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June 6, 2023 by ktangen

Final Exam: History & Systems

Final exam

Philosophy

Which of the following is a British empiricist:

  • Descartes
  • Hobbes
  • Locke
  • Binet

Who didn’t drop things from the Leaning Tower of Pisa but was a rationalist:

  • Galvani
  • Galileo
  • Galton8
  • Gall

Whose philosophy of science inspired many people, including Freud and Wundt:

  • Rousseau
  • Brentano
  • Skinner
  • Frankl

Whose laws of association are still used today:

  • Helmholtz
  • Descartes
  • Titchener
  • Aristotle

Hobbes is best known for:

  • Psychosexual stages
  • Mirrors of the soul
  • Trains of thought
  • Self-actualization

 

Experimental Physiology

Who is best known for describing the just noticeable difference (jnd):

  • Helmholtz
  • Galvani
  • Weber
  • Bell

Who believed he had discovered animal electricity:

  • Helmholtz
  • Galvani
  • Weber
  • Bell

Who used ablation to disprove phrenology:

  • Flourens
  • Franklin
  • Fechner
  • Fromm

Who measured the speed of a neuron (thought impossible):

  • Helmholtz
  • Galton
  • Pavlov
  • Ribot

Charles Bell showed that an individual nerve is NOT:

  • Bidirectional
  • Symmetrical
  • Electrical
  • Chemical

 

Founders

Who specialized in the study of sound:

  • Titchener
  • Stumpf
  • Wundt
  • James

Who is best known as a founder of functionalism:

  • Titchener
  • Stumpf
  • Wundt
  • James

Who showed the importance of studying pathology:

  • Ebbinghaus
  • Darwin
  • Pavlov
  • Ribot

Who proposed a theory of volition::

  • Skinner
  • Watson
  • Wundt
  • Bell

Wundt’s Volkspsychology (folk psychology) was :

  • Non-experimental
  • Psychosomatic
  • Inductive
  • Reflexive

 

Countries

Which German psychologist embraced pragmatism and logical positivism:

  • Clever Hans
  • Ebbinghaus
  • Watson
  • Mach

Which German psychologist greatly influenced BF Skinner:

  • Ebbinghaus
  • Watson
  • Mach
  • Bell

Which focuses on psychopathology:

  • Japanese psychology
  • Russian psychology
  • French psychology
  • British psychology

Which has the most psychologists:

  • American psychology
  • Japanese psychology
  • German psychology
  • French psychology

Galton was a part of:

  • American psychology
  • German psychology
  • French psychology
  • British psychology

 

Schools

What was the 3rd wave of psychology:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Behaviorism
  • Humanism
  • Cognitive

Adler was in which school of thought:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Behaviorism
  • Humanism
  • Cognitive

Maslow was in which school of thought:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Behaviorism
  • Humanism
  • Cognitive

Which was the first cognitive theory of psychology:

  • Information Processing
  • Functionalism
  • Structuralism
  • Behaviorism

Titchener was in which school of thought:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Functionalism
  • Structuralism
  • Humanism

 

 

Philosophy

Which of the following is a British empiricist:

  • Descartes
  • Hobbes
  • Locke
  • Binet

Who didn’t drop things from the Leaning Tower of Pisa but was a rationalist:

  • Galvani
  • Galileo
  • Galton
  • Gall

Whose philosophy of science inspired many people, including Freud and Wundt:

  • Rousseau
  • Brentano
  • Skinner
  • Frankl

Whose laws of association are still used today:

  • Helmholtz
  • Descartes
  • Titchener
  • Aristotle

Hobbes is best known for:

  • Psychosexual stages
  • Mirrors of the soul
  • Trains of thought
  • Self-actualization

 

Experimental Physiology

Who is best known for describing the just noticeable difference (jnd):

  • Helmholtz
  • Galvani
  • Weber
  • Bell

Who believed he had discovered animal electricity:

  • Helmholtz
  • Galvani
  • Weber
  • Bell

Who used ablation to disprove phrenology:

  • Flourens
  • Franklin
  • Fechner
  • Fromm

Who measured the speed of a neuron (thought impossible):

  • Helmholtz
  • Galton
  • Pavlov
  • Ribot

Charles Bell showed that an individual nerve is NOT:

  • Bidirectional
  • Symmetrical
  • Electrical
  • Chemical

 

Founders

Who specialized in the study of sound:

  • Titchener
  • Stumpf
  • Wundt
  • James

Who is best known as a founder of functionalism:

  • Titchener
  • Stumpf
  • Wundt
  • James

Who showed the importance of studying pathology:

  • Ebbinghaus
  • Darwin
  • Pavlov
  • Ribot

Who proposed a theory of volition::

  • Skinner
  • Watson
  • Wundt
  • Bell

Wundt’s Volkspsychology (folk psychology) was :

  • Non-experimental
  • Psychosomatic
  • Inductive
  • Reflexive

 

Countries

Which German psychologist embraced pragmatism and logical positivism:

  • Clever Hans
  • Ebbinghaus
  • Watson
  • Mach

Which German psychologist greatly influenced BF Skinner:

  • Ebbinghaus
  • Watson
  • Mach
  • Bell

Which focuses on psychopathology:

  • Japanese psychology
  • Russian psychology
  • French psychology
  • British psychology

Which has the most psychologists:

  • American psychology
  • Japanese psychology
  • German psychology
  • French psychology

Galton was a part of:

  • American psychology
  • German psychology
  • French psychology
  • British psychology

 

Schools

What was the 3rd wave of psychology:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Behaviorism
  • Humanism
  • Cognitive

Adler was in which school of thought:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Behaviorism
  • Humanism
  • Cognitive

Maslow was in which school of thought:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Behaviorism
  • Humanism
  • Cognitive

Which was the first cognitive theory of psychology:

  • Information Processing
  • Functionalism
  • Structuralism
  • Behaviorism

Titchener was in which school of thought:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Functionalism
  • Structuralism
  • Humanism

 

 

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