Psy. Structuralism and Functionalism Quiz

Who is credited with starting the world's first experimental psychology lab?

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

• Sigmund Freud

• Charles Darwin

What was the approach to psychology that involved breaking consciousness into manageable parts for study?

• Cognitive Psychology

• Structuralism

• Behaviorism

• Functionalism

What technique did structuralists use to study consciousness?

• Observation

• Experimentation

• Hypnosis

• Introspection

Who supported the idea that traits and abilities serve a purpose, rather than trying to understand the experience of these traits and abilities?

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

• John Watson

What did William James believe would help us understand consciousness more than trying to break it down into pieces?

• Understanding emotions

• Behavioral therapy

• Understanding the purpose of thought processes

• Studying brain anatomy

What book did Charles Darwin publish in 1859 that heavily influenced William James' ideas in terms of natural selection or "survival of the fittest"

• On the Origin of Species

• The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

• The Descent of Man

• The Voyage of the Beagle

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Structuralism

,

(b) Functionalism

• Concerned with how mental processes serves a purpose

• William James

• Concerned with what the experience of mental processes is

• Wilhelm Wundt

In an experiment involving looking at a red dot on paper, which early approach to psychology would ask the following question:

What is it like to see red?

• Functionalism

• Structuralism

In an experiment involving looking at a red dot on paper, which early approach to psychology would ask the following question:

Why do we see red? How does color vision serve me as a person?

• Functionalism

• Structuralism

Which approach to psychology made Psychology respected as a science?

• Functionalism

• Structuralism