Structuralists - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CSULB PSY332 Human Cognition Exam 1Rene Descartes () - correct answer French philosopher that argued for dualism between mind and body His view was that your brain has machinery, but decision-making is a separate process Rationalism - correct answer belief in reason and logic as the primary source of knowledge Dualism - correct answer seeing mind and body as two different things that interact; 'mind and body are separate' problem with Descartes' view - correct answer 'turtles all t...

Intro to Psychology CLEP Exam Questions and Answers Wilhelm Wundt - Answer-german physiologist who founded psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879 Structuralists - Answer-Believed that consciousness was made up of basic elements that were combined to produce diffferent perceptions Introspection - Answer-a method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings Edward Titchener - Answer-Student of Wilhelm Wundt; f...

Psychology Which of the following is the philosophical approach to studying human behavior that emphasizes the purpose or usefulness of behavior? A. Structuralism B. Behaviorism C. Functionalism D. Psychoanalysis E. Humanism - correct answer (C) Functionalists focus on the value that behaviors and other psychological characteristics have for an organism's adaptation to its environment. Structuralists focus on what those behaviors and characteristics are, and on finding the bas...

Wilhelm Wundt german physiologist who founded psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879 Structuralists Believed that consciousness was made up of basic elements that were combined to produce diffferent perceptions Introspection a method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings Edward Titchener Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology; set up first psychology lab in U.S. Functi...

Psych 101 Midterm Exam/ 105 Questions with Definitive Solutions. In 1879, in psychology's first experiment, ___ and his students measured the time lag between hearing a ball hit a platform and pressing a key - Answer: William Wundt William James would be considered a(n) - Answer: Functionalist Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would be considered - Answer: Structuralists In the early twentieth century, ____ redefined psychology as the "science of observable behavior" - Ans...

Psychology Clep Practice Test Questions Which of the following is the philosophical approach to studying human behavior that emphasizes the purpose or usefulness of behavior? A. Structuralism B. Behaviorism C. Functionalism D. Psychoanalysis E. Humanism - (C) Functionalists focus on the value that behaviors and other psychological characteristics have for an organism's adaptation to its environment. Structuralists focus on what those behaviors and characteristics are, an...

Wilhelm Wundt Correct Answer-german physiologist who founded psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879 Structuralists Correct Answer-Believed that consciousness was made up of basic elements that were combined to produce diffferent perceptions Introspection Correct Answer-a method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings Edward Titchener Correct Answer-Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school ...

joining correct answers A family therapist who beings a session by greeting individual family members by name and asking for each person's view of the problem is demonstrating which strategy? challenging cognitive constructions correct answers Structural therapists attempt to alter the family's view of reality by alter the family structure correct answers The primary treatment goal of structural family is to rigid, enmeshed, diffuse correct answers Disengaged subsystems are surrounded...

Chapter 1 - The Science of Mind Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 1 1. What is the essential similarity between the structuralists and the functionalists? a. the individual’s need for introspection b. an emphasis on unconscious experience c. the study of the purpose of behaviour d. the focus on one’s conscious experience ANSWER: d 2. Who is considered the “father of psychology”? a. Sigmund Freud b. Edward Titchener c. Wilhelm Wundt d. John Watson ANSWER: c 3....

psychological science correct answers the study of mind, brain, and behavior a fictional psychologist who studies the mind correct answers amiable skepticism correct answers openness and wariness, critical thinking difference between using critical thinking explanations and everyday explanations for psychological phenomena correct answers critical thinking relies on evidence and scientific supporter conclusions major biases in thinking correct answers ignoring evidence (confirmation...