Why is Wilhelm Wundt especially revered by psychologists?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer will include the following key points.
• Wilhelm Wundt founded the first formal psychology laboratory.
• He was the first person to announce that he intended to make psychology a science.
• His laboratory was the first to publish psychology research results in a scholarly journal.
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The tendency for false post-event information to become integrated into a person's memory for the event is called the
a. misinformation effect. b. familiarity-induced bias. c. leniency bias. d. positive coercion bias.
Professor Wyler has obtained a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the effects of violence in film on attitudes towards aggression among teenagers. He would like to study the effects in a range of socio-economic settings, from impoverished to very wealthy communities. Should he obtain approval from his institutional review board? Why or why not? Discuss potential ethical
issues that he should consider related to research in an impoverished community. What will be an ideal response?
When the conditioned stimulus (CS) is not followed by the unconditioned stimulus (US), which of the following will eventually occur?
a. stimulus generalization b. shaping c. extinction d. latent conditioning
On television, a self-described health expert explains that "no one gets sick if they don't want to be sick," because we can all control our bodies. As a critical thinker, how should you assess this claim?
What will be an ideal response?