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Wundt founded psychology in _______ at __________. |
| | A) | 1798; Oxford University |
| | B) | 1879; University of Heidelberg |
| | C) | 1879; University of Leipzig |
| | D) | 1890; Harvard University |
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Wundt’s first published research was |
| | A) | a comparison of perception and apperception |
| | B) | on the effects of restricted salt intake on urine composition |
| | C) | advised by Robert Bunsen |
| | D) | Both B and C |
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Robert Bunsen accomplished all of the following except: |
| | A) | Demonstrated the inefficiency of coal and charcoal furnaces |
| | B) | Invented a gas burner |
| | C) | Discovered the law of conservation of energy |
| | D) | Developed a method for gas analysis |
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Wundt’s first psychology-related course was called Anthropology, but would today be called _______. |
| | A) | Experimental psychology |
| | B) | Physiological psychology |
| | C) | Social psychology |
| | D) | Developmental psychology |
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What did Wundt mean by psychology’s goal of scientific metaphysics? |
| | A) | Psychology can help integrate all sciences into one coherent theory of the universe |
| | B) | Psychology could lead to mental “superpowers” like mind-reading and telekinesis |
| | C) | Psychology must incorporate all of the methods of physics |
| | D) | All of the Above |
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Visitors to Wundt’s first laboratory would most likely have seen |
| | A) | lots of brass instruments: pendulums, timers, tachistoscopes, etc |
| | B) | nothing but books |
| | C) | pairs of students working on introspection research |
| | D) | Nothing. Wundt never had a laboratory. |
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The main reason Wundt linked the founding of psychology to a particular year is that during that year he: |
| | A) | published his first psychology textbook |
| | B) | obtained his first laboratory |
| | C) | began independent research not related to a course |
| | D) | graduated his first doctoral student |
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The first psychology textbook Wundt wrote for a course was titled |
| | A) | Philosophical Studies |
| | B) | Experimental Psychology |
| | C) | Wundtian Psychology |
| | D) | Principles of Physiological Psychology |
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Wundt’s process of founding of a new domain of science is best described as |
| | A) | very deliberate and self-conscious. |
| | B) | serendipitous. He just stumbled upon it. |
| | C) | forced upon a reluctant leader. |
| | D) | years of erratic and unpredictable events. |
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Which of the following was not one of Wundt’s fundamental characteristics of sensation? |
| | A) | Quality |
| | B) | Duration |
| | C) | Extent |
| | D) | Variation |
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Wundt used the term ______________ to describe physicists’ techniques of measuring the world with instruments. |
| | A) | immediate experience |
| | B) | mediate experience |
| | C) | experiential mutilation |
| | D) | volkerpsychologie |
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Wundt’s used the term ______ to label his view of mental activity. |
| | A) | Associationism |
| | B) | Structuralism |
| | C) | Voluntarism |
| | D) | Elementalism |
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The first journal intended exclusively for psychological research was titled |
| | A) | The Journal of Experimental Psychology |
| | B) | Psychological Review |
| | C) | Philosophical Studies |
| | D) | Physiological Psychology |
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Wundt’s student, Kraepelin, developed a theory that schizophrenia was a problem involving |
| | A) | enlarged ventricles in the brain |
| | B) | impaired attention |
| | C) | heightened sensory acuity |
| | D) | genetic predisposition |
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Much of Wundt’s research on emotion involved efforts to |
| | A) | reverse the emotional states of people with mood disorders |
| | B) | determine which basic emotions underlie all others |
| | C) | plot emotions on a three-dimensional matrix |
| | D) | identify which emotions, if any, were innate |
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Wundt’s research on association distinguished between ____ and ____ associations. |
| | A) | Successful; failed |
| | B) | Perceived; apperceived |
| | C) | Field; focal |
| | D) | Inner; outer |
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Wundt’s student, Kraepelin, found that alcohol tended to increase the number of _________. |
| | A) | stimulus errors made by subjects |
| | B) | outer associations made by subjects |
| | C) | accidents while driving |
| | D) | sleep cycles during an 8-hour rest |
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The student of Wundt who became most famous was _______. |
| | A) | Adolf Hitler |
| | B) | Hugo Eckener, who commanded the dirigible Graf Zeppelin |
| | C) | Lao Tsing, who introduced Western psychology to China |
| | D) | Ivan Pavlov, who developed classical conditioning |
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Wundt’s longest work, published between 1900 and 1920, was a ten-volume |
| | A) | book on cultural psychology |
| | B) | experimental psychology textbook |
| | C) | autobiography |
| | D) | “Outline of Psychology” |
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Which of the following statements about Wundt’s writing is correct? |
| | A) | His books were widely read for nearly a century, but only in Germany |
| | B) | His style was so tedious that his books were not very popular |
| | C) | All of it was destroyed in WWI and WWII |
| | D) | His books were banned in most of Europe, leading to the rise of psychology in America |
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