Franz Clemen Brentano: Act Psychology Overview
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Which prominent relative did Franz Clemen Brentano have?

  • A famous novelist
  • A well-known scientist
  • A prominent painter
  • A renowned philosopher (correct)

Why did Franz Clemen Brentano leave the priesthood?

  • He wanted to focus on his philosophical studies
  • He questioned the infallibility of the pope (correct)
  • He favored Comte's positivism
  • He disagreed with the concept of the afterlife

What did Franz Clemen Brentano believe was more important than the mind's composition?

  • The mind's location
  • The mind's origin
  • The mind's structure
  • The mind's functionality (correct)

Which term describes Brentano's belief that every mental act includes something external to itself?

<p>Intentionality (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What method did Franz Clemen Brentano use for studying experiences?

<p>Phenomenological methods (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which philosopher's ideas did Franz Clemen Brentano follow more closely than those of Wundt?

<p>Kant (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following individuals was NOT directly influenced by Franz Brentano?

<p>Sigmund Freud (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the key distinction between Wundt/Titchener's approach and the phenomenological approach of Brentano, Stumpf, and Husserl?

<p>Wundt and Titchener focused on mental elements, while the phenomenologists focused on mental essences and intact experiences. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did Edmund Husserl believe that psychology should not rely solely on experimental methods?

<p>He thought experiments could introduce bias and that an in-depth phenomenological analysis should precede any experimentation. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the key finding of Oskar Pfungst's investigation into the horse named Clever Hans?

<p>The horse was responding to subtle cues from the questioner, not performing the calculations itself. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the key concept in Edmund Husserl's phenomenology that distinguished it from other psychological approaches?

<p>The idea that mental functions are intentionally directed towards objects in the world. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following psychologists was not directly associated with Brentano's lineage?

<p>Wilhelm Wundt (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary focus of Edmund Husserl's Logical Investigations?

<p>Mathematics and logic, though with an interest in philosophy and psychology. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did Edmund Husserl's phenomenology differ from the approaches of Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener?

<p>Husserl studied the whole, intact mental experience, while Wundt and Titchener analyzed mental elements. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why was Edmund Husserl denied academic privileges in Germany following the rise of the Nazis?

<p>Because he was a Jew, and the Nazis engaged in widespread discrimination against Jewish academics. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the key difference between the "pure phenomenology" approach and the "focus on intentionality" approach within Husserl's phenomenology?

<p>Pure phenomenology studied the process of experience, while the intentionality approach studied the objects that experience is directed towards. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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