Deck 8: William James and Psychology in the United States

Question 1

By about 1900, the world center of psychology had moved from Europe to the United States.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

William James's appointments at Harvard University were first as professor of psychology, then professor of philosophy, then professor of psychology again.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

William James wrote a book on the varieties of religious experience.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

William James's Principles of Psychology is an even more systematic treatise on psychology than Wilhelm Wundt's works.

Question 5

William James characterized late 19th century European psychology as "that nasty little science."

Question 6

G. Stanley Hall founded the APA in 1892 at Clark University.

Question 7

James Mark Baldwin is well known for inventing the rat maze and for his tests of musical ability.

Question 8

Hugo Münsterberg published a dictionary of psychology and philosophy, and edited the Psychological Review and other journals.

Question 9

As early as 1892, the central office of the APA was organized into four "directorates": for science, practice, education, and the applications of psychology.

Question 10

The APA had more than 50 divisions by the beginning of the 21st century.

Question 11

U. S. psychology before William James was

A) all of these
B) concerned with predestination and free will
C) religious
D) moralistic

Question 12

Of which of the following books was William James the author?

A) Principles of Psychology
B) The Psychology of Law
C) The Psychology of National Character
D) Psychotherapy

Question 13

For William James, habit is

A) the enormous flywheel of society
B) the determinant of free will
C) the basis of parapsychology
D) a pragmatic belief in predestination

Question 14

The first proponent of pragmatism was

A) C. S. Pierce
B) James Mark Baldwin
C) S. Pierce
D) Hugo Münsterberg G. Stanley Hall

Question 15

The James-Lange theory proposed that

A) emotion is the awareness of bodily changes
B) emotions produce bodily changes
C) the deepening of pathways or ruts in the brain explains emotions
D) truth is the result of an act of free will

Question 16

G. Stanley Hall is credited with

A) both c and d
B) neither c nor d
C) founding the first US laboratory of psychology
D) founding the APA

Question 17

"Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" means that

A) the development of the individual goes through the same stages as the development of the species
B) habits are the result of the deepening of pathways or ruts in the brain
C) human development is due to genetics and environmental influences
D) individual human development is caused by predestination

Question 18

William James is credited with

A) none of these
B) writing a major dictionary of psychology
C) inventing the rat maze
D) founding the American Journal of Psychology

Question 19

The APA adopted its first "constitution" in

A) 1894
B) 1850
C) 1879
D) 1949

Question 20

The APA reorganized itself in the 1940s to become

A) an "umbrella" organization for all of psychology
B) a consolidation of regional psychology associations
C) an association devoted primarily to the practice of psychology
D) a counterpart to the student organization, Psi Chi

Question 21

What was William James's orientation to parapsychology?

Question 22

What, according to James, is the role of habit in society?

Question 23

What is the child study movement, and when did it start?

Question 24

When and where were the first American laboratories of experimental psychology founded?

Question 25

What is certification or licensure of psychologists?

Question 26

Does the demand for psychologists still outstrip the supply of psychologists?

Question 27

Contrast the doctrines of predestination and free will.

Question 28

Where did William James earn his highest academic degree, and what was that degree?

Question 29

Was William James's psychology a "system" like Wilhelm Wundt's?

Question 30

Summarize the APA's involvement in the publication of journals
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Answers to short answer questions for Chapter 8: William James and Psychology in the United States

Question 31

Characterize U. S. psychology before William James

Question 32

Summarize the James-Lange theory of emotion

Question 33

What are the main tenets of Jamesian pragmatism?

Question 34

What role did G. Stanley Hall play in United States psychology?

Question 35

Describe the beginning of the APA

Question 36

How did William James characterize the stream of consciousness?

Question 37

What did Cattell and Münsterberg contribute to the psychology of their time?

Question 38

Describe the history of the APA as an organization for support of the science and the practice of psychology.

Question 39

What functions were the divisions of the APA intended to fulfill?