Barron's: History and Approaches - Wave 1 & 2

Question 1

Trephination

Answer 1

Stone Age humans carving holes through the skull to release evil spirits

Question 2

What year was the beginning of scientific psychology?

Answer 2

1879

Question 3

When and where to Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) set up the first psychological laboratory?

Answer 3

In 1879, Leipzig, Germany

Question 4

Introspection

Answer 4

the subjects were asked to record accurately their cognitive reactions to simple stimuli

Question 5

structuralism

Answer 5

the idea that the mind operated by combining subjective emotions and objective sensations

Question 6

When did William James (1842-1910) publish The Principles of Psychology?

Answer 6

in 1890, and it was the first science’s textbook

Question 7

Who was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology?

Answer 7

Margaret Floy Washburn

Question 8

Gestalt psychology

Answer 8

tries to examine a person’s total experience because the way we experience the world is more than just an accumulation of various perceptual experiences