Psychology: Psychic Mechanics and the Mind as a Whole

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What term did Herbart use to describe the border between consciousness and unconsciousness?

Transition

Boundary

Liminal

Threshold (correct)

According to Herbart, what is used to silence incompatible ideas?

Repression (correct)

Revolution

Acceptance

Negotiation

What is advised by Herbart for teachers in presenting new material?

Teach without any prior overview

Do not relate new material to what has already been learned

Present new material abruptly

Give an overview of new material before teaching it (correct)

What happens if material is not compatible with the student's apperceptive mass, according to Herbart?

It will not be understood Signup and view all the answers

What did Herbart consider one of the first educational psychologists to focus on?

Providing advice to teachers Signup and view all the answers

Influenced by Herbart, who was known for battling ideas that influenced early days of social cognition and Freud?

Wilhelm Wundt Signup and view all the answers

What did Herbart believe about the nature of the mind?

The mind functions as a unified whole. Signup and view all the answers

What did Herbart mean by the term 'psychic mechanics'?

The study of how ideas interact with each other. Signup and view all the answers

According to Herbart's theory, what happens to ideas that lose the 'battle' for consciousness?

They become less clear and sink into the unconscious. Signup and view all the answers

What did Herbart mean by the term 'apperceptive mass'?

The group of compatible ideas currently in consciousness. Signup and view all the answers

How did Herbart's view of ideas differ from that of the empiricists?

Herbart believed ideas had a life of their own, while empiricists saw them as remnants of sense impressions. Signup and view all the answers

What did Herbart oppose in physiological psychology?

The idea that the mind can be divided into parts. Signup and view all the answers

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What term did Herbart use to describe the border between consciousness and unconsciousness?

According to Herbart, what is used to silence incompatible ideas?

What is advised by Herbart for teachers in presenting new material?

What happens if material is not compatible with the student's apperceptive mass, according to Herbart?

What did Herbart consider one of the first educational psychologists to focus on?

Influenced by Herbart, who was known for battling ideas that influenced early days of social cognition and Freud?

What did Herbart believe about the nature of the mind?

What did Herbart mean by the term 'psychic mechanics'?

According to Herbart's theory, what happens to ideas that lose the 'battle' for consciousness?

What did Herbart mean by the term 'apperceptive mass'?

How did Herbart's view of ideas differ from that of the empiricists?

What did Herbart oppose in physiological psychology?

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