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History of Psychology, 4/e
David Hothersall, Ohio State University

Wilhelm Wundt and the Founding of Psychology

Multiple Choice



1

Wundt founded psychology in _______ at __________.
A)1798; Oxford University
B)1879; University of Heidelberg
C)1879; University of Leipzig
D)1890; Harvard University
2

Wundt’s first published research was
A)a comparison of perception and apperception
B)on the effects of restricted salt intake on urine composition
C)advised by Robert Bunsen
D)Both B and C
3

Robert Bunsen accomplished all of the following except:
A)Demonstrated the inefficiency of coal and charcoal furnaces
B)Invented a gas burner
C)Discovered the law of conservation of energy
D)Developed a method for gas analysis
4

Wundt’s first psychology-related course was called Anthropology, but would today be called _______.
A)Experimental psychology
B)Physiological psychology
C)Social psychology
D)Developmental psychology
5

What did Wundt mean by psychology’s goal of scientific metaphysics?
A)Psychology can help integrate all sciences into one coherent theory of the universe
B)Psychology could lead to mental “superpowers” like mind-reading and telekinesis
C)Psychology must incorporate all of the methods of physics
D)All of the Above
6

Visitors to Wundt’s first laboratory would most likely have seen
A)lots of brass instruments: pendulums, timers, tachistoscopes, etc
B)nothing but books
C)pairs of students working on introspection research
D)Nothing. Wundt never had a laboratory.
7

The main reason Wundt linked the founding of psychology to a particular year is that during that year he:
A)published his first psychology textbook
B)obtained his first laboratory
C)began independent research not related to a course
D)graduated his first doctoral student
8

The first psychology textbook Wundt wrote for a course was titled
A)Philosophical Studies
B)Experimental Psychology
C)Wundtian Psychology
D)Principles of Physiological Psychology
9

Wundt’s process of founding of a new domain of science is best described as
A)very deliberate and self-conscious.
B)serendipitous. He just stumbled upon it.
C)forced upon a reluctant leader.
D)years of erratic and unpredictable events.
10

Which of the following was not one of Wundt’s fundamental characteristics of sensation?
A)Quality
B)Duration
C)Extent
D)Variation
11

Wundt used the term ______________ to describe physicists’ techniques of measuring the world with instruments.
A)immediate experience
B)mediate experience
C)experiential mutilation
D)volkerpsychologie
12

Wundt’s used the term ______ to label his view of mental activity.
A)Associationism
B)Structuralism
C)Voluntarism
D)Elementalism
13

The first journal intended exclusively for psychological research was titled
A)The Journal of Experimental Psychology
B)Psychological Review
C)Philosophical Studies
D)Physiological Psychology
14

Wundt’s student, Kraepelin, developed a theory that schizophrenia was a problem involving
A)enlarged ventricles in the brain
B)impaired attention
C)heightened sensory acuity
D)genetic predisposition
15

Much of Wundt’s research on emotion involved efforts to
A)reverse the emotional states of people with mood disorders
B)determine which basic emotions underlie all others
C)plot emotions on a three-dimensional matrix
D)identify which emotions, if any, were innate
16

Wundt’s research on association distinguished between ____ and ____ associations.
A)Successful; failed
B)Perceived; apperceived
C)Field; focal
D)Inner; outer
17

Wundt’s student, Kraepelin, found that alcohol tended to increase the number of _________.
A)stimulus errors made by subjects
B)outer associations made by subjects
C)accidents while driving
D)sleep cycles during an 8-hour rest
18

The student of Wundt who became most famous was _______.
A)Adolf Hitler
B)Hugo Eckener, who commanded the dirigible Graf Zeppelin
C)Lao Tsing, who introduced Western psychology to China
D)Ivan Pavlov, who developed classical conditioning
19

Wundt’s longest work, published between 1900 and 1920, was a ten-volume
A)book on cultural psychology
B)experimental psychology textbook
C)autobiography
D)“Outline of Psychology”
20

Which of the following statements about Wundt’s writing is correct?
A)His books were widely read for nearly a century, but only in Germany
B)His style was so tedious that his books were not very popular
C)All of it was destroyed in WWI and WWII
D)His books were banned in most of Europe, leading to the rise of psychology in America