PSY 1012 CH 1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS 100% PASS
Attempts at understanding human behavior predate psychology by: - ANSWER Millenia
There are written records characterizing why humans behave the way they do as far back
as: - ANSWER Ancient Egypt
As far back as the Neolithic period there is evidence of: - ANSWER Trepanning
Which of the following people believed that the entire universe was made up of tiny
indivisible atoms? - ANSWER Democritus
Which of the following people believed that all intelligence could be broken down into
basic associations? - ANSWER Aristotle
Which group generally produced the greatest amount of prescientific explanations of
behavior? - ANSWER religious philosophers
Paracelsus was a(n): - ANSWER Alchemist
Paracelsus was the first person in Western medicine to document the: - ANSWER
Placebo effects
,The first scientific field to develop was: - ANSWER physics
One of the first scientific descriptions of nerves was as: - ANSWER hollow tubes filled
with fluid
Which of the following scientists proposed that vibrations sent from the brain to the
muscle through the nervous system controlled movement? - ANSWER Newton
Which of the following scientists showed that nerves are not hollow tubes? - ANSWER
Leeuwenhoek
Early research on electricity used which of the following devices: - ANSWER Leyden jars
One of the first doctors to apply electricity to dead human bodies in an attempt to
resuscitate them was named: - ANSWER Aldini
This person was one of the first people to attempt reanimating dead animals with
electricity. - ANSWER Kratzenstein
Which of the following people showed that electricity travels through nerves and not
fluids? - ANSWER Galvani
, Animal electricity is: - ANSWER What Galvani discovered after accidentally touching an
electric paddle to the leg of a dead frog
Who believed that the nervous system functioned like a hydraulics system? - ANSWER
Descartes
This person applied electricity to the heads of decapitated prisoners and the heads
grimace. - ANSWER Aldini
This person treated his patients by exposing them to the shocks of electric eels. -
ANSWER Aldini
This person is credited with developing the field of psychophysics. - ANSWER Weber
Ernst Weber was responsible for developing the field of: - ANSWER Psychophysics
Which of the following represents the way in which your sensory system detects changes
in stimuli? - ANSWER Curvilinear
This person established the first accurate measure of nerve conduction speed. - ANSWER
Helmholtz
Who used the subtraction method? - ANSWER Donders and Helmholtz
ANSWERS 100% PASS
Attempts at understanding human behavior predate psychology by: - ANSWER Millenia
There are written records characterizing why humans behave the way they do as far back
as: - ANSWER Ancient Egypt
As far back as the Neolithic period there is evidence of: - ANSWER Trepanning
Which of the following people believed that the entire universe was made up of tiny
indivisible atoms? - ANSWER Democritus
Which of the following people believed that all intelligence could be broken down into
basic associations? - ANSWER Aristotle
Which group generally produced the greatest amount of prescientific explanations of
behavior? - ANSWER religious philosophers
Paracelsus was a(n): - ANSWER Alchemist
Paracelsus was the first person in Western medicine to document the: - ANSWER
Placebo effects
,The first scientific field to develop was: - ANSWER physics
One of the first scientific descriptions of nerves was as: - ANSWER hollow tubes filled
with fluid
Which of the following scientists proposed that vibrations sent from the brain to the
muscle through the nervous system controlled movement? - ANSWER Newton
Which of the following scientists showed that nerves are not hollow tubes? - ANSWER
Leeuwenhoek
Early research on electricity used which of the following devices: - ANSWER Leyden jars
One of the first doctors to apply electricity to dead human bodies in an attempt to
resuscitate them was named: - ANSWER Aldini
This person was one of the first people to attempt reanimating dead animals with
electricity. - ANSWER Kratzenstein
Which of the following people showed that electricity travels through nerves and not
fluids? - ANSWER Galvani
, Animal electricity is: - ANSWER What Galvani discovered after accidentally touching an
electric paddle to the leg of a dead frog
Who believed that the nervous system functioned like a hydraulics system? - ANSWER
Descartes
This person applied electricity to the heads of decapitated prisoners and the heads
grimace. - ANSWER Aldini
This person treated his patients by exposing them to the shocks of electric eels. -
ANSWER Aldini
This person is credited with developing the field of psychophysics. - ANSWER Weber
Ernst Weber was responsible for developing the field of: - ANSWER Psychophysics
Which of the following represents the way in which your sensory system detects changes
in stimuli? - ANSWER Curvilinear
This person established the first accurate measure of nerve conduction speed. - ANSWER
Helmholtz
Who used the subtraction method? - ANSWER Donders and Helmholtz
