Cognitive Exam

Question 1

Structuralism and its relation to physical sciences

Answer 1

Describes the basic elements of the mind (senses).

Question 2

Sensory Threshold

Answer 2

The minimum stimulation necessary for detection; each of our senses has this. (Wilhelm Wundt)

Question 3

Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 3

Founder of first psychology laboratory in Germany.

Question 4

Wilhelm Wundt Experiment

Answer 4

First formal experiment in psychology assessed speed of thought by studying how long it took subjects to make a judgement. Studies sensations and feelings. Discovered that introspection could be used to study mental states. Perception?

Question 5

Hermann Ebbinghaus

Answer 5

The forgetting curve: most forgetting occurs relatively fast (within the first 20 minutes). Aware that meaning was important for memory, made nonsense syllables for subject to memorize.