psych 357 final exam study guide questions
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what |was |the |first |american |school |of |psychology? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-*Functionalism* |
- |it |was |developed |by |those |not |satisfied |with |structuralism |
- |influenced |by |Darwin's |work |
-Focused |on |the |examination |of |the |function |and |purpose |of |mind |and |behavior |
-focused |on |the |mental |processes |and |their |relation |to |behavior
what |is |the |functionalist |emphasis? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--functionalism |asks: |
1.) |how |a |mental |process |operates |
2.) |what |it |accomplishes |
3.) |under |what |conditions |does |it |appear
Dewey's |belief |on |the |reflex |arc? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-*stimulus |response* |
- |Dewey |said |" |more |like |a |reflex |circle"
Dewey |believed |that |the |key(s) |to |human |triumph |over |the |struggle |for |survival |was? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-
on |what |topic |did |Dewey |advise |people |from |China, |Japan, |Russia? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--
Education
Dewey's |view |on |the |role |of |education? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--children |should |learn |to |learn, |not |
through |rote |learning
-designed |an |educational |laboratory
The |APA |presidential |address |of |_____ |better |defined |what |functionalism |was? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-*"the |province |of |Functional |psychology"* |
- |functionalism |studies |how |consciousness |works |and |why |it |works |this |way |
, -functionalism |studies |the |mind |in |action |because |it |cannot |be |stopped |for |analysis; |it |is |continually |
changing |and |adapting |
-functionalism |involves |the |study |of |the |interactions |between |the |physical |and |psychological |worlds
What |did |Helen |Wooley |investigate? |What |did |she |find?
What |was |the |reaction |of |many |of |her |male |colleagues? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |investigation |of |
working |children
-investigated |sex |differences |scientifically |
-found |little |to |no |differences |in |emotional |functioning |and |intelligence |
-differences |that |were |found |could |be |attributed |to |environmental |factors |
- |accused |by |her |male |colleagues |as |"giving |a |feminist |interpretation |to |the |data"
what |is |the |law |of |effect?.. |and |who |proposed |it? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Responses |to |stimuli |that
|result |in |satisfaction |are |more |likely |to |occur |again |in |the |situation |and |responses |to |stimuli |that |
result |in |an |unpleasant |effect |are |less |likely |to |reoccur |
- |Proposed |by |Edward |Thorndike
Contributions |of |Simon |and |Binet? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-*Binet* |
- |developed |the |first |psychological |scales |to |assess |intelligence |
- |opposed |the |concept |of |IQ
*Simon*
-contributor |of |the |intelligence |tests |created |by |Binet |
- |medical |student |who |wanted |to |be |Binets |assistant |and |worked |with |him |on |the |intelligence |tests |
-opposed |the |concept |of |IQ
When |did |the |first |Binet-Simon |scale |appear? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1905
Who |is |credited |with |americanizing |the |Binet-Simon |scale? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Henry |H. |Goddard
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what |was |the |first |american |school |of |psychology? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-*Functionalism* |
- |it |was |developed |by |those |not |satisfied |with |structuralism |
- |influenced |by |Darwin's |work |
-Focused |on |the |examination |of |the |function |and |purpose |of |mind |and |behavior |
-focused |on |the |mental |processes |and |their |relation |to |behavior
what |is |the |functionalist |emphasis? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--functionalism |asks: |
1.) |how |a |mental |process |operates |
2.) |what |it |accomplishes |
3.) |under |what |conditions |does |it |appear
Dewey's |belief |on |the |reflex |arc? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-*stimulus |response* |
- |Dewey |said |" |more |like |a |reflex |circle"
Dewey |believed |that |the |key(s) |to |human |triumph |over |the |struggle |for |survival |was? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-
on |what |topic |did |Dewey |advise |people |from |China, |Japan, |Russia? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--
Education
Dewey's |view |on |the |role |of |education? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--children |should |learn |to |learn, |not |
through |rote |learning
-designed |an |educational |laboratory
The |APA |presidential |address |of |_____ |better |defined |what |functionalism |was? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-*"the |province |of |Functional |psychology"* |
- |functionalism |studies |how |consciousness |works |and |why |it |works |this |way |
, -functionalism |studies |the |mind |in |action |because |it |cannot |be |stopped |for |analysis; |it |is |continually |
changing |and |adapting |
-functionalism |involves |the |study |of |the |interactions |between |the |physical |and |psychological |worlds
What |did |Helen |Wooley |investigate? |What |did |she |find?
What |was |the |reaction |of |many |of |her |male |colleagues? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |investigation |of |
working |children
-investigated |sex |differences |scientifically |
-found |little |to |no |differences |in |emotional |functioning |and |intelligence |
-differences |that |were |found |could |be |attributed |to |environmental |factors |
- |accused |by |her |male |colleagues |as |"giving |a |feminist |interpretation |to |the |data"
what |is |the |law |of |effect?.. |and |who |proposed |it? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Responses |to |stimuli |that
|result |in |satisfaction |are |more |likely |to |occur |again |in |the |situation |and |responses |to |stimuli |that |
result |in |an |unpleasant |effect |are |less |likely |to |reoccur |
- |Proposed |by |Edward |Thorndike
Contributions |of |Simon |and |Binet? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-*Binet* |
- |developed |the |first |psychological |scales |to |assess |intelligence |
- |opposed |the |concept |of |IQ
*Simon*
-contributor |of |the |intelligence |tests |created |by |Binet |
- |medical |student |who |wanted |to |be |Binets |assistant |and |worked |with |him |on |the |intelligence |tests |
-opposed |the |concept |of |IQ
When |did |the |first |Binet-Simon |scale |appear? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1905
Who |is |credited |with |americanizing |the |Binet-Simon |scale? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Henry |H. |Goddard
