Psychology: Quiz 1

We will discuss Freud several times across the semester relative to his importance in the field of psychology. Which of the following is not associated with Freud?

Observable behaviors (This was advocated by Watson in 1913 and would also be advocated later by Skinner)

Which of the following is not associated with William James?

The Air Crib (this was associated with Skinner)

In the early days of cognitive psychology, which of the following was used as a metaphor for the mind?

The Computer

Which of the following is an accurate statement?

There are professionals, even in the 21st century, that do not think psychology is a scientific domain.

The humanists believed that the behaviorists took a view of human life that was too mechanistic. Which of the following is considered by most historians to be a humanist?

Abraham Maslow

"Psychological research has strong links" (text, p. 29) with all but which of the following?

Astrophysics

The behaviorists strongly objected to the methods used by the psychoanalysts and others interested in the study of the mind. Which of the following is not associated with John Watson?

Dream analysis (This is Freud or Jung; Watson objected to any study of mentalistic processes)

Across the semester we will discuss the structuralists and compare their ideas to those of the functionalists. Which of the following individuals promoted structuralism and the use of introspection as the most effective means for understanding humans?

Edward Titchener

G. Stanley Hall was a contemporary of William James. Which of the following is associated with Hall?

He brought Freud (and Carl Jung) to the United States in 1909.

Which of the following is credited by most historians with the official emergence of psychology away from philosophy into the domain of science?

Wundt (established the lab in 1879)