history of experimental psychology

Question 1

1879

Answer 1

Wilhelm Wundt founds the first experimental psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany

Question 2

—— is the historical date form which psychology is attributed the status of an autonomous scientific discipline

Answer 2

1879

Question 3

1596-1650

Answer 3

Descartes split reality in res cogitans (mind) and res extensa (body) - dualism

Question 4

Descartes believed that mind and body come into contact and communication through the ——

Answer 4

pineal gland (epiphysis)

Question 5

1758-1828

Answer 5

F J Gall proposes a segmented view of psychic functions, linked to specific areas of the brain

Question 6

frenology

Answer 6

cognitive functions located in specific brain areas/regions

Question 7

Gall’s method of deducing an individual’s personality

Answer 7

by evaluating the morphology of an individual’s skull, it is possible to identify regions that have peculiarities and deduce their personality

Question 8

1860

Answer 8

G T Fechner publishes the “Elements of Psychophysics” which is focused on the relation between mind and brain

Question 9

1866

Answer 9

Van Helmoltz carries on studies on visual and auditory perception

Question 10

formulated the theory on unconscious inferences

Answer 10

H L Van Helmoltz

Question 11

unconscious inferences

Answer 11

perception is only indirectly linked to objects: fragmentary data and integrated with previous knowledge that helps give meaning