / 5 pts

The sum of our experiences accumulated over a lifetime is Titchener's definition of ____.

 

mind

 

consciousness

 

memory

 

apperception

 

learning

 

Question 16

5 / 5 pts

When Titchener died, the era of structuralism ____.

 

was turned over to the Chicago school of thought

 

collapsed

 

reverted to Wundtian psychology

 

was taken over by his student, E. B. Boring

 

continued vigorously for another decade

 

Question 17

5 / 5 pts

Titchener's descriptors of sensations did NOT include which of the following?​

 

quality

 

intensity

 

duration

 

clearness

 

propensity

 

Question 18

5 / 5 pts

In addition to introspection, another criticism of Titchener's system was its ____.

 

practicality

 

artificiality and sterility

 

difficulty of use

 

ease of use

 

genuineness and productiveness

 

Question 19

5 / 5 pts

Titchener excluded women from the meetings of the Titchener Experimentalists because women:

 

were not admitted to graduate programs in psychology.

 

were believed unable to grasp the pure research methods of experimentation.

 

psychologists were almost exclusively engaged in applied research.

 

could not be admitted without their husbands, and none had married experimental psychologists.

 

were too pure to smoke.

 

Question 20

5 / 5 pts

Titchener's relationship with Wundt and his family was one of ____.

 

distance

 

formality

 

closeness

 

false cordiality

 

None of the choices are correct

Question 1

5 / 5 pts

The first Ph.D. recipient to apply psychological principles to advertising was ____.

 

Scott

 

Watson

 

Hall

 

Cattell

 

Münsterberg

 

Question 2

5 / 5 pts

Scott argued that consumers ____.

 

are more influenced by the mystical than by the practical

 

will purchase whatever assists their adaptation to their habitats

 

will respond to whatever interrupts the stream of consciousness

 

are not rational beings

 

label their emotional responses to a stimulus only after they respond to it

 

Question 3

5 / 5 pts

Forensic psychology was established with the work of ____.

 

Scott

 

Hall

 

Münsterberg

 

Healey

 

Witmer

 

IncorrectQuestion 4

0 / 5 pts

Which of the following techniques became more widely applied in American psychology than in England?

 

graphic display of data

 

correlation coefficient

 

chi-square test- WRONG

 

anthropometric techniques

 

correlation coefficient and chi-square test

 

IncorrectQuestion 5

0 / 5 pts

Cattell's work was novel in its focus on ____.

 

conscious content

 

conscious process

 

human abilities

 

personality

 

reaction time studies- WRONG

 

Question 6

5 / 5 pts

With regard to racial differences in IQs, the work of ____ revealed that southern Whites test as less intelligent than northern Blacks.

 

Goddard

 

Thorndike- WRONG

 

Herrnstein

 

Terman

 

Bond

 

IncorrectQuestion 7

0 / 5 pts

____ used the Binet test at Ellis Island to restrict the entry of immigrants to the United States.

 

Simon

 

Terman

 

Thorndike

 

Goddard

 

Herrnstein

 

Question 8

5 / 5 pts

The first effective tests of mental faculties were developed by ____.

 

Hall

 

Cattell

 

Binet

 

Terman

 

Wechsler

 

Question 9

5 / 5 pts

The first person to earn a PhD in industrial/organizational psychology was ____.

 

Walter Scott

 

Lightener Witmer

 

Frank Gilbreth

 

Lillian Gilbreth

 

Anna Berliner

 

Question 10

5 / 5 pts

Who wrote The Theory and Practice of Advertising, the first book on the psychology of advertising?

 

Münsterberg

 

Beers

 

Goodenough

 

Healey

 

Scott

 

Question 11

5 / 5 pts

Who said, "There is no subconscious?"

 

Scott

 

Münsterberg

 

Berliner

 

Witmer

 

Gilbreth

 

Question 12

5 / 5 pts

The first techniques of psychological therapy to be used in America were developed by ____.

 

Witmer

 

Münsterberg

 

Healey

 

Bleuler

 

Freud

 

IncorrectQuestion 13

0 / 5 pts

Cattell agreed to employ Witmer at the University of Pennsylvania if he would ____.

 

study with Freud

 

study with James at Harvard

 

earn his Ph.D. with Hall at Clark

 

earn his Ph.D. at Columbia

 

earn his Ph.D. with Wundt at Leipzig

 

Question 14

5 / 5 pts

Which of the following methods did Cattell develop?

 

the chi-square test

 

the order-of-merit ranking method

 

correlational methods

 

the eugenics formula

 

the standard deviation formula

 

Question 15

5 / 5 pts

Why did the FDA take Coca Cola to court in 1911?

 

Because one of Coke's ingredients was cocaine.

 

Because one of Coke's ingredients was caffeine.

 

Because of illegal hiring practices.

 

Because of irregularities in the pricing of their stock.

 

Because they made unsupported claims in advertising.

 

Question 16

5 / 5 pts

Galton's influence on Cattell led to ____.

 

Cattell promoting the use of experimental and control groups

 

Cattell's method of average error

 

Cattell's work on the army Alpha and army Beta tests

 

Witmer's work with dyslexic children

 

the study of large groups rather than single subjects

 

Question 17

5 / 5 pts

The effect of World War I on the evolution of psychological testing was to ____.

 

establish a hospitable environment for such endeavors

 

identify the need for "culture fair" tests

 

establish a baseline of racial differences in IQs in the United States

 

refute the assumption that illiterates are mentally retarded

 

pave the way for aptitude tests for high-school students

 

Question 18

5 / 5 pts

Scott argued that the most effective advertisement consisted of ____.

 

a multiple-media approach

 

bright colors (such as McDonald's golden arches)

 

a sudden change in volume (such as television ads)

 

subliminal erotic components

 

a big picture accompanied by the fewest possible words (such as the Nike logo)

 

Question 19

5 / 5 pts

Cattell's interest in psychology was provoked by ____.

 

Fechner's book on psychophysics

 

Wundt's book on experimental psychology

 

James's Principles

 

Freud's papers on cocaine

 

his own use of drugs

 

Question 20

5 / 5 pts

Cattell was a strong proponent of ____.

 

eugenics

 

the single-subject design

 

Watson's behaviorism

 

social Darwinism

 

United States involvement in World War I