History Of Psychology Ch. 10

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The dilemma faced by J.S. Mill in making psychology a science was that:

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Human behavior cannot be predicted as accurately as the subject matter of other sciences such as physics.

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Darwin's idea of progress was that

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progress is not only possible but inevitable and even mechanical.

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Galton, as an aspect of his eugenics movement, proposed that

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the principles of evolutionary thoery should be applied to human breeding strategies.

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The Bell-Magendie law provided evidence that

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The spinal cord was designed to convey sensory and motor directions separately.

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Wilhelm Wundt was the first to establish a

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laboratory for studying the mind

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The study of phrenology was concerned with

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identifying brain regions repsonsible for specific tasks

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thomas malthus used math to demonstrate that

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some opposing forces prevents humans from reproducing at their highest potential rate

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Darwin had a strong influence on which of the following

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a.Psychological thought and practice.
b.Biological understanding of evolution.
c. Political policies during the industrial revolution.
(all of the above)

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A critic of the study of psychology was Kant. He suggested that:

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interpret the world with imperfect senses
making an empirical scientific psychology impossible

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One of the three stages of culture that Comte described is:

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scientific (positive knowledge replaces others)

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the psychology of what robinson called "the crucial half century" is different from previous systems of psychology in that

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it was more focused than previous systems.

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the reasoning behind comparative psychology is that

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human structure is comparable to animals in its purpose and function

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the view of the ancient greeks about the "insanity" defense was that

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someone insane was less than human because the state of being human demanded free will

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Freud used this approach to discover the sources of traumatic events in people's lives

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free association

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The "Freudian Slip" is

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disguised plots and fantasies of the dream world, penetration of the unconscious into speech, revelations into the remnants of childhood traumas

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Freud saw the world as a set of polarities..these are:

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life force vs. death wish

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Pierre Janet was mainly interested in:

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the biological and psychological bases for hysteria

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Alfred Binet is best known for his

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contribution to a test of mental abilities named the Standford-binet intelligence test

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Proponents of the psychodynamic theory suggest that:

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the psyche is an active interplay between the unconscious motivations and desires, thus influencing behavior

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freud said that:

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1.reconcile sexual urge with the demands of society i
2. if we fail to successfully pass through stages of maturation, we become fixated in one of them
3.unconscious motivation for behavior.

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in what sense is psychology still young?

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psychology still conducts its research without a unifying theory

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according to Robinson, what defines the very character of science?

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methods are chosen because of their relevance to the problem under investigation

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in england and america, psychology was a __________ discipline, whereas in Europe it was a ___________discipline.

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1. empirical
2. rationalistic

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robinson asserts that there is only one scientific method. (T/F)

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False

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Behaviorists viewed consciousness as:

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unobservable and therefore not an object of scientific investigation

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B.F. Skinner focused his research on

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operant conditioning

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Gestalt psychology is more related to rationalism in that it relies on mental categories (true/false)

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true

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the principle hypothesis of Gestalt Psychology is (are):

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1.organisms interact with their environment
2.perception is governed by laws
3.stimuli are interpreted. (all of the above)

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according to robinson, which of the following are important ideas when evaluating theory?

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1.facts of experience cannot be undone by theory,
2. complacency with the rightness of one's own ideas leads to intellectual atrophy. (both a and c)