1 Of the people pictured, who is credited with founding psychology as an
experimental science when he/she opened the first psychology research laboratory
in 1879?
 a Incorrect
 b (True Answer )Correct
 c Incorrect
 d Incorrect
2 Who is this person and for what is he famous in the early history
of psychology?
 British-born, American psychologist Edward B. Titchener
who founded structuralism, the first major school in
psychology Incorrect
 Francis C. Sumner, the American psychologist who chaired
Howard University's psychology department and was the first
African American to receive a doctorate in
psychology Incorrect
 G. Stanley Hall, the American psychologist who established
the first psychology research laboratory in the United States and
founded the American Psychological Association Incorrect
 German physiologist Wilhelm Wundt, who established the
first psychology research laboratory (True Answer )Correct
3 Which of the individuals pictured studied with Wilhelm Wundt in Germany
and founded the early school of psychology called structuralism?

 a (True Answer )Correct
 b Incorrect
 c Incorrect
 d Incorrect
4 Who is this person and for what is he famous in the early history
of psychology?
 John B. Watson, the American psychologist who founded
behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior and
rejecting the study of mental processes Incorrect
 Austrian physician Sigmund Freud, founder of an early school
of psychological thought called psychoanalysis Incorrect
 Harvard professor William James, the author of Principles of
Psychology (True Answer )Correct
 English naturalist and scientist Charles Darwin, whose theory
of evolution through natural selection was published in On the
Origin of Species Incorrect
5 It took him over ten years to write Principles of Psychology, which had to be
published in two volumes because it was over 1,400 pages long. Which of the
individuals pictured was the author of Principles of Psychology?

 a Incorrect
 b Incorrect
 c (True Answer )Correct
 d Incorrect
6 Which of the individuals pictured wrote On the Origin of Species, a book that
provided a compelling account of evolution through the mechanism of natural
selection?
 a Incorrect
 b Incorrect
 c (True Answer )Correct
 d Incorrect
7 One of the individuals pictured studied under William James at Harvard
University and completed all the coursework requirements for a Ph.D. degree in
psychology, yet was denied that degree. Who was that person?

 a Incorrect
 b Incorrect
 c Incorrect
 d (True Answer )Correct
8 Which of the following statements is one of the reasons that this
person is famous in the early history of psychology?
 She was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in
psychology. Incorrect
 She was the first woman to become president of the American
Psychological Association. (True Answer )Correct
 She was the first woman to earn a doctorate in psychology in
the United States and published an influential text in 1908 titled
The Animal Mind. Incorrect
 She was a key figure in establishing humanistic psychology
and developed an influential theory of motivation. Incorrect
9 Which of the following statements is one of the reasons that this
person is famous in the early history of psychology?

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