Module 1 quizz

When and how did psychological science begin?

• Before 300B.C. the German naturalist and philosopher Wilhelm Wundt theorized about learning physical motivation

• Before 300B.C. the Greek naturalist and philosopher Aristotle theorized about learning and

  memory, motivation and emotion, perception and personality.

• The field of psychology was first introduced as such in the late 1800s by a German scientist named Wilhelm Wundt

2. What was Wilhelm Wundt’s great achieve

• He launched the first psychological laboratory, creating an experimental apparatus.

• founded experimental psychology as a discipline and became a pioneer of cultural psychology

• He created a broad research programme in empirical psychology and developed a system of philosophy and ethics

Who introduced the structuralism school, and what was it all about

• Wilhelm Wundt is the one who introduced structuralism.

  Structuralism is an early school of psychology that used introspection (looking inward) to explore

  the structural elements of the human min

• Structuralism is an early school of psychology that sought to understand the structure of the mind by analyzing its components. Introduced by Zani Viaggi

• Edward Bradford Titchener is the one who introduced structuralism.

  Structuralism is an early school of psychology that used introspection (looking inward) to explore

  the structural elements of the human min

What were the different schools of psychology?

• structuralism

• behaviorism

• humanistic psychology

• cognitive neuroscience

• functionalism

What was Wilhelm Wundt’s apparatus measuring?

• It measured the time lag between people’s hearing a ball hit a platform and their pressing a

  telegraph key. Wundt was seeking to measure “atoms of the mind.

• Wilhelm Wundt performed an experiment in 1861 using a swinging pendulum and a bell. This experiment aimed to study the reaction time of individuals

• Wilhelm Wundt tried to measure the speed of thought by tracking the discrepancy between the actual and perceived position of a swinging pendulum.

What were the obstacles that faced the structuralism

• Structuralism has often been criticized for being ahistorical and for favouring deterministic structural forces over the ability of people to act.

• Introspection required smart, verbal people.

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• It is proved unreliable as Its results varied from person to person and from experience to

  experienc

What is functionalism?

• was an early school that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes

  function, and how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.

• was an early school that viewed psychology as the science of observing people’s

  behavior without reference to mental processes.

• was an early school that emphasized the importance of current

  environmental influences on our growth potential, and the importance of having our needs for

  love and acceptance satisfie

• was an early school that focused on the study of the brain activity along

  with cognition (the study of brain activity linked with mental activity

was an early school that viewed psychology as the science of observing people’s

behavior without reference to mental processes

• Functionalism

• Behaviorism

• Humanistic psychology

• Cognitive neuroscience

<Humanistic psychology> was an early school that emphasized the importance of current

environmental influences on our growth potential, and the importance of having our needs for

love and acceptance satisfie

• True

• False

How was psychology defined before 1920s

• the science of mental life.

• The science of mental and physical life.

• The science of Shia