AP Psych Unit 1: History of Psych (pgs. 2-11)

By seeking to measure "atoms of the mind," who established the first psychology laboratory?

• Edward Bradford Titchener

• Margaret Floy Washburn

• Wilhelm Wundt

• G. Stanley Hall

• William James

Which philosopher proposed that nerve pathways allowed for reflexes?

• Socrates

• Rene' Descartes

• John Locke

• Aristotle

• Plato

Who coined the term tabula rasa (blank slate) to help explain the impact experience has on shaping an individual?

• Francis Bacon

• Rene' Descartes

• Edward Bradford Titchener

• Mary Whiton Calkins

• John Locke

Which of the following best describes research typical of Wilhelm Wundt's first psychology laboratory?

• Testing ESP using a wall to observe auras above participant's head

• Using a brain-scanning device to determine the impact events have on brain function.

• Measuring reaction time between hearing a sound and pressing a button

• Studying helping behavior, based on the premise that people are good

• Making careful observations of animal spirits

With which of the following statements would John B. Watson most likely agree?

• Psychology should study the growth of potential in all people

• Psychology should study the unconscious mind

• Psychology should focus on observable behavior

• Psychology should study mental thought processes

• Psychology should study how culture and beliefs impact an individual

You are at a lecture about the history of psychology and the speaker states that Wilhelm Wundt's theory of structuralism was the first scientific psychology theory. On what historical fact might the speaker be basing her or his argument?

• Wundt was internationally known at the time, and this lent credence to his theory in the scientific community.

• Wundt studied under Ivan Pavlov for his graduate training, and Pavlov required scientific methods to be used.

• Structuralism was based on the results of his introspection experiments, so it is, at least in part, empirical.

• Structuralism was based on careful anecdotes gathered from Wundt's extensive clinical career.

• Wundt was the first person to study psychology in an academic setting.

Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious mind

• was revolutionary because it was the first comprehensive explanation of human thought and behavior

• resulted from discoveries about the human brain obtained by cadaver dissection

• is outdated and has no relevance for modern psychology

• focused entirely on human males' sex drive

• depends on the idea that humans can remember events but not be consciously aware of the memory

The research methodology Wilhelm Wundt used is called

• introspection

• structuralism

• naturalistic observation

• inferential

• scientific

Which of the following psychologists wrote the first psychology textbook?

• William James

• Wilhelm Wundt

• B.F. Skinner

• John Watson

• Albert Bandura

Which of the following psychologists was part of the Gestalt group of psychologists?

• Carl Rogers

• Wilhelm Wundt

• B.F. Skinner

• John B. Watson

• Max Wertheimer