Your textbook discusses the early history of cognitive psychology. According to this discussion,
a. Hermann Ebbinghaus opposed cognitive psychology because it did not pay enough attention to emotions.
b. Mary Whiton Calkins studied people's introspections about nonsense words.
c. William James suggested that our everyday cognitive processes are passive, rather than active.
d. Wilhelm Wundt emphasized that introspection could provide useful information, if participants were well trained.
Ans: d
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The first social psychological experiments and the publication of the first book to bear the title Social Psychology both occurred around ____
a. 400 A.D. b. 1750 c. 1900 d. 1965
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more sociable and, in general, have a good time. She believes that people like her better when she's had a few drinks and feels she can make more friends when she's drunk than when she's sober. Charlize's beliefs about what alcohol can do for her represent ______. a. outcome expectancies c. self-efficacy expectancies b. behavioral contingencies d. behavioral cues
Social psychology is becoming increasingly fragmented
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.