Dr. Loretta F. Kasper ENGLISH 04
Practice Departmental Reading Test
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Instructions:
Read the following text carefully The History of Psychology and then write a 1-2 sentence answer to each of the questions that follows it. Be sure to use your own words. You will lose significant points if you copy from the text.
 

Question 1 ( 10 points )
Who was Rene Descartes?
 

   

 

Question 2 ( 10 points )
Who is the father of scientific psychology?
 

   

 

Question 3 ( 10 points )
What were the basic elements of experience according to the Structuralists?
 

   

 

Question 4 ( 10 points )
According to a behaviorist like B. F. Skinner, what is the common cause of everything we do?
 

   

 

Question 5 ( 10 points )
What is the basic principle of Gestalt psychology?
 

   

 

Question 6 ( 10 points )
What role does “incubation” play in problem solving?
 

   

 

Question 7 ( 10 points )
According to the cognitive psychologists, how does the human mind operate?
 

   

 

Question 8 ( 10 points )
What is the goal of artificial intelligence research?


 

   

 

Question 9 ( 20 points )
Choose ONE of the following questions and write an answer of several (3-4) paragraphs. Please note that this question is worth 20 points.

(A)How would the Functionalists explain mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, where a person withdraws from reality?

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(B)How would a Freudian psychologist explain mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, where a person withdraws from reality?

 

   


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