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Foundations of Experimental Psychology
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Who is Wilhelm Wundt known as in the history of psychology?
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The Father of Experimental Psychology
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What degree did Wilhelm Wundt earn in 1855?
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M.D.
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What was the focus of Wundt's medical research?
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Touch sensitivity of hysterical patients
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What major decision did Wundt make regarding his career path?
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Pursue an academic and research career instead of becoming a practitioner
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When and where did Wundt establish the first psychological laboratory?
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1879 at the University of Leipzig
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What was the significance of Wundt's laboratory?
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Led to psychology's recognition as a separate scientific discipline
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What was the title of the first journal in experimental psychology published by Wundt?
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Philosophical Studies (1881)
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How did Wundt establish psychology as an independent academic discipline?
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Distinct from philosophy and physiology
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What book by Wundt detailed the alliance between physiology and psychology?
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Principles of Physiological Psychology (1873-1874)
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Where did Wundt believe psychology falls in the sciences?
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Between the physical and social sciences
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How did Wundt define psychology?
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Investigation of conscious processes
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What was the goal of psychology according to Wundt?
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To study conscious or immediate and direct experiences
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What research methods did Wundt use?
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Similar to those in physiology for psychological questions
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What qualities should Wundt's experimental techniques produce?
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Objective, replicable results in standardized conditions
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What was Wundt's primary method in psychology?
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Introspection, defined as experimental self-observation
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What did Wundt's introspection involve?
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Careful observation of one's perceptions
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Why did Wundt reject armchair speculation in introspection?
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It led to fruitless debate and self-deception
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What did Wundt's controlled introspection include?
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Measuring reaction times, word associations, and rigidly controlled descriptions of sensations
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What are the two elements that make up consciousness according to Wundt?
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Sensations and feelings
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What are sensations according to Wundt?
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Result from stimulation of a sense organ, leading to impulses reaching the brain
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How are sensations classified by Wundt?
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By quality, intensity, and duration
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What are feelings in Wundt's conception?
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Subjective reactions to stimuli, occurring alongside sensations
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What theory classified feelings in Wundt's work?
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Tridimensional theory of feelings
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What are the three dimensions of the tridimensional theory of feelings?
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Pleasure/displeasure, tension/relaxation, excitement/calm
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What percentage of Wundt's lab experiments focused on sensation and perception?
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50% (mostly vision, color, contrast, illusions)
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What percentage of Wundt's experiments studied reaction time?
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17%
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What areas accounted for 10% each of Wundt's lab experiments?
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Attention, feelings, and associations
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How many Ph.D. theses did Wundt direct?
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186 (116 in psychology)
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Who was Emil Kraepelin among Wundt's notable students?
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Known for classification system of disorders (psychopathology)
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Who was Stanley Hall among Wundt's students?
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Father of developmental psychology in America