PSY 4604 - Chapter 5 Quiz

Which of the following was a topic to be explored by Titchener's psychology? A. All the choices are correct. B. None of the answers is correct. C. the reduction of conscious processes D. to identify the physiological correlates of the elements E. the determination of the laws of association of elements of consciousness

A. All the choices are correct.

More women completed doctoral degrees with Titchener than with any other psychologist of that period. A. True B. False

A. True

For Titchener, distinct sensations combined with others to form ____. A. perceptions and ideas B. beliefs C. affective states D. emotions E. apperceptions

A. perceptions and ideas

"Conscious experience as it is dependent upon the experiencing person" was Titchener's definition of the topic of study for psychology. A. False B. True

B. True

By Titchener's later years, psychology was moving quickly beyond his views. A. False B. True

B. True

The first woman to earn a PhD in psychology was Margaret Washburn. A. False B. True

B. True

To confuse the mental process under study with the stimulus or object being observed was to commit ____. A. retrospection rather than introspection B. stimulus error C. inspection rather than introspection D. introspective error E. retrospective error

B. stimulus error

By the 1920s the term used by Titchener for his system of psychology was ____. A. behaviorism B. voluntarism C. existential D. functionalism E. introspection

C. existential

Provided that students and colleagues were properly respectful, Titchener was ____ to them. A. condescending B. None of the choices are correct. C. kind and helpful D. distant but cordial E. dismissing

C. kind and helpful

Titchener's graduate student observers were instructed to ignore certain classes of words called ____ words. A. stimulus B. distractor C. meaning D. reagent E. error

C. meaning

Titchener argued that psychology is unique among the sciences because ____. A. only psychology studies brain-behavior relationships B. only psychology depends on human observers C. psychology alone is dependent on experiencing persons D. None of the choices are correct; he believed psychology was virtually identical to the natural sciences E. only psychology uses introspection

C. psychology alone is dependent on experiencing persons

One of the main reasons that Titchener's thought was believed to closely parallel that of Wundt was that Titchener ____. A. did not depart from Wundtian ideas in any significant manner B. did not, himself, have any creative ideas C. translated Wundt's books from German into English D. was Wundt's cousin E. took great care to scrupulously present all of Wundt's ideas, whether he agreed with them or not

C. translated Wundt's books from German into English

____ was the first American woman to receive a Ph.D. degree in psychology. A. Cora Friedline B. Margaret Mead C. Christine Ladd-Franklin D. Margaret Floy Washburn E. Karen Horney

D. Margaret Floy Washburn

Who was Titchener's first doctoral student? A. Ladd-Franklin B. Comte C. Friedline D. Washburn E. Dallenbach

D. Washburn

In his introspection experiments, Titchener wanted his subjects (observers) to ____. A. have their galvanic skin response recorded while they gave their introspective reports B. search for their inner self C. try to create new images in consciousness from the presented stimuli D. be passive recorders of the experiences registering on the conscious mind E. remember their childhood experiences

D. be passive recorders of the experiences registering on the conscious mind

As more and more students became drawn to Titchener's lectures at Cornell, he ____. A. allowed these students to choose their own dissertation topics. B. became a popularizer. C. did not allow these students to do his research. D. became less actively engaged in laboratory research. E. had more active involvement in all aspects of laboratory research.

D. became less actively engaged in laboratory research.

Titchener vigorously cautioned experimental psychologists about the stimulus error, that is, about ____. A. describing qualities of the stimulus instead of quantities B. assuming a logarithmic relationship between the strength of the objective stimulus and the intensity of the psychological experience of the stimulus C. assuming a one-to-one correspondence between the stimulus and its perception D. describing the observed object rather than the experience of it E. describing feelings instead of sensations

D. describing the observed object rather than the experience of it

In their evaluation of Titchener's theoretical viewpoint toward the end of his career, Schultz and Schultz conclude that he was ____. A. too rigid and dogmatic to ever change B. None of the choices are correct C. too tied to Wundtian thought to make any original contributions of his own D. a minor figure in the history of modern psychology E. as flexible and open to change as scientists are supposed to be

E. as flexible and open to change as scientists are supposed to be

When Titchener died, the era of structuralism ____. A. was turned over to the Chicago school of thought B. reverted to Wundtian psychology C. was taken over by his student, E. B. Boring D. continued vigorously for another decade E. collapsed

E. collapsed

Toward the end of Titchener's career, he came to favor the ____ method instead of the ____ method. A. introspective; Wundtian B. psychoanalytic; structuralist C. psychophysiological; psychological D. behavioristic; mentalistic E. phenomenological; introspective

E. phenomenological; introspective