Lecture 1

Question 1

What is phrenology and who developed it?

Answer 1

Skull shape relates to personality. Franz Joseph Gall.

Question 2

What is Broca’s area and where is it located?

Answer 2

Speech production. Frontal lobe/

Question 3

What is Wernicke’s area and where is it located?

Answer 3

Language comprehension. Temporal lobe.

Question 4

Who established the first psychology laboratory?

Answer 4

Wilhelm Wundt. Germany. 19th Century.

Question 5

What was Wundt’s structuralism? (19th century)

Answer 5

Structuralism - analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind

Question 6

What was Tichener’s Gestalt psychology? (19th century)

Answer 6

Reaction to Structuralism - the whole is different to the sum of the parts

Question 7

What was James’s Functionalism? (19th century)

Answer 7

Reaction to Structuralism - emphasis on the purpose of conscious activity. Thinking is a means to behaviour - not an end in itself

Question 8

What are Marr’s three levels of analysis?

Answer 8

Computational (what is the problem), Algorithmic (how can it be solved), and Implementation (how are the rules physically implemented?)