Psychology Research Techniques Quiz

What is the technique that involves first determining a behavior disorder in a living patient and then locating the part of the brain responsible for the behavior disorder?

What is the term used to describe the belief that the mind's faculties can be strengthened by practicing the functions associated with them?

Which term refers to the range of intensities judged to be the same as a standard stimulus?

What is the term for the sensation resulting from a change in stimulus intensity that exceeds the differential threshold?

Which method involves an observer adjusting a variable stimulus until it appears equal to a standard stimulus?

What principle states that each sensory nerve releases an energy specific to that nerve, regardless of how it is stimulated?

What was used to compute an individual's mental age according to the text?

What was the purpose of the exercises that Binet suggested?

According to natural selection, what tends to happen to organisms with non-adaptive features?

What influenced Charles Darwin in his theory of natural selection?

How did the environment naturally select bird species in the text?

Why do offspring struggle for survival according to Charles Darwin?

What did Husserl believe needed to be understood before the science of psychology could be developed?

Which term describes the concept of letting past experiences influence an introspective report?

Who was known for popularizing the structuralist school of psychology?

What was the main focus of the structuralist school of psychology?

Why did the structuralist school decline and get replaced by behaviorism?

What was the primary method used by structuralists in their analysis of sensations, images, and feelings?

Who was the first to attempt to systematically measure intelligence?

Which individual believed in the inheritance of intellectual ability and recommended Eugenics?

Who was an extreme nativist and recommended sterilization or institutionalization of those with mental deficiencies?

Which individual rejected the belief that women achieve less due to intellectual inferiority?

Who translated Binet's intelligence test into English?

Which individual proposed that adaptive characteristics acquired during an organism's lifetime were inherited by its offspring?

What is one of Wundt's contributions related to the goals of psychology?

Which element of mental experience did Wundt focus on in his work?

What did Wundt emphasize in relation to perception and creative synthesis?

In Wundt's view, what was a significant aspect of mental chronometry?

What did Wundt believe regarding the nature of psychology?

Why does the text suggest reading historical figures' original works rather than relying on secondhand accounts?