Chapters 9 & 11 Review
PSYCH 434

1. Titchener discarded aspects of Wundt's system, including

his focus on consciousness
introspection
apperception
elements of consciousness

2. Wundt's observers used introspection to report

judgments about the size and intensity of physical stimuli
their reaction times
the processes of sensing and perceiving
all of the above

3. Because some time elapsed between the experience and the reporting of it, critics charged that introspection was really a form of

inspection
illusion
retrospection
error

4. According to Wundt, there were two elementary forms of experience, namely

sensation and perception
sensation and feelings
sensation and images
immediate experience and mediate experience

5. Wundt's doctrine of apperception refers to

the organization of mental elements
the process of organizing affective elements into a whole, a creative synthesis that creates new properties
the process of organizing mental elements into a whole, a creative synthesis that creates new properties
none of the above

6. William James used the term "stream of consciousness" to indicate that

the analysis of consciousness into mental elements is difficult but possible
the use of introspection to study consciousness is possible
consciousness is not as important as the unconscious in controlling behavior since consciousness is always changing
the changing nature of consciousness prevents its analysis into mental elements

7. Unlike Titchener, Cattell believed graduate students should

study the contents of consciousness
study animals as well as humans
study children as well as adults
study whatever they liked

8. Dewey argued that analyzing the elements of a reflex caused the investigator to miss its most important feature, which was its

purposiveness
biochemical correlates
relationship to the mind
relationship to other reflexes

9. Woodworth was primarily interested in _______ so he called his psychology, dynamic psychology.

the unconscious mind
motivation
learning how simple mental elements combined into complex thoughts
reflexive behavior

10. According to James all of the following were components of the empirical self except

self as a knower
material self
social self
spiritual self

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