Titchener's Introspection and Stimulus Errors
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What did Titchener reject in favor of traditional associationism?

  • Wundt's dimensions of feelings
  • Context theory of meaning
  • Neurological correlates of mental events
  • Apperception and creative synthesis (correct)

    • According to Titchener, what is attention primarily associated with?

  • Muscle contractions
  • Clearness of sensation (correct)
  • Core of vivid sensations
  • Combination of sensations

    • What was a core aspect of Titchener's Context Theory of meaning?

  • Vivid sensations
  • Images of previous sensations (correct)
  • Muscle contractions
  • Combination of sensations

    • How did Titchener view the mind-body relationship?

    <p>Psychophysical parallelist</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a significant reason for the decline of Structuralism in psychology according to the text?

    <p>Inconsistent methods of introspection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Titchener believe provides psychological processes with continuity?

    <p>Physiological processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary focus of Titchener's use of introspection?

    <p>To identify the basic, raw experiences from which complex cognitive experiences are formed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was considered a 'stimulus error' in Titchener's introspective method?

    <p>Naming or identifying the object being observed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following was not considered an attribute of sensations and images in Titchener's theory?

    <p>Meaning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Titchener, which sense had the highest number of identifiable sensations?

    <p>Vision (approximately 30,000 sensations)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Titchener eventually shift his focus to, according to the text?

    <p>The attributes of the mental elements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which theory of Wundt's did Titchener disagree with?

    <p>The tridimensional theory of feeling</p> Signup and view all the answers

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