Psychology 601
Unit 5
Test A
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1. The high level of interchange among scientific colleagues in Germany was largely attributable to the geographical advantage of:
navigatable waterways
favorable climatic conditions
short distances
low population density
2. Research laboratories in German schools also served educational purposes by:
training graduate students
conducting research on educational problems
becoming centers for experiments on undergraduates
providing demonstrations for child education programs
3. Helmholtz was noted as being one of the greatest theorists in the field of:
learning
motivation
sensation
philosophy
4. Which of the following was not one of Helmholtz's contributions?
theory of color vision
extension of doctrine of specific energies of nerves
measurement of rate of conduction of nervous impulse
development of methods for measuring forgetting
5. The doctrine that maintained that the amount of available force in the universe does not change is:
conservation of energy
vitalism
reductionism
parallelism
6. Helmholtz thought of psychology as an exact science, dependent upon the use of mathematics and upon:
description
introspection
experiment
analytic systems
7. Helmholtz stood for and advanced
psychological empiricism
psychological intuitionism
introspective methods in sensation
the tradition of German philosophy
8. Helmholtz's resonance theory of hearing that each fiber codes for a different frequency of sound, is an extension of______________'s doctrine.
DuBois-Reymond
Fechner
Mueller
Wundt
9. the Young-Helmholtz theory of color vision postulates three so-called fundamental colors. Which are they?
red, yellow, and blue
red, green, and blue-violet
red, green, and yellow
violet, yellow, and blue
10. Which scientist was most interested in preserving the soul?
Fechner
Helmholtz
Wundt
Ebbinghaus
11. The statement that the just noticeable difference between one stimulus and another, bears a constant ratio to the original stimulus, is called:
Fechner's law
Weber's law
j.n.d.
Helmholtz's law
12. Fechner argued that ___________cannot be measured directly.
sensations
stimuli
the just noticeable difference
both a and b above
13. Arithmetic series of mental intensities correspond to a _________series of physical energies.
circular
parallel
geometric
all of the above
14. Fechner hoped to measure the mind by:
introspective methods
neurological studies
measuring extrasensory events
measuring the physical stimulus
15. The psychophysical methods of Fechner became the foundation for work in:
psychological measurement
psychosomatic medicne
subjective assessment of personality
phrenology
16. Wundt believd that all psychology begins with:
hypotheses
experiments
introspection
metaphysics
17. Wund'ts research laboratory was established in:
1848
1860
1879
1892
18. Wundt's concept of 'psychical resultant' refers to:
a response to a stimulus
apperception
a rejection of John Stuart Mill's doctrine of mental chemistry
the fusion of two or more sensations
19. Wundt described association as being
fusions
assimilations
complications
all of the above
20. Space practice, compared with massed practice, is usually:
less efficient
equally efficient
more efficient
erratic in its effect.