PSYC 375 Final Exam Questions and answersPSYC 375 Final Exam Questions
What were the 4 stages of early American psychology? - ✔✔Stage 1: Moral and
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Philosophy (1640-1776)
Stage 2: intellectual philosophy (1776-1886)
Stage 3: The US Renaissance (1886-1896)
Stage 4: US Functionalism (1896 & beyond)
What were the beliefs during the first stage of early American psychology (1640-1776)?
- ✔✔"Psychology existed for the sake of logic, and logic for the sake of God"
What event caused the beginning of enlightenment during the first stage of early
American psychology (1640-1776)? - ✔✔It began in 1714 when John Locke's "An
Essay Concerning Human Understanding" (1690) reached the US colonies and had a
widespread influence
What were the beliefs during the second stage of early American psychology (1776-
1886)? - ✔✔Psychology became a separate discipline largely under the influence of
Scottish commonsense philosophy and believed in naive realism when it came to God
What were 4 events that brought on the third stage of early American psychology (1886-
1896)? - ✔✔(1) Herbert Spencer's Principles of Psychology (1880)
(2) John Dewey's Psychology (1886)
(3) American Journal of Psychology (1887)
(4) William James's The Principles of Psychology (1890)
What were the beliefs during the third stage of early American psychology (1886-1896)?
- ✔✔Titchener's structuralism competed with functionalism. It was also a fertile ground
for the development of practices to help individuals live more effective lives like
physiognomy, phrenology, mesmerism, and spiritualism
What were the beliefs during the fourth stage of early American psychology (1896 &
beyond)? - ✔✔Science, a concern for practicality, an emphasis on the individual, and
evolutionary theory combined into the school of functionalism
What event marked the beginning of the fourth stage of early American psychology
(1896 & beyond)? - ✔✔John Dewey's article "The Reflex Arc in Psychology." in 1896
marked the beginning of functionalism
What are the 8 characteristics of functionalists psychology? - ✔✔(1) opposed the sterile
search for the elements of consciousness in like the structuralists
(2) wanted to understand the function of the mind rather than provide a static
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