Why should you study the history of psychology? Take this quiz today if you wish to find out the reason behind that question! Knowing the history of something, especially psychology, is paramount because it can help us avoid making mistakes that have already been made in the past. Like any other discipline, psychology is a growing science, and we discover new things almost every day. Have fun while taking this quiz, and don't forget to share it with your friends as well! All the best!
To better understand current beliefs
To better understand underlying assumptions
To better understand current beliefs and underlying assumptions
To better understand ourselves
Socrates
King Psamtik of Egypt
Galen
Vesalius
Gall
Let out the demons
Release pressure of unbalanced bodily humours
Allow brain to pulsate
All of the above
Human behaviour follows lawful patterns
The choices we make are beyond our control so we act in an ordained way
Antisocial personality disorder is as a direct result of abusive parents
For everything that happens, nothing else could happen, in other words any action gathers reaction
All of the above
REASON, so, behaviour results from multiple causes
The socratic method "getting to the basis of truth"
Debates between individuals with OPPOSING views based on ASKING and ANSWERING RATIONAL questions to stimulate RATIONAL thinking and to ILLUMINATE ideas and OBJECTIVE truth
The unexamined life is not worth living.
All of the above
Plato was a student of Socrates
Plate introduced the term 'psyche' or essence of who you are
The psyche works as a whole
You can only know reality by reason, therefore a RATIONALIST
If the psyche is imbalanced, so APPETITIVE dominates over RATIONAL, then mental disorder comes
Your soul is inextricably linked to your body
Psyche is interdependent with the body
You can only know reality by conducting experiments, therefore an EMPIRICIST
Opposed Democritus's views
All of the above
Like the Egyptions believed the heart was treated with reverence after death
Like Aristotle, thought the heart was the seat of the intellect
Believe we think with our hearts
All of the above
Galen was the first to believe we think with our heads
Galen assigned mental function to the ventricles
Because he studied humans, Vesalius was the first to think the brain is responsible for thought
Descartes thought the pineal gland controlled all voluntary behaviour and higher cognitive function
Unlike Socrates and Plato, Descartes wasnt a rationalist and didn't see a problem with the mind-body dualism
Build a logical argument
Conduct observations to confirm
Begin in doubt
Resolve Doubt
The mind is separate from the body
Founded phrenology
Convinced the science community that the brain is the organ of the mind
Believed different parts of the brain carry out different cognitive and behavioural functions
Incorrectly theorized a relationship between brain anatomy and function
All of the above
Wundt founded the first psychological laboratory.
Wundt used scientific methods to study the nature of human consciousness, using experimentation and introspection.
Wundt was involved in much ground breaking research on SENSATION, PERCEPTION and REACTION TIMES
Wundt tested REFLEX ACTIVITY in the frog, INHIBITORY ACTIVITY in the nervous system and ASSOCIATION AREAS in the brain.
All of the above.
One of the key techniques developed and used by Wundt and his colleagues
Believed to be the process of reflecting on yourself reporting your conscious experience
Thinking about others predominantly
Trained his participants very carefully
The observer must know when the exp begins and ends
Not necessary for the observer to maintain strained attention
Not necessary for the phenomenon to bear repetition
Not necessary for the phenomenon to be capable of variation
Functionalism
Introspection
Structuralism
Rationalsim
None of the above
Wundt
Titchener
Descartes
James
All of the above
Raw material of psychology is experience, based on the perspective of the experiencing person
Sensations and feelings formed the basic elements of consciousness
Sensations and feelings can combine to form a meaningful percept
More complex representations can be developed by focusing attention
In explaining NOT describing the basic elements of consciousness
The scientific study of psychology should be like that of any other natural phenomena
In isolating the basic elements
In understanding how they are related
Being able to replicate their findings
All of the above
Quality
Intensity
Clearness
Duration
Texture
Titchener favoured introspection as the means to which observe phenomena
His study is limited to the study of normal human beings
Titchener was interested in REASONING about other species and humans by ANALOGY
HE believed we must grant the highest vertebrae MINDS
From a structuralist perspective, consciousness CANNOT be brokem down into a series of composite elements.
William James was an experimentalist.
James reflected upon mental life, drawing upon the experimental findings of others
James was one of the founders of FNCTIONALISM
He believed psychology could use animals and children to gain knowledge, unlike structuralism.
Functionalism formed as a reaction against structuralism
Sought to explain the mental processes in a more systematic and accurate manner than structuralism
Emphasizes the purpose of consciousness and behaviour, rather than focusing on the elements
Believes that consciousness exists to serve a function
Believes the job of the psychologist is to understand the function of consciousness
All of the above
Believe consciousness is NOT a separable thing or brain state
Don't believe that conscious activities result from a brain at work in a given environment
Care about the structure & the function of consciousness
Doesnt emphasize the purpose of consciousness and behaviour in helping us adapt to the environment
None of the above
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